Stricter minimum eligibility requirements will apply from next year, as one of the rule changes voted through at the 2020 FEI general assembly. H&H finds out more about this and other changes
TOUGHER qualifications for eventers are among new rules due to come into force for FEI events in 2021
The rules, as well as the forthcomign whisker-trimming ban, are among changes voted through at the FEI general assembly, on 23 November.
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