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NEWS ARCHIVE (Note: Not all articles are retained.) New body to take up the fight against drugs in sport 23 June 2005: The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced that the Government will establish a new independent body to take up the fight against drugs in sport in Australia. Senator Kemp said the new Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) would provide a new independent body to ensure all doping allegations are fully and rigorously investigated. Minister's Press Release AOC Statement of Support Tim Amitrano/Mr Innocent suspended until 20 July 2005 22 June 2005: The FEI has confirmed that following Mr. Amitrano's advice waiving his right to appeal a decision of the FEI Judicial Committee, Mr. Amitrano and his horse Mr Innocent are suspended until 20 July 2005 inclusive. Other sanctions also become effective immediately. FEI Judicial Committee decides Mr Innocent / Tim Amitrano case 08 June 2005: Almost a year after the swab was taken, the FEI Judicial Committee announced its decision today in the Positive Medication Case 2004/31 Mr. Innocent / Tim Amitrano. The Committee accepted that "the evidence presented raises significant doubt as to whether there was a deliberate attempt by the PR [Person Responsible - Tim Amitrano] to affect the performance of [Mr] Innocent. Under the applicable standard of proof of the balance of probabilities, the Judicial Committee is convinced that it is more likely than not that [Mr] Innocent's positive test result did not stem from a deliberate attempt to influence the performance of the horse and decides accordingly. "The Judicial Committee has agreed that [Mr] Innocent and the PR must be disqualified from the event and that all prizes and prize money won at the event must be forfeited. Each of [Mr] Innocent and the PR are suspended for a period of 30 days, beginning 30 days following the date the notification of this decision is sent [or from the date the FEI is notified that the PR accepts the decision]. "In addition the PR is fined CHF 1,000 and is liable to pay CDF 750 for the confirmatory analysis. The PR would also contribute CHF 250 towards the costs of administering of this case, which is a reduced amount taking into consideration the time lag between event and decision. "This decision is to be published." Mr. Amitrano has 30 days to appeal this decision after which the sanctions will come into effect. If he accepts the decision, the sanctions come into effect from the date of notification in writing to the FEI. FEI strongly supporting Beijing as competition venue 28 May 2005: The FEI has issued a press release reiterating the Equestrian community's strong support for Beijing as a competition venue. FEI PRESS NEWS - 2008 Olympic Games 1 JUNE 2005 The Executive Board of the Federation Equestre Internationale, at their meeting in Lausanne on 1 June 2005, reiterated the importance of concentrating all efforts to stage the Equestrian competitions of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The Equestrian World including National Federations and Riders Associations is united in its support for Beijing to be the host venue for Equestrian. National Federations and Riders Associations have all strongly indicated that they wish to pursue this case with the Organisers of the Beijing Olympic Games (BOCOG) and the IOC. The discussion on relocating Equestrian sport to an alternative venue in China was raised because BOCOG had underestimated the veterinary issue of temporarily importing horses. BOCOG representatives presented an alternative plan at the FEI General Assembly, in April, 2005 for hosting the equestrian competitions in Hong Kong. Quote: “We are all resolutely behind keeping our sport at the heart of the Beijing Olympics. The IOC and BOCOG have received comprehensive documentation to support our position. They are now studying our case and we sincerely hope, and will continue to work hard, for a positive outcome. We expect a decision will be finally made by the beginning of July.” The FEI President, HRH The Infanta Dońa Pilar de Borbón. Muriel Faienza Communication Manager Fédération Equestre Internationale Decision on Beijing/Hong Kong soon 28 May 2005: Speculation about this issue has increased lately and radio networks have contacted us to get our view on the "imminent decision" to move the Equestrian competition from Beijing to Hong Kong. The FEI is trying hard to prevent Equestrian being separated from the main Olympic events in Beijing. The main argument of the Chinese for the move has been the difficulty of establishing a disease-free zone around the planned equestrian facilities in Beijing. Without this happening, it would be difficult to return horses to their countries of origin. The establishment of disease-free zones would mean the relocation of families and businesses with livestock from within a certain radius of Beijing and a system of access controls and other measures. We believe that the FEI has located suitable grounds outside Beijing that would make compliance with quarantine requirements less difficult. Meetings and site visits will take place next week. The ultimate deadline for a decision is in July. The FEI is not only concerned about the separation of Equestrian sports from the main Olympic Centre, which last happened in 1956 when the Equestrian event for the Melbourne Games were held in Stockholm, Sweden. The results of a weather study not only show much more adverse climatic conditions for horses in Hong Kong compared to Beijing during the monsoon season, there is also the risk of the typhoons playing havoc with transport and other arrangements. International Federations unhappy with IOC voting plans 29 April 2005: It did not take long: The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations has called an extraordinary meeting for 08 June 2005, one month before the IOC plans to first use its controversial voting system on Olympic sports. Go to cnn.com for one of the reports. 20 April 2005: The IOC has released details of the procedure that will decide which sports are to remain on the Olympic program. In 2002, the IOC decided to cap the number of sports at 28 and the number of athletes at 10,500. The Olympic Programme Commission has since evaluated these sports and studied a further five Recognised Federations, i.e. the International Golf Federation, the International Roller Sports Federation, the International Rugby Board, the World Karate Federation, and the World Squash Federation. The Olympic Programme Commission has prepared a report, into which all sports were able to provide input. The report does not contain any recommendations and will be distributed to IOC members for study and decision. It will also be made available to Federations and will be made public before the IOC session in Singapore in July 2005. On 08 July 2005, IOC members will vote by secret ballot on each of the 28 sports that were part of the Olympic Programme in Athens. The result of the vote will only be announced at the end of the proceedings. If a sport is not admitted because it did not received more than 50% of the votes cast, this sport will remain an Olympic sport but will not be on the programme for the 2012 Games. If not all 28 sports are re-admitted, there is a possibility of another sport being put on the programme. In this instance, the IOC Executive Board will meet and determine which applicant sport(s) may be proposed to the Session for admission. The IOC members will then vote by secret ballot on the proposal of the Executive Board. In order to BECOME an Olympic sport, a 2/3 majority of the votes cast is needed; in order for an Olympic sport (among the current 28) to be (re)included in the sports programme, a simple majority of votes cast is need. EFA National Office issues a statement regading AUS medication control case 13 October 2004: The EFA National Office has issued a statement concerning allegations made by e-mail and on web sites surrounding Tim Amitrano's horse "Mr. Innocent".
06 October 2004: Richard Weis has just completed some assignments in the Netherlands and has sent us this interesting report (PDF - 68KB).
Australia loses top Dressage Horse 18 September 2004: It is with great sadness that we report the tragic death this morning of Mary & Rob Hanna’s wonderful horse Limbo.
Click photo for high-resolution image (Photo: Berni Saunders, Cyberhorse) Limbo was in quarantine in Great Britain on his way home from the Athens Olympic Games when he succumbed to a temperature and subsequent complications. The dedicated and committed veterinary team at the quarantine station, as well as UK-based Australian Team Vet, Graham Potts, left nothing to chance over the past week with around-the-clock monitoring and expert care. Unfortunately, however, Limbo's condition worsened early this morning and Mary and Rob were left with no alternative but to the make the most difficult of decisions. Mary and Limbo have been together since 1998 and were members of the Australian Dressage Team in Aachen 1999, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, the 2002 World Equestrian Games Jerez, the 2003 Open European Championships in Hickstead and the Athens 2004 Olympic Games where they achieved a personal best at an International competition. Closer to home they competed successfully in every major competition in Australia as well as the 2004 CDI-W in New Zealand earlier this year. Our deepest sympathy goes out to Mary, Rob and Limbo’s groom and friend Simone Bell.
Emergency Disease Management Forum Report 04 August 2004: In June, the CEO attended a Federal Government-funded conference on how best to deal with cost of managing outbreaks of animal diseases in Australia and those affecting horses in particular. A report on this meeting is now available. (PDF - 67KB) 07 July 2004: We have just received a copy of this report and it again makes interesting reading. Overall, Equestrian (horse riding) has maintained its position in terms of participation, attendance and most of the other factors. We all believe that Australians are mad about sport so it is surprising to see that "None" features so prominently in a number of categories. One question is how much difference the Athens Olympic Games will make to the survey (to be published next year). One would think that the Olympic sports will increase their share slightly, especially if Australia does well in Athens. You can download a summary of the report (PDF - 22KB). RIRDC Study Report on Eventing falls out now. 30 June 2004: You may be aware that Dr. Ray Cripps of the National Injury Surveillance Unit at Flinders University has been collecting data of rider and horse falls on cross-country. This study has been funded by the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) and the EFA. The National Board decided at its meeting in June to increase EFA funding to enable the study to continue for at least another year, as the data collection is now at a stage where it can deliver meaningful results. RIRDC has now published a report by Dr. Cripps. You can download a PDF version from our web (right-click>Save Target As). This publication is copyright. However, RIRDC encourages wide dissemination of its research, providing the Corporation is clearly acknowledged. For any inquiries concerning reproduction, contact the Publications Manager on 02 6272 3186.
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