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EA Health and Safety Progress Update August 2021

Equestrian Australia (EA) aims to provide a healthy and safe environment (competition and training) to protect riders, horses, coaches and officials. In 2019, a...

Posted by Christine Armishaw on 19/08/2021.

Whiskers to Stay Put

The EA Board has voted to implement the recent FEI rule to ban the trimming of horse sensory hairs across all EA National Disciplines in the interests of horse...

Posted by Christine Armishaw on 13/08/2021.

Athletes to Help Shape Future of Female Performance and Health in Sport

An athlete advisory group comprising Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes has been launched with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) to help guide the...

Posted by Christine Armishaw on 15/07/2021.

Horse Whiskers Are A Welfare Issue

We'd like to acknowledge we have listened to the feedback received around the FEI whisker trimming rule. Horse welfare and safety are fundamental to equestrian...

Posted by Christine Armishaw on 09/07/2021.

Volunteer Week Profiles - Show Horse

In celebration of Volunteer Week 2021, we have reached out to our discipline chairs, who give up their time as volunteers to fill these roles. We dug under the surface to...

Posted by Christine Armishaw on 20/05/2021.

Stakeholder Consultation on FEI Post-EHV-1 Return To Competition Protocols

The FEI hosted a two-hour stakeholder consultation session to review comprehensive draft Return To Competition protocols prior to the restart of FEI competitions in...

Posted by Christine Armishaw on 25/03/2021.