The Federation for Equestrian Sports spelled out changes being made in the name of horse welfare and safety on the eve of the start of the Paris Olympics.
A U.S. Olympic Eventing Team horse looks through a holding pen door at The Ark at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, FILE - Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin, riding Gio, competes in the equestrian dressage individual final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo.
The federation launched its “Be a Guardian” initiative last week, calling on members of the equestrian riding and training community to embrace their roles caring for horses. It also came with the development of the Equine Welfare Strategy Action plan, highlighting six priority areas and 30 recommendations on improvements.
“One thing that’s been much discussed in the last few days is training methods, obviously, and one of the action points we have is on ethical training methods, and we will be looking to how horses are trained, what form they are trained, what they are ridden in and what is ethical,” De Vos said. “Where do we draw the lines with what we can do and cannot do with horses? That’s one of the key items.
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