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Safety in Eventing

Safety in Eventing. Mark Wiggett. FEI Eventing Risk Management Seminar.

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Safety in Eventing

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  1. Safety in Eventing Mark Wiggett

  2. FEI Eventing Risk Management Seminar • Eventing constitutes the most complete combined equestrian combined competition, demanding of the athlete considerable experience in all branches of equitation and a precise knowledge of his horse’s ability, and of the horse a degree of general competence, resulting from intelligent and progressive training. • The Cross Country Test constitutes the most exciting and challenging all-round test of riding ability and horsemanship where correct principles of training and riding are rewarded. This test focus’ on the ability of athletes and horses to adapt to different and variable conditions of the competition (weather, terrain, obstacles, footing, etc.) showing jumping skills, harmony, mutual confidence, and in general “good pictures”. • This test requires by all involved special awareness and acceptance of a certain level of risk inherent to the particular challenging and exciting nature of the test. • Every effort must be made to ensure that, at each level, responsible athletes are participating with progressively trained horses in order not to be exposed to a higher risk than which is strictly inherent to the nature of the competition.

  3. Action Plan • Creating the FEI Eventing risk management policy and structure. • Finalizing and making full use of the potential of the FEI Safety Database. • Improving riders and horses training and education (specifically XC training). • Improving officials education training assessment and qualification. • Creating a framework that encourages more experience to be built and knowledge to be consolidated for riders and horses. • Encouraging lower risk responsible riding through constant review of best practices of Cross Country design. • Riders protection and medical coverage. • Horses veterinary coverage. • Cross Country fences – frangible and deformable structures. • Tack and equipment.

  4. FEI Eventing risk management seminar • Eventing National Safety Officers (NSOs) from 20 NFs met in Malmö (SWE) to review the FEI Eventing Risk Management plan. • The following main topics were identified: • Spreading the vision and ideas (awareness) regarding the sport in the NF (for national officials, trainers, coaches, riders, etc.) and ensuring the extension of this culture change to all nations world-wide organising Eventing and participating in the sport. • The most important priority is to increase the awareness of safety with the riders education to ensure that riders and officials are aware of their responsibility in the sport • Near misses need to be accounted for in statistics not only accidents

  5. NSO role were clarified as follows: • - Provide the national statistics on a 6-monthly basis • - Liaise between the NF and the FEI for information on any national or international fatal accident of rider or horse • - Spread the vision and ideas (awareness) of the updated risk management approach to the sport in the NF (national officials, trainers, coaches, riders, etc).

  6. Bi-annual statistics to include • Competition information: • - Total number of competitions • - Total number of competitions by levels (0.80 m and under, 0.90 m, 1.00 m, 1.10 m, 1.15 m) • Starter information • - Total number of starters • - Total number of starters by levels • - Total number of riders and horses competing in events • Fall information: • - Total number of falls • - Total number of falls by levels • - Total number of horse falls • - Total number of horse falls by levels

  7. Monitor and review (FEI responsibility) • Follow-up review • Setting benchmarking • Producing annual Statistics • Setting Measurable goals

  8. MEASURABLE GOALS

  9. Rider falls FEI NSW

  10. Horse falls FEI NSW

  11. NSW Comparison of falls 2012 and 2013 star classes FEI & Nat

  12. NSW Comparison of falls 2012 and 2013 low level classes

  13. Falls by * classes 2012 (individual levels)

  14. Falls by class 2013 (individual levels)

  15. Comparison of FEI 2012 and AUS 2012 Comparison of FEI 2013 and AUS 2013

  16. Summary • The NSW statistics continue to improve. • The NSW statistics for Horse Falls is considerably below the FEI statistics. • In previous years 2* had considerable falls. The improvement may be in part to Reverse Qualification? • Falls at EvA105 level need monitoring. • TD’s need to understand the importance of correct reporting so that continual recording of falls is possible.

  17. Good Reporting is essential. • CC courses are continually assessed • Safety and welfare are paramount • Riders are being encouraged to consider their results • Officials are responsible for correct reporting

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