Editorials

Mechelen Music Massacre

29/12/2012

Opinions

For quite some time I have been ruminating on the validity and applicability of the freestyle format in the modern dressage world. Over the years I have pointed out major discrepancies and cases of injustice taking place in the judging of the freestyle and I could only but slap the palm of my hand to the forehead when the FEI Dressage Committee decided to use the Kur as sole test to determine the Olympic individual medals.

Columnists

Cees Slings: Is it Time for Freestyle 'Goal Line Technology'?

07/04/2013

Opinions

Our Guest Columnist of the week is Cees Slings, a Dutch director, composer, choreographer and freestyle producer, whose productions earned riders multiple Olympic gold medals and international kur victories. Besides designing freestyles, Slings and his team have developed a software program for objectifying freestyle judging, which is now the hottest topic of discussion at the 2013 FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne on 8 - 9 April 2013.

Wayne´s World

FEI Sports Forum Directs FEI Dressage Committee to Decide on Blood Rule

02/05/2012

Wayne's World

A regular columnist for Eurodressage, IDRC secretary-general Wayne Channon attended the inaugural FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne where the very "Blood Rule" was up for discussion by the FEI Veterinary Committte. Wayne provided a debrief of the forum focusing on the aspects important for dressage.