Dear riders, We would like to inform you that during the Show in Aachen on Saturday the 5th July from 10.30 to 11.30 a.m. On the Showground you are invited to take part to the meeting. The members of the IJRC Committee and of the PAT will be at your disposal for any information. The topics we will discuss are :   Superleague and...

What Is Quarantine? Quarantine is compulsory isolation set up to prevent the spread or introduction of a contagious disease. The word comes from the old Italian word “quarantena”, meaning forty day period. The aim of all quarantine measures is to ensure that all horses are healthy both when they arrive and depart, and that the good equine health status of...

Dear rider,    As you have noticed since 2008, there has been a few changes in the rules regarding the calculation of the Rolex World ranking. Here are a few words regarding these changes. As you might know the IJRC is the owner of the ranking formula, for this reason the FEI contacted the IJRC committee after this decision had been taken during the...

Women………..Men’s problem? Women: attractive ladies, beautiful or not, determinate, agreeable, competent, intelligent or not, sometimes sulk or perfidious, or full of charm, from Eva to the beautiful Elena of Greece, they have always been the problem of the men. Also for our riders men during the 2007 women have been a problem: Meredith is the European Champion, and it is...

Full of Hope The first six months of 2007 were full of hope, but also with big political delusions for expectations of the IJRC and of the riders involved, though the athletes could count on the competence and the helpfulness of the FEI functionaries. Now a better cooperation with the National Federation is expected and we already saw the signal...