Equine Canada Rule Changes and Amendments

January 2006

Keep checking the Dressage Canada website to stay informed and updated about the proposed dressage rule changes for the 2007 Equine Canada Dressage Rulebook. www.dressagecanada.org

Attention All Competitors - Dressage Canada Rules Amendments effective immediately!

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To: Dressage Competition Organizers, Officials and Competitors
From:   Dressage Canada Rules
Re:       Re. FEI Art 428.2 Saddlery  - EC page 39 Art, 2.21.2

A plain Dressage saddle, which must be close to the horse, which has long, near-      vertical flaps with stirrups and must be black or brown in colour is compulsory in all levels.

There has been discussion about this recently published amendment and clarification is required. This is an FEI rule and the philosophy continues to be that EC rules, and therefore Dressage rules, be kept in line with FEI.

Rules are dynamic and ongoing changes to equipment such as spurs, bits and saddles mean that definitions may need to be modified to reflect these current standards. The current marketplace is promoting a wide variety of
decorated and stock seat type saddles for dressage including but not limited to Australian, Endurance, Baroque, Spanish, Stock and Western. This rule is to ensure that the plain English type saddle continue to be used for Dressage.
 
For 2005 Equine Canada sanctioned competitions (Primary, Provincial & National) the dressage and the basic English saddle will comply with the above rule.

June 6, 2005

Attention Competition Organizers

Person Responsible Rule
For those of you who have not finalized prizelists and entry forms we would like to remind you of the clarification of "Person Responsible" rule in General Regulations A. 1011.

Equine Canada have asked that competition managers be asked to include the words "Person Responsible" on all entry forms under the line for the signature.

Please note that according to Horse Life and the EC Rules committee that it is "not reasonable to expect competitions to check on the status of the person who signs an entry form; the competition will fulfill every reasonable expectation with regard to this rule by including the above phrase." Horse Life Volume 6, No.1.

ECRIT
Dressage Canada Competitions will be monitoring the success of Canadian dressage competitions reporting results through ECRIT. For those who are expected to report through this system we look forward to your comments on your experience. Please email the competitions coordinator

Competitions ONLINE Users Group
It is the goal to have all Canadian Dressage organizers connected to this Users Group. If you have not been included please email: Please email the competitions coordinator