Dressage: FEI: WEG 2010: Dutch dressage rider Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich's Parzival's Elimination from WEG 2010 May Not Have Been Legal

Jerich's Parzival's tongue nick which prompted the controversial elimination - WEG 2010 (FEI Photo)

Horse and Hound reports that  Dutch dressage rider Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich's Parzival's elimination from the World Equestrian Games (WEG) last year may not have been within FEI rules.

At the time, the media widely reported technical delegate Dr Wotjek Markowski's view that FEI, horsesport's international governing body, rules about blood or foam in the mouth gave the judges "no choice" but to eliminate — and riders no right of appeal.

However, astonishingly, an investigation by continental magazine Horse International found no such rule in either the FEI's dressage, general or veterinary regulations.

As a consequence, the FEI is creating a new rule covering blood in a horse's mouth...  Read the entire Horse and Hound article.

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WEG Dressage Elimination: JERICH PARZIVAL'S ELIMINATION by Louise Parkes (Photo Attached)

The Dutch Equestrian Federation has pointed out that Adelinde Cornelissen's gelding Jerich Parzival, which was eliminated during the Team Grand Prix Dressage competition yesterday at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky, bit his tongue during the dressage test and not in the warm-up beforehand as reported in yesterday's FEI press release. (See Photo in Full Article)