Also, the FEI Tribunal issued its final decision in a case against an Italian jumper whose horse tested positive for stanozolol and ketoprofen.
Dehydration, fitness, and breeding can lead to specific challenges when treating colicky horses during endurance rides.
Lameness was the most common issue ride vets found, but 48% of affected horses had no further vet exams or treatment.
The federation also announced a new prohibited substance case involving another endurance horse and rider.
The FEI and the University of Glasgow will further develop the Global Endurance Injuries Study.
An “athletic” heart is a heritable characteristic linked to good endurance performance, researchers confirmed.
Three horses tested positive for the banned substance diisopropylamine, a vasodilator.
Forum presentations covered risk factors, bone fatigue, and risk management, among other topics.
The OIE has described management “pillars” to keep most diseases at bay for high-health, high-performance horses.
Panelists presented scientific data on eventing risk management, endurance risk factors, and bone fatigue.
All cases involve the use of substances banned under the FEI’s Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Regulations.
The two organizations will work together on risk management initiatives for eventing and endurance.
An endurance rider received a 30-month suspension while a para-equestrian’s provisional suspension was lifted.
The groups expressed “alarm over continued disproportionate equine deaths, equine doping, and catastrophic injuries.”
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Three horses tested positive for diisopropylamine, the first cases involving this vasodilating drug.
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