Updated EC Rules

Please note that EC jumping and all EC warm up rules are under FEI rules.

Rule changes 2022.

Warm up for competition: the following gymnastic exercises are not permitted during warm up for competition.

5. Schooling, Exercising, Gymnastics and Training

5.1. Athletes may train their Horses in gymnastic exercises using placing poles on the ground, but obstacles used for this purpose may not exceed 1.30 m in height. Athletes using such obstacles must not violate the rules against rapping (see JRs Art. 243.2.1). Training exercises consisting of a line of obstacles in succession without a stride in between (in-out/bounce exercises) are permitted if there is sufficient space. For these exercises a maximum of three obstacles with a height not exceeding 1.00 m may be used; minimum distance between obstacles is 2.50 m, maximum distance is 3.00 m.
Gymnastic/training exercises as described above are not permitted during the warm-up for a Competition.

5.2. Placing Poles: if there is enough space placing poles may be used and placed on the ground not closer than 2.50 m on the take-off side of a vertical obstacle not exceeding 1.30 m in height. A placing pole may be used on the landing side not closer than 2.50 m when the obstacle is jumped at the trot or three metres if at the canter. Any pole placed approximately six metres or more from an obstacle on either side or on both sides is not considered a placing pole and is therefore allowed to be used with both verticals and oxers.
Poles on the ground as described above may not be used during the warm-up for a Competition.

Hind Boots:

2.5.2 Boots that have a rounded protective element on the inside only, and boots with a rounded protective element on the inside and outside, that is, double-shell boots that wrap around the back of the fetlock, are permitted providing they meet the following criteria:

All boots must be designed in such a way that both sides can be bent to fit around the Horse’s leg without effort. For double- shell boots specifically, the boots must be pre-moulded to the shape of a horse’s fetlock, i.e. the boot must be pre-moulded in a “U” shape, in such a way that the boot naturally wraps around the fetlock.

Double shell boots that require the fastener(s) to be attached to permit the boot to wrap around the fetlock are not permitted. The boot must have a maximum length of 20 centimetres at its longest point. Hind boots with additional protection for the pastern that extends below the rounded shell on the inside of the boot or on both sides of the boot are allowed providing the protection is made of soft pliable material. The pastern protection that extends below the rounded shell on the inside is not taken into account when measuring the length of the boot (refer to the FEI Jumping Stewards’ Manual Annexes for instructions on how to measure the length of the boot correctly).

The rounded protective part of the boot must be placed around the fetlock (for boots with a protective element on one side only, the protective element must be placed around the inside of the fetlock).

The inside of the boot must be non-abrasive and smooth, that is, the surface must be even and there may not be any pressure points on the inside of the boot; for the avoidance of doubt, stitching on the inside of the protective element that attaches the inner lining to the boot, is permitted. Sheepskin linings are allowed.

Permitted:
Velcro, stud, or hook type fasteners only.
Velcro straps on single shell boots may be elastic or non elastic.
Double shell boots must have elastic straps.
Stud and hook type fasteners must have elastic straps.