last updated on June 22, 2010 13:27

Following the accident in which Courtney King-Dye (USA) sustained serious head injuries in a schooling fall in Florida earlier this year, the FEI Dressage Committee has today issued a recommendation regarding the wearing of protective headgear.

The FEI Dressage Committee strongly recommends that all riders should wear properly fastened safety helmets when training and in pre-competition warm-ups at all international dressage shows.

Riders still have the choice of wearing protective headgear in the competition arena.

British Dressage are in full support of the FEI position and would urge riders to follow this advice.