Presentation on behalf of the Irish National Federation
FALL STATS FOR 2014 Total XC Fallers % Fallers No of Horse Faller for every Starter Starters to Falls Starters CNC3* 56 2 4% 0 1 every 28 starters CNC2* 684 22 3% 4 1 every 31 starters CNC1* 2539 67 3% 10 1 every 37 starters EI100 3210 67 2% 5 1 every 48 starters EI90 1651 36 2% 2 1 every 46 starters TOTAL 8140 194 2% 21
COMPARISON OF RIDER FALL STATS 2014 V 2013 Class Fallers 2014 Fallers 2013 Difference CNC3* 2 0 2 CNC2* 22 17 5 CNC1* 67 61 6 EI100 67 44 23 EI90 36 29 7 TOTAL 194 115 43 • Increase in number of falls is due to increase in number of entries, particularly in the EI100 class • No serious injuries to riders
COMPARISON OF RIDER FALL STATS 2014 FOR DAY MEMBERSHIPS V REGISTERED MEMBERS Class Total Fallers 2014 Day %age of Day % Entries of Membership Membership Day Fallers Fallers Memberships CNC1* 67 0 0 0% EI100 67 23 35% 16% EI90 36 11 30% 38% TOTAL 194 45 23% • Day Memberships are open to non-members who wish to compete at EI100 and EI90. To compete at CNC1* level, they must have completed 3 MERs at EI100. • 16% of all entries in EI100 class were Day Memberships who incurred 35% of falls in that class • 38% of all entries in EI90 were Day Memberships who incurred 30% of falls in that class
COMPARISON OF HORSE FALL STATS 2014 v 2013 Class Horse Falls 2014 Horse Falls 2013 Difference CNC3* 0 0 0 CNC2* 4 9 -5 CNC1* 10 31 -21 EI100 5 15 -10 EI90 2 4 -2 TOTAL 21 59 -38 • Reduction in horse falls possibly due to either better reporting by officials or better riding • No serious horse injuries were recorded
DOWNGRADING • Horse/Rider combinations who have two consecutive cross country falls will be required to move down to the lower class. • Horse/Rider combinations only permitted to move back up a level when they have gone clear at twice at a lower class • In 2014 only two horse/rider combinations were asked to downgrade
YELLOW CARDS • In 2015, Eventing Ireland is introducing Yellow Cards at National level. Will be issued for: o Abuse of Horse o Incorrect Behaviour o Dangerous Riding • Two yellow cards for any same offence within a 12 month period will incur automatic disqualification from competition for 2 months. (FEI Yellow Card to count) • EI Watch-List records all incidents of dangerous riding, fallers and disciplinary actions that occur each season
STANDARD OF TRACKS • The standard of tracks around the country are being monitored to ensure XC fences are up to standard for the level of class. (height/level of difficulty etc.) • Too time consuming to record every fence on every track at every event • Events which are not up to standard are given advice and recommendations by the Steward • If event does not comply to the recommendations, the event is either downgraded or not permitted a date for the next season.
MORE DETAILED FALL INFORMATION • Stewards will be asked to obtain more detailed information for falls o Class o Type of fence o Height and dimensions • This will be logged and analysed at the end of the season
FRANGIBLE PINS • Eventing Ireland is now purchasing Frangible Pins from BE and also MIMs • Events, Course Builders are able to purchase these at 1/3 of cost. Pins broken due to a fall will be replaced free of charge • Aim is to promote safety and reduce the number of falls • All fences with frangible pins that break during an event (due to a fall) will be recorded
GOOD STATS • Out of 47 events, four events ran without any fallers and six events had one faller • These events averaged 106 entries • It could be suggested that the lower number of entries correlates to lower number of falls
NOT SO GOOD STATS • Out of 47 events, only 4 events encountered problems • Time of event during the season (early/late) does not appear to be a factor • These events averaged one fall every 21 runners out of an average of 233 runners • Three of these events were in one region – which has some of the strongest tracks • One of these events had 281 entries and averaged one fall every 18 runners. There were falls in 75% of the classes – the biggest amount of fallers being in the EI100 class
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