Irish National Federation FALL STATS FOR 2014 Total XC Fallers % - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presentation on behalf of the Irish National Federation

FALL STATS FOR 2014 Total XC Starters Fallers % Fallers to Starters No of Horse Falls Faller for every Starter CNC3* 56 2 4% 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 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 Membership Fallers %age of Day Membership Fallers % Entries of Day Memberships CNC1* 67 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* 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:
• Abuse of Horse
• Incorrect Behaviour
• 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
• Class
• Type of fence
• 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%
• f the classes – the biggest amount of fallers being in the EI100 class