In order to facilitate participation, an FEI measuring station has been organized at the facilities of CAVA Horse. It is stated that it will be the only measurement station in Spain for the year 2023

MEASUREMENT DATE: April 1, 2023

TIME: 12.00h

In case of need of box reservation you must contact:

MAYA FOR — (+34) 661456139cava@cavahorse.com 

All interested parties should contact before March 24 at bflores@rfhe.comindicating the following data:

• Name of the person responsible for the pony or his representative
• Name and nationality of the owner of the pony
• Pony Name
• Country where the pony is registered
• License number/FEI passport
• Proof of payment of 100 euros that must be made effective in the RFHE account: ES30 2100 1575 19 0200112254

Regarding the new regulation, in 2020 the FEI introduced a new pony measurement system, which came into force from 1 January 2020 with a transition period established for ponies already registered with the FEI before that date.

This FEI measurement certificate will only be issued for official measurements scheduled by the FEI: https://inside.fei.org/fei/your-role/veterinarians/welfare/pony-measuring/calendar

The statutory height of a Pony at the cross must not exceed:

• 148 cm without horseshoes (any measurement between 148.1 cm and 148.9 cm will be rounded to 148 cm);
• 149 cm with horseshoes (any measurement between 149.1 cm and 149.9 cm will be rounded to 149 cm).

When a new pony is registered in the FEI database, it must be measured in an official FEI measurement session.

Measured ponies will receive an FEI measurement certificate according to their age: ponies aged eight years and over will receive a lifetime certificate, while ponies under eight years old will receive a provisional certificate of 15 months.

Ponies can attend a measurement session in any country, but cannot be measured by an FEI measurement veterinarian of the national federation in which the pony is registered.

If a pony is measured and too large, it cannot participate in any FEI pony competition. It may be re-measured once during the same year in another measurement session, and once a year in the following two consecutive years. In total, it can be measured four times in three consecutive years.

All ponies must be free of any substances included in the list of prohibited substances for equines, and EADCM samples may be taken during measurement sessions.

Official FEI veterinarians may take DNA samples from any or all ponies; these samples will not be used for others until they are the identification of the pony.