Supporters of top hats are making a last ditch effort to have the traditional headgear as an option over safety helmets when the International Equestrian Federation’s General Assembly that has the final word meets in Antwerp, Belgium next week…
Top hats will be outlawed in all dressage competitions as of Jan. 1, 2021 and protective headgear only will be required, thus apparently ending a debate that was renewed recently by many senior riders seeking to keep the tradition alive…
Isabell Werth, the world’s No. 1 rider and the most decorated equestrian Olympian in history, on Friday made an appeal just days before horse sports’ ultimate governing body not to take away the right of senior competitors to choose to…
A move by many of the world’s top dressage riders to keep top hats for high level competitions has apparently failed before making it to the International Equestrian Federation’s governing General Assembly next month as, the FEI said Tuesday, it…
News of a petition by 150 leading dressage riders seeking to retain the right to wear top hats in senior high level competitions to keep alive tradition in the sport sparked strong reaction around the globe….
A petition signed by 150 of the world’s leading dressage riders has asked the International Equestrian Federation to give senior riders the option of wearing top hats at the highest levels of the sport, reversing a decision to outlaw the…
