No. Competition Management will be required to keep the waivers for three years.

Competition Management, state, or local guidelines may require temperature monitoring upon arrival. If you have a temperature of 100.4° F (38° C) or higher you may not enter the facility.

Officials must comply with state and local requirements regarding the use of face coverings/masks. In the absence of state or local requirements, USEF recommends compliance with CDC guidelines.  In an effort to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19, Competition Organizers can impose more restrictive requirements if they so choose. 

If state, local, or competition organizer requirements require social distancing, and it is impossible to do so, then a divider must be erected where social distancing cannot be maintained. Please view the Action Plan for specific divider requirements. Face covering/mask requirements are dependent on state, local, or competition organizer requirements (see Question #3 above).

Check with Competition Management before traveling to the competition.

You can find recommendations for proper use of face masks and face coverings via the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention website.

No. Any participant who wishes to may compete with a facemask or face covering and cannot be disqualified or penalized for doing so.

Yes. If state, local, or competition organizer requirements mandate social distancing and/or face coverings/masks, competition management should develop a plan for how to safely organize horse or pony measurements, which may include creating a schedule, taping off the measurement area to discourage unnecessary gatherings, etc.

Yes, those rule modifications are in effect through the remainder of the 2021 competition year (ending November 30, 2021).  The modifications can be found here.

Rule Modifications have been issued effective May 18, 2020 that waive the officiating limitations imposed by GR1034 and GR1038 for judges, stewards, and technical delegates. These modifications are in effect for the 2020 and 2021 competition years.

Cancelled competitions are not included towards the calculation of rotation rules. If an official has questions about their specific officiating history, they can contact Alina Brazzil, Director of Licensed Officials, at [email protected].

Accepting apprentices is at the discretion of the official(s) and Competition Manager. Apprentices must receive permission from the official(s) they wish to apprentice with and the Competition Manager before they are permitted to apprentice. If you accept an apprentice, please be aware that you must maintain social distancing requirements at all times in accordance with state, local, or competition management requirements, including while officiating. All apprentices must comply with any state, local, or competition organizer requirements.

Choosing to officiate is a personal decision. Please evaluate your personal risk factors, federal, state, and local guidelines, and current pandemic status to make a decision.

The official is not permitted to officiate. Competition Management should try to find a replacement official. If a replacement cannot be identified, the Competition Manager should contact Alina Brazzil, Director of Licensed Officials, at [email protected] to work out a solution.

Stewards can take a photo of the course plans/diagrams with their phone and upload the photo as an addendum to the Report.

The Federation approved Rule Modifications to clarify that tack inspections will be conducted visually. Please review the specific rule modifications here.

GR1037 states the Yellow Warning Card “must be provided to the alleged offender at the competition either in person or by any other suitable means.” Therefore, you can provide the Yellow Warning Card digitally.

If a competition is not licensed by the Federation, then you are not required to follow the USEF COVID-19 Action Plan requirements. However, you should check with the organizer and federal, state, and local public health authorities regarding any requirements that may be in effect.

All Stewards and TDs must include incidents of non-compliance of the mandatory requirements outlined in the USEF COVID-19 Action Plan within the Steward or TD Report.

Notify the Steward or TD immediately, or Competition Management if the Steward or TD is unavailable. The Competition Manager has the authority under GR702.1 and GR914 to remove any person from the facility who does not comply with the regulations and requirements in effect at the competition. Competition Management must be the party to ensure the individual has been removed from the facility. Stewards and TDs must document the removal of a person from the facility in the Steward or TD Report.

Stewards and TDs are required to report compliance on the part of the competition with respect to the mandatory requirements of the USEF COVID-19 Action Plan. This includes posting the required signage displaying federal, state, and local requirements and orders as they relate to mass gatherings and sporting events in effect at the competition. The USEF Steward and TD Reports have been updated to facilitate the ability for Stewards and TDs to report this information.

Notify the Steward or TD immediately so they can contact Competition Management to resolve the issue. If the Steward or TD is unavailable, contact Competition Management directly. Do not officiate until you are able to complete your duties within an area that meets social distancing requirements.