Ensuring the safety and welfare of horses, participants, and all stakeholders at US Equestrian Competitions remains a top priority of US Equestrian. In today’s environment, this has become even more important.  Below you will find tools to assist US Equestrian Competition Organizers as well as competitors and participants with managing risks associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Whether participant, competition organizer and staff, or vendor and support personnel, each of us needs to exercise caution, take precautionary measures, be accountable, and utilize good judgement at all times while interacting with one another at competitions.

Click on the link below to access the USEF COVID-19 Action Plan for USEF-Licensed Competitions

USEF COVID-19 Action Plan for USEF-Licensed Competitions - new edition 12/09/22

USEF Rule Modifications

• 2023 USEF Presidential Modifications for Dressage - in effect 12/01/22 

Additional Resources

• Print & Social Media Resources
  • Competition Access Acknowledgement - Printable Poster
  • If you are requiring face masks:
    • Face Masks and Social Distancing - Printable Poster
    • Face Masks and Social Distancing - Download for Digital Use
• General Waiver and Release of Liability, Assumption of Risk and Indemnity Agreement  8.5x11"

          ^{Fillable PDF for use by competition management; may be electronically signed and must be submitted to competition managment}

• State-Specific Waiver and Release of Liability, Assumption of Risk and Indemnity Agreement 8.5X11"

         ^{Fillable PDF for use by competition management; may be electronically signed and must be submitted to competition managment}

• Federation Entry Agreement

          ^{Fillable PDF for use by competition management; may be electronically signed and must be submitted to competition managment}

• State-by-State COVID-19 Resources
• State of California Guidelines - Equestrian Event Resources During COVID-19 
• Explaining USEF & Licensed Competitions to State & Local Authorities
• Equestrian Sport:  Experience with Risk Management and Communicable Disease Outbreak Mitigation

World Health Organization (WHO) Resources

• WHO Mass Gathering for Sports Risk Assessment Tool  

  • Risk Assessment Decision Tree
  • Considerations for Sports Federations/Sport Event Organizers when planning mass gatherings
  • Key Planning Recommendations for Mass Gatherings
  • Q&A on Mass Gatherings and COVID-19

This toolkit will be updated as new resources become available and as the situation changes.

^{USEF has put in place preventative measures aimed to reduce the spread of illnesses, including COVID-19, at its licensed competitions and following its licensed competitions; however, USEF cannot guarantee that participants or attendees will not become infected with COVID-19. Further, attending a licensed competition could increase the risk contracting an illness, including COVID-19. Anyone attending a USEF licensed competition assumes the risk of contracting an illness, including the COVID-19 virus.}