Elizabeth Mandarino has been notified in a correspondence from the United States Equestrian Federation that USEF rules provide for the CEO to temporarily suspend an individual upon finding an issue which falls under the auspices of the USEF Hearing Committee and involves the safety and welfare of Federation members and/or horses. John Long makes the following comment, " I have decided to invoke this rule pending the Hearing Committee's findings regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of a pony during the recent Devon Horse Show."