{"id":11363,"date":"2025-07-30T17:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cavalliecavalieri.soononline.dev\/2025\/07\/30\/measuring-device\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:01:15","slug":"measuring-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/2025\/07\/30\/measuring-device\/","title":{"rendered":"MEASURING DEVICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE DEVICE WILL ENSURE THE HORSE\u2019S NOSEBAND IS NOT TOO TIGHT&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source FEI.ORG<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FEI has introduced a noseband Measuring Device designed to enhance horse welfare and standardise assessments of noseband tightness at FEI events.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The device will be used by stewards at FEI competitions across all FEI disciplines to objectively control the tightness of a horse\u2019s noseband from May 1, 2025. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All equestrians, from riders to grooms and stable managers, can also acquire the easy-to-use device themselves to ensure their horse\u2019s noseband is not too tight, and to ensure they comply with FEI rules. At FEI competitions, those horses being examined will have the Measuring Device \u2013 which measures 1.7cm high, 3cm wide and 11.5cm long \u2013 inserted under the noseband, over the nasal bone, and drawn through from top to bottom. The wedge-shaped device must fit between the horse\u2019s nose and the noseband or the horse and athlete will not be able to compete and\/or face elimination and a Yellow Warning Card.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Using the Measuring Device<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The noseband Measuring Device is simple to use, but it is important that the assessment is done correctly. When using the device, the person measuring should:<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Approach the horse from the side in a calm manner.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Hold the noseband with their free hand and make room for the device.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Gently retrieve the device from the bottom of the noseband.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Gently retrieve the device from the bottom of the noseband.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Step away from the horse in a calm manner.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Clean the device afterwards with a disinfectant wipe.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">FEI Stewards using the device at events will wear disposable gloves to conduct the measurement. They will then remove the gloves and put on a new pair before assessing another horse.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The Measuring Device is for sale at the FEI Fan Shop.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE DEVICE WILL ENSURE THE HORSE\u2019S NOSEBAND IS NOT TOO TIGHT&#8230; Source FEI.ORG The FEI has introduced a noseband Measuring Device designed to enhance horse welfare and standardise assessments of noseband tightness at FEI events. The device will be used by stewards at FEI competitions across all FEI disciplines to objectively control the tightness of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,126,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","category-featured-en","category-horse-care","category-71","category-126","category-72","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11364,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11363\/revisions\/11364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavalliecavalieri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}