IDOC News

  • IDOC Importance & Potential
    IDOC Importance & Potential
    When you look at our “colleagues” – the riders and the trainers club, they have shown that our dressage community needs something, which is not the FEI, to connect them. The IDOC works for all officials involved in dressage. We have the sport and discipline as a common interest, even though we work …
  • IDOC seminar for Judges (Young Horses) in Ermelo
    IDOC seminar for Judges (Young Horses) in Ermelo
    August 3-6, twenty eight FEI and National  ‘S’ judges made their way from the Americas (North, Central, and South) to attend a continuing judges’ education seminar, graciously supported by IDOC, at the World Longine’s FEI World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young …
  • 5
    15 Principles for Horse Welfare
      Assure that essential individual indicators for animal welfare are met based on the 5 domains of  1. nutrition 2. physical environment 3. Health 4. interactions with environment, other animals, humans and Mental state. These factors should not be resource based or limited. Commit to respect …
  • Paris2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
    Paris2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
    INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL OFFICIALS DRESSAGE: Ground Jury President Raphaël Saleh (FRA) Member: Henning Lehrmann (GER) Member: Isobel Wessels (GBR) Member: Mariette Sanders (NED) Member: Magnus Ringmark (SWE) Member: Michael Osinski (USA) Member: Susanne Baarup (DEN) JSP Member: Andrew Gardner (GBR) …

President’s Blog

  • The Perception of Dressage judging – Happy Easter
    So between the Sports Forum meeting in Lausanne, work near Copenhagen and a CDI in Austria near Vienna and the annual trainers meeting, IDTC in Billund back in Denmark – its time to reflect, look back and try to look into the future ! The Sports Forum meeting in Lausanne went well – in the way, …
  • Frankfurt (GER) – December, 14th – 15th, 2018
    New year message from IDOC President
    Dear Friends and Colleagues, First of all: Happy New Year, I hope you all had time to enjoy the holidays. In December we were so lucky to have our General Assembly and Refresher Seminars for both judges and steward in Frankfurt, hosted by the Linsenhof/Rath family at Stud Schafhof. Thank you so …
  • Hans-Christian Matthiesen, the president of the IDOC, about on-line judging
    Dear Colleagues! We live in a world full of rules and sanctions due to Covid19, but everywhere we see new initiatives on the internet. Some of them who might employ us during this time or keep up the competing spirit amongst riders, trainers and officials. Nobody knows how long this will take and …
  • IDOC End Of Year 2022
    Dear members, ​​​​​​Dear friends, Another year has come to an end, and the feeling that we still are in a post-Covid difficult situation is still dominant. Fortunately, many countries now have the situation under control and the restrictions have been lifted; however, we know that this is not the …

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