Equestrian Hub Magazine Issue 4 2021

Page 86

One of the positives of the MIM frangible system is that it holds rails of up to 250kgs.

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or those of you reading this article who are unfamiliar with eventing, your comment will likely be: what

on earth are frangibles?

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Frangibles: breaking it down

Frangible devices are the end product of a long-term initiative by eventing organisations to try and make eventing safer. This all started in the early 2000s when the FEI began keeping statistics of all cross country results, focusing principally on the amount of horse falls in the sport. This record-keeping

An FEI cross country Course Designer with many years’ experience, WAYNE COPPING was instrumental in helping to fine tune and introduce frangible devices to Australia.

involved officials manually recording all details of all jumps in FEI classes, such as the jumpable width, the top spread, the base spread, the shape or outline of the obstacle, and the different facets


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