From 1 July, FEI Sanctions Stables for Missed Vaccination Registrations

FEI Stopped Giving Warnings on 1 July

For the first half of 2026, FEI ran a grace period. If a horse arrived at an event without its equine influenza vaccination correctly registered in the FEI HorseApp, the Person Responsible got an email. A warning. No fine.

That period is over.

From 1 July 2026, the same gap in your records gets you sanctioned. Under Art. 1002 of the FEI Veterinary Regulations, if the vaccination details aren't logged in HorseApp and the Horse's passport you will get sanctioned and fine when showing up at an FEI event.

Why this catches stables out

It's rarely a vaccination skipped outright. It's timing — and timing here is two problems, not one.

The first is a reminder problem: a booster due in a six-month window that nobody flagged, so it happens late. The second is a planning problem: a booster done "in time," but too close to the next event. FEI requires a 7-day wait after vaccination before a horse can compete — miss that window and a horse that's technically compliant still can't start.

This means vaccinating early in advance of an event, to handle the 7-day wait. Or vaccinate later then scheduled will still being compliant.

That's the risk FEI just made expensive: not just knowing a date is due, but knowing it early enough to still make the entry.

What leading stables do differently

The stables that won't get caught by this aren't the ones with better memories. They're the ones planning vaccinations against the calendar — working backwards from the next event and the 7-day wait, not forwards from the last booster.

Equihub tracks every vaccination and compliance date, per horse — early enough to plan around the 7-day rule, not react to it. FEI raised the stakes. The standard hasn't changed.

Every detail. Accounted for.

Read more on fei.org The official FEI announcement.