THE Medical Equestrian Association of Ireland is holding a meeting on the management of equestrian sports injuries at Tattersalls on Saturday, October 4th.

The session will run from 9.30am to 4.30pm and among the speakers will be Dr Peter Whitehead, chairman of the FEI Medical Committee. His topic is ‘Experienced based medicine...learning from the big event’. Dr Whitehead was chief medical officer for the equestrian competitions at the 2012 London Olympics.