EVENTING Ireland is moving forward with its 2017 safety drive and all Eventing Ireland course designers must either be accredited, or work under the supervision of an accredited mentor, an initiative introduced by the Board of Eventing Ireland.

An Education Day was held at Tattersalls last Saturday with 26 course designers attending. Top Olympic and international four-star course designer, Mike Etherington-Smith, explained why the process to becoming an Eventing Ireland accredited course designer and why course design – at all levels - is so important.