South African Equestrian Federation (SAEF) is the national

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for majority of

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sports in

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. These sports include the FEI-recognized disciplines of dressage,

eventing Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This ...

, show jumping,

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endurance Endurance (also related to sufferance, resilience, constitution, fortitude, and hardiness) is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from an ...

, reining,

para-equestrian Para-equestrian is an equestrian sport governed by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI), and includes two competitive events: One is para-equestrian dressage, which is conducted under the same basic rules as conventional dres ...

, and

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, with the non-FEI discipline of tentpegging. SAEF also develops and enforces the rules for other events at

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s. SAEF governs the official relations with the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI), with its affiliation established since 1947. It also oversee the interactions between the South African government with equestrian athletes and professionals. SAEF is registered with

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as the officially recognised federation.

Disciplines

Disciplines affiliated under the SAEF include:Disciplines
SAEF, accessed 21 September 2017. * Carriage Driving SA * Dressage South Africa * Endurance Association of SA * Eventing South Africa * Mounted Archery SA * Equitation SA * Mounted Games SA * SA Polo Association * SA Polocrosse Association * SA Showjumping * SA Tentpegging Association * SA Western Mounted Games * SA Showing * SA Vaulting Association

Equestrians

References

External links

SAEF official website

SAEF Partner Links
National members of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports

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Disciplines

Equestrians

See also

References

External links