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Consternation as bit is ruled out by the FEI

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STEWARDS’ contradictory decisions about a bit at events have highlighted grey areas and inconsistencies in FEI rules.

At the Kentucky Three-Day Event in April, Katie Malensek was eliminated from the fourstar for her horse Landjaeger's Myler combination. A month later, in Belgium, British showjumper Charlotte Penny was pulled up over the same bit, on

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