Updates to the FEI Tack App, launched in May 2023, will be temporarily paused after 8 April 2024 until the conclusion of the Olympic Games in Paris. The app was launched with the aim of bringing clarity as to which tack is allowed to be used at FEI competitions and help the equestrian community navigate the FEI rules and regulations. However, keeping up with the monthly updates has proved challenging and the app caused a big debate at the IJRC General Assembly 2023. Now, the FEI has decided to pause the updates.

"The next update of the FEI Tack, Equipment & Dress Database (FEI Tack App) will be released after the Easter holidays, on 8 April 2024," the FEI announced on Thursday. "Further to feedback received from numerous Athletes and Officials, who are seeking clarity regarding the use of tack and equipment during the Olympic & Paralympic Games in Paris 2024, the FEI agreed that this would be the last update of the FEI Tack App prior to the Games. The temporary pause of updates to the FEI Tack App will be applied to all FEI Disciplines, including non-Olympic Disciplines. Following the conclusion of the Olympic & Paralympic Games in Paris 2024, the updates shall resume on every first Monday of the month, as per the usual process."