Elizabeth Mandarino has been notified in a correspondence from the U.S. Equestrian Federation that USEF rules provide for the CEO to temporarily suspend an individual upon finding an issue which falls under the auspices of the USEF Hearing Committee and involves the safety and welfare of Federation members and/or horses.

USEF CEO John Long made the following comment, “I have decided to invoke this rule pending the Hearing Committee’s findings regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of a pony during the recent Devon Horse Show.”

Humble died on May 26 at the Devon Horse Show in Devon, Pa.