Something to note here is that the FEI’s reach regarding horse abuse extends well beyond FEI competitions. If there is evidence that Kocher has used electric shock on horses anywhere, at anytime, even in his back yard, the FEI can hold him responsible for horse abuse, and they are very thorough in their investigations. If you are a member of the FEI, you cannot violate the horse abuse rules, period.
It’s in the rule book.
They can always decide to make an example of you but they usually don’t, as we know because we see so many dubious behaviors go unpunished…
However, I have a feeling that they will come down on Kocher like a ton of bricks because electric shock is so easily understood by everyone to be a cruel, horrible thing to do to a horse. I think any appeal of a suspension to the CAS would not be successful, again because the thought of electrical shock is horrifying, even to non-horsey people.
So my bet is that, if the FEI has the evidence, Kocher is in serious trouble especially since the accusations apparently involve more than one horse.
Those poor horses. 
