Following the resignation Luc Fournier, CEO, François Duffar, chairman, and members Julie Payette, Rene Perreault and Linda Heathcot, the Board of Directors of the Organizing Committee of the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 (COJEM) has elected Rosaire Houde, as interim chairman. A Board member since the inception of COJEM, Houde will work with the Board to fulfill […]

Horse Sport has confirmed that five members of the board of the 2018 Bromont WEG (COJEM) have resigned en-masse including:

UPDATE: We received a clarification from COJEM vice-president of communications Andrée Corriveau, who stated that in 2013 the minister of Education, Recreation and Sports under the Parti Québécois government, Marie Malavoy, signed a letter of support to WEG 2018 stipulating that it was conditional to the same funding from the federal government. The City of […]

The CEO Selection Committee, comprised of three members of the Equine Canada Board and three members of the 2018 WEG Bid Committee, is currently recruiting for a CEO for the 2018 World Equestrian Games (WEG). For the first time in the history of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the prestigious WEG will held in Canada […]

Today, members of the Bromont Bid Committee, along with Equine Canada President, Al Patterson and CEO, Eva Havaris, are extremely pleased to announce that the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Bureau has unanimously awarded the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ to Bromont/Montreal as host city, with the Games to be held at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian […]

Following a meeting with senior FEI officials, Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) has regretfully withdrawn their bid for the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) related to a sponsor conflict. Mark Bellissimo CEO of ESP commented, “I would like to thank the FEI for having the confidence in our organization and world-class facility to be part […]

The FEI has re-opened the bidding process for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 following Monday’s Bureau meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI), but has specifically asked the Canadian bid from Bromont/Montreal to remain a part of that process. There had been an expectation that the FEI Bureau would allocate the 2018 Games to […]

According to reports as yet to be confirmed by the FEI, Austria failed to submit its Host Agreement to the FEI by the Dec. 15th deadline, thus negating their bid for the 2018 World Equestrian Games. This means that the Bromont Equestrian Olympic Park in Bromont, QC, is now the only remaining bidder of the […]