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Olympic Equestrian #TwoHearts Campaign

A powerful video demonstrating the unique and extraordinary bond between the Olympics’ most muscular athlete – the horse – and their courageous riders has been released today, less than three months before the start of the Rio 2016 Games. Around the world in 80 days – or just a bit over! – #TwoHearts will spread […]
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FEI Denied Appeal in GCL Case

The Brussels Court of Appeal has today denied the FEI appeal on the interim measures imposed by the Belgian Competition Authority which prevent the FEI from imposing its unsanctioned event rule on athletes and horses competing in the Global Champions League. “We are of course disappointed that the Brussels Court of Appeal has denied the […]
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FEI Suspends Officials for GCL Involvement

The FEI has suspended international judge Rogier Van Iersal and course designer Rob Jansen, who served as officials during the first two stages of the unsanctioned Global Champions League in Miami and Mexico City, held April 10th and 17th, respectively. The FEI has held firm on its stance against the Global Champions League, which is operated […]
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Lier Grand Prix Special Results Removed from Olympic Rankings

Following a thorough investigation into results from the three-star Dressage event at Lier (BEL), the FEI has found evidence of nationalistic judging in favour of a Ukrainian athlete, Inna Logutenkova, by two Ukrainian judges in the Grand Prix Special test on March 2, 2016. As a result, the FEI Dressage Committee, with the full support […]
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FEI Does Not Support the Global Champions League

The FEI President Ingmar De Vos has today again confirmed that the FEI’s position on the Global Champions League (GCL) remains unchanged and that the Federation will continue to fight the decision of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) with all legal means. “The GCL is still an unsanctioned event which is not approved by the […]
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The Sports Consultancy Named FEI’s Global Sponsorship Sales Agency

The FEI has appointed The Sports Consultancy as its official global sponsorship sales agency up to and including the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Bromont/Montreal (CAN). The Sports Consultancy, appointed after a competitive tender earlier this year, has a proven track record working with the FEI on a variety of commercial consultancy projects over […]
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UAE Vet Receives Provisional Suspension

Dr Hallvard Sommerseth, Head of the Veterinary Department at the United Arab Emirates Equestrian Federation (EEF), has been provisionally suspended as an FEI Official by the FEI Secretary General, Sabrina Zeender, for non-compliance with FEI Rules and Regulations and his involvement in a number of events from which duplicate results were submitted to the FEI. […]
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WBFSH Signs New Agreement with FEI

World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses signs Memorandum of Understanding with FEI The World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the FEI. The WBFSH represents 70 sport horse studbooks from over 30 countries with the central aim of stimulating horse breeding development worldwide and integrating breeding with horse […]
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International Equine Footing Experts Meet

Experts from three continents gathered at a special two-day equine surfaces forum held at the FEI headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) last month. A total of 36 equine, veterinary and footing specialists from Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and United States came together to discuss standards for arena surfaces in Jumping. The […]