November 24th, is a historic day for the FEI as the Federation celebrates its 90th birthday and joins in the celebrations for the 1000-day countdown to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014. Exactly 90 years ago, on 24 November 1921, representatives from national equestrian organisations from Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden […]
A record seven National Federations have sent in formal Expressions of Interest to host the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018. Signed Expression of Interest documents have been received from the National Federations of Australia, Canada, Hungary, Morocco, Russia, Sweden, and the USA. The deadline for receipt of signed documentation was midnight CET last night, […]
The 2011 FEI General Assembly took place today, Monday November 14th, in Rio de Janeiro (BRA). Click here to review the main decisions.
Five women were rewarded for their outstanding contribution to equestrianism at the FEI Awards ceremony on Monday, November 14th in the superb setting of Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Palace Hotel. The FEI is proud to announce that the winners of the FEI Awards 2011 are: Development Award – Soraya Ourrais (FRA/MAR) Soraya won this […]
The Constitutional Task Force, which was set up in April of this year to identify an optimal governance structure for the FEI, presented its findings and recommendations to the National Federations at the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) today at a session moderated by Executive Board member Richard Nicholl (USA). Constitutional […]
The FEI Bureau confirmed the following appointments to the FEI Technical Committees at its meeting held in Rio de Janeiro today (November 11th): Members of FEI Veterinary Committee Dr Phillipe Benoit (FRA), Dr Sergio Salinas (MEX) and Dr Stephen Schumacher (USA) appointed. The terms of office for the three new Veterinary Committee members will be […]
The Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) General Assembly opened in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) today with a meeting of the FEI Bureau, the first in four days of meetings culminating in the General Assembly on Monday November 14th. At its meeting today, the Bureau unanimously agreed to a proposal from the Dressage Committee to withdraw […]
The 2011 FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) will be available live and free of charge on FEI TV, the official FEI video platform, on Monday 14 November. The entire morning (9.00-12.30 Brasilia Summer Time/BRST) and afternoon (14.00- 16.30 BRST) sessions will be streamed live. New FEI TV viewers must first register here. […]
Preliminary findings from the post mortem on Hickstead, Eric Lamaze’s 2008 Olympic gold medal horse that died during the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping qualifier at Verona (ITA) November 6th, have confirmed an aortic rupture, resulting in heart failure. Further tests are to be conducted to establish the cause of the rupture, but these […]
The joint World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) and FEI conference focusing on modernising the conditions of movement of horses within South America has called for the removal of outdated or unjustified import and export barriers that are stifling the growth of equestrian sport. The need for greater understanding of the health certification and quarantine requirements […]
