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focusing on modernising the conditions of movement of horses within South America has called for the removal of outdated or unjustified import and export barriers that are stifling the growth of equestrian sport.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 […]
The FEI, following approval by the FEI Bureau, has announced a small number of changes to its 2011 Equine Prohibited Substance List. These changes, which will be included in the 2012 List and will come into effect on January 1st, are summarised here and below: • There are two additions to the Prohibited List: Magnesium […]
The Ground Juries for Dressage at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Final 2012 have been announced following blind draws at the FEI’s headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) today (23 September). Leif Törnblad (DEN), Maribel Alonso (MEX), Jean-Michel Roudier (FRA), Gary Rockwell (USA), Wim Ernes (NED) and Evi […]
The FEI Solidarity Committee, chaired by the FEI President HRH Princess Haya, held its first meeting at the FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) last week. The Committee agreed that FEI Solidarity, the aim of which is to organise assistance to the National Federations (NFs), in particular to those which have the greatest need, will […]
In response to media enquiries concerning the recent provisional suspension imposed on Jonathon Millar by the FEI, and some of the incorrect speculation arising therefrom, the below news release is intended to provide some relevant insight into the matter. Jonathon has been bravely battling a serious medical condition as a result of his body’s inability […]
Equine Canada has been advised by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) that it is investigating a sample from Canadian athlete Jonathon Millar, taken during a routine competition drug test. Article 14.2 of the FEI’s Anti-Doping Rules for Human Athletes prohibit national equestrian federations from publicly commenting on the specific facts of a pending case, beyond […]
The inaugural two-day Symposium hosted by the FEI, CHIO Aachen and Aachen School of Course Design (ASCD) last month was “a vital step forward in the organised growth of national, regional, FEI 1* and 2* Jumping competitions”, according to John Madden, Acting Chair, FEI Jumping Committee. The Symposium, entitled “How to develop, organise and sustain […]
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