Canadian Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, is once again the number one show jumping rider in the world. The new Rolex Rider Rankings, released by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) on June 1, 2011, show Lamaze back in the number one spot with a total of 3,658 points. Reigning European Champion Kevin Staut […]
The Irish team are hot favourites to win the second leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup™ series in Rome (ITA) tomorrow, but they got the worst of the draw today and so will be first into the ring as the action gets underway in the stunning surroundings of the Piazza di Siena. A total […]
Joaquín Pérez de las Heras double bronze medallist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and with a professional jumping career spanning over 30 years, passed away
The second leg of the FEI Nations Cup™, which will take place this Friday May 27 in beautiful Rome (ITA), will be broadcast LIVE on the official FEI video platform FEI TV. The broadcast will begin at 13.55 GMT (1.55pm). The first round will end at 15.15 GMT (3.15pm); the competition will resume at […]
A week after nominations opened for the FEI Awards 2011, Michelle Tipper, the British winner in last year’s Best Groom category, has called on athletes and horse-owners to make their nominations. “I highly recommend that employers nominate their staff,” said Tipper. “It is such a boost to your motivation to have this recognition and it’s […]
The Club de Campo Villa de Madrid (ESP), venue for this year’s FEI European Jumping Championship, is to provide all-weather sand footing for the main arena to ensure perfect going for the Championship. The Championship will run from 13-18 September 2011. The Club already has sand footing in its warm-up rings, but the footing […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the governing body of equestrian sport, is pleased to announce that nominations for the FEI Awards 2011 are now open. Members of the worldwide equestrian community are invited to make their nominations via the dedicated website http://www.feiawards.org/. The awards, which were launched in 2009, aim to acknowledge outstanding […]
The FEI Equestrian Community Integrity Unit (ECIU), which was established in January 2010, has been drafted into the FEI Statutes and will now be a permanent fixture in the structure of the Federation. The revision to the FEI Statutes to officially establish the ECIU as a permanent entity was passed unanimously at the recent […]
Ireland won the opening leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup™ series in a nail-biting thriller at La Baule in France today. On an afternoon when the form-book was turned on its head, Robert Splaine’s side of Shane Sweetnam (Amaretto Darco), Billy Twomey (Romanov), Cian O’Connor (Larkhill Cruiser) and Cameron Hanley (VDL Southwind) produced superb […]
The FEI has announced detection times for Meloxicam (veterinary formulation known as Metacam®), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to relieve pain and inflammation in the equine athlete. The findings of studies on the use of intravenously or orally administered Meloxicam show the urine and plasma (blood) detection time as 72 hours1. This is the […]
