Definite entries for the five disciplines of Dressage, Para-Dressage, Reining, Endurance and Eventing, which take place over the first week of competition at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy, have now been finalised.
The number of entries is exceptionally high and breaks the previous participation records. Dressage, Endurance, and Reining have all increased from the record numbers set for these disciplines at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2006 in Aachen (GER), while Para-Dressage and Eventing have gone up from their previous high at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2010 in Lexington, KY (USA).
The breakdown by discipline is as follows (click the name of the discipline to view the complete list):
DRESSAGE
Total National Federations (NFs): 31
NFs with teams: 25
AUS, AUT, BEL, BRA, CAN, DEN, ESP, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, IRL, ITA, KAZ, LUX, NED, NOR, POL, POR, RSA, RUS, SUI, SWE, UKR, USA
NFs with individuals only: 6
COL, EST, GEO, KOR, MAR, PLE
103 combinations
Previous record: 89 combinations from 33 countries (Aachen, 2006)
PARA-DRESSAGE
Total NFs: 33
NFs with teams: 19
AUS, AUT, BEL, BRA, CAN, DEN, FRA, GBR, GER, HKG, IRL, ITA, NED, NOR, POL, RUS, SIN, SWE, USA
NFs with individuals only: 14
ARG, CZE, FIN, ISR, ISV, JPN, LAT, MEX, NZL, POR, RSA, SUI, SVK, TPE
100 combinations
Previous record: 60 combinations from 16 countries (Lexington, KY, 2010 – this was the first time that Para-Dressage appeared on the FEI World Equestrian Games™ programme)
EVENTING
Total NFs: 28
NFs with teams: 16
AUS, BEL, BRA, CAN, ESP, FRA, GBR, GER, IRL, ITA, NED, NZL, POL, SUI, SWE, USA
NFs with individuals only: 12
AUT, BLR, CHN, CZE, DEN, ECU, FIN, HUN, JPN, POR, RSA, RUS
97 combinations
Previous record: 80 combinations from 24 countries (Lexington, KY, 2010)
ENDURANCE
Total NFs: 47
NFs with teams: 33
ARG, AUS, BEL, BRA, BRN, CAN, CHI, CRC, CZE, ESP, FRA, GBR, GER, HKG, ITA, JPN, KAZ, LUX, MAS, NED, NOR, NZL, OMA, POR, QAT, RSA, RUS, SUI, SVK, TUN, UAE, URU, USA
NFs with individuals only: 14
ALG, AUT, CHN, COL, DEN, ECU, EST, GRE, GUA, IRL, KSA, POL, SWE, THA
173 athletes, 198 horses
Previous record: 159 participants from 42 nations (Aachen, 2006)
REINING
Total NFs: 25
NFs with teams: 16
AUS, AUT, BEL, BRA, CAN, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, ITA, MEX, NED, POL, SWE, USA
NFs with individuals only: 9
CHI, CZE, DOM, HUN, ISR, MAR, RSA, SUI, SVK
89 combinations
Previous record: 68 participants from 21 countries (Aachen, 2006)
The deadline for the definite entries in the three disciplines, which run during the second week of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy – Jumping, Driving, and Vaulting – is 21 August.
The new FEI Athlete Biographies page now has a special filter which only shows the athletes named in the definite entries for Dressage, Para-Dressage, Eventing, Endurance, and Reining. It will be updated on 22 August to include the athletes named in the definite entries for the three remaining disciplines.
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