Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC and HorseTV announced an agreement Saturday to provide worldwide live Internet television coverage of the FEI Nations Cup and other major events from the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.
The service will launch Saturday night (Feb. 21) with complete coverage of the $75,000 ESP CSI 2* Grand Prix under lights from PBIEC’s centerpiece International Arena. This Saturday night’s event is being broadcast as a complementary introductory offer to showcase the quality of the broadcast.
The first major event to be covered will be the FEI Nations Cup on Friday night, Feb. 28 in which nine countries will field teams. They are Argentina, Canada, Colombia, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Mexico, Venezuela and the USA. The USA team won the event in 2008 with Canada second and Mexico third. The USA and Canada went on to win team gold and silver medals at the Beijing Olympic Games.
The Nations Cup is the only such event in the United States and draws large crowds of fans who passionately support their national teams.
The Nations Cup will be a pay per view event for a charge of $19.95. ESP events from recent weeks will also be available as part of a FTI Winter Equestrian Festival free and pay per view package with the Nations Cup.
Free Events include the Palm Beach Steeplechase and the Battle of the Sexes.
The Palm Beach Jumping Derby, the Exquis World Dressage Masters and the FEI World Cup CSIO 4* will be available as part of a Nations Cup package for an additional $4.95 for each event, or a stand alone cost of $9.95 per event.
Discussions are ongoing for HorseTV to provide Internet television coverage of other highlight events at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival which runs for 12 weeks until Mar. 29.
Details will be announced within the next few days.