A total of six nations will be making their Olympic and Paralympic debuts at Rio 2016 when they field athletes for the equestrian disciplines of Jumping, Dressage, Eventing and Para-Equestrian Dressage. Five National Olympic Committees will be sending equestrian athletes to an Olympic Games for the first time at Rio in August – Chinese Taipei […]
Luc Fournier, the regional chief executive officer of the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ (COJEM), met with the regional press on March 22nd to provide an update on the organizing committee’s activities less than two and half years before the Games will be held. Fournier is no stranger to major events, having spearheaded the Sherbrooke […]
Tokyo, host city for the 2020 Olympic Games, has given the best possible endorsement for equestrian sport by inviting the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) to hold its General Assembly in the Japanese capital in November 2016. The allocation of the 2016 FEI General Assembly to Tokyo was approved by the FEI Bureau during its monthly […]
The bid process opened March 15th for bid cities seeking to host the FEI European Championships 2019 and the FEI World Cup™ Finals in four disciplines for 2019 through to 2021. Bids are invited for the FEI European Championships 2019 across all FEI Disciplines – Jumping, Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage, Eventing, Driving, Endurance, Vaulting and Reining […]
Hans Peter Minderhoud steered Glock’s Flirt to a stylish victory at the ninth qualifying leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2015/2016 Western European League on home ground at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands today. And there was even more for the Dutch to celebrate when Diederik van Silfhout finished a close second with a […]
The FEI Tribunal has this week published decisions in three Endurance cases in the United Arab Emirates involving Dr Hallvard Sommerseth, Abdul Aziz Sheikh and Ali Mohammed Al Muhairi. Dr Hallvard Sommerseth, former Head of the Veterinary Department at the United Arab Emirates Equestrian Federation (EEF), has been suspended as an FEI Official for a […]
Reem Acra, the internationally renowned fashion designer, has extended her partnership with the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Western European league and series Final for a further three-year term through to 2019. Reem Acra signed an initial three-year agreement for the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Western European league in 2010, renewing for a further three-year term […]
German vaulters Daniel Kaiser, Pia Engelberty and Torben Jacobs clinched the Male Individual and Pas-de-Deux titles, while Switzerland’s Simone Jäiser brought her brilliant career to a close when soaring to victory in the Female category at the FEI World Cup™ Vaulting 2015/2016 Final in Dortmund (GER) over the weekend. Kaiser sprang a big surprise when […]
France’s Olympic athlete Simon Delestre has jumped to the top of the Longines Rankings, the world Jumping rankings, breaking the 11-month run of Great Britain’s Scott Brash, now world number two. Delestre, who competed at his first Olympic Games at London 2012 with Napoli Du Ry, scored individual bronze at the FEI European Jumping Championships […]
In a picture-perfect setting, with a full crowd and a top-class, turf field, the United States’ Marilyn Little and Corona 93 executed a skillful double clear to win the $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping at the Live Oak International CSI3*-W in Ocala, Florida. In the final event of the inaugural North American League, the […]
