The Swiss team of Pius Schwizer, Romain Duguet, Paul Estermann and Steve Guerdat swept to victory at the opening leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Europe Division 1 league in Lummen, Belgium. The defending champions from France very nearly pushed them to a third-round jump-off against the clock, but a last-to-go error from […]
William Fox-Pitt (GBR), multiple Olympic, World and European medallist, and the first British rider to lead the FEI World Eventing Rankings in 2002, is back as world number one. Fox-Pitt, who also led the world rankings in 2009 and 2010, has a 16-point lead over Andrew Nicholson (NZL), who had led the world Eventing rankings […]
Bid teams from 11 cities in Asia, Canada, Europe and the United States have presented their final bid books to the FEI Evaluation Commission at FEI headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) targeting the FEI’s major events. Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Final 2015 Barcelona (ESP), which staged the inaugural Final for the global team Jumping series, the […]
The FEI has announced bold steps that will ensure improved protection of the welfare of horses in Endurance events, proposing unprecedented athlete penalties for equine injuries, extended rest periods and increased accountability. The moves were fully supported by delegates attending the Endurance round table on April 29th at the FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne (SUI). […]
HRH Princess Haya has signalled her intention to stand for re-election as FEI President following an overwhelming vote in favour of amending the FEI Statutes to allow FEI Presidents to serve three consecutive four-year terms in office. The vote on amending the Statutes to prolong the term of the FEI President took place at the […]
The FEI launched its free FEI SportApp on the first day of the FEI Sports Forum. The app allows users access to the FEI’s entire sports calendar, including detailed programmes and schedules. FEI athletes can also use the app to see clearly which events they are entered for with their horses, get live information on […]
The FEI Sustainability Programme and the proactive sustainable steps that can be taken at equestrian events around the world were detailed by Dr Harald Müller (GER), FEI Director Education and Standards, to open the afternoon session of the FEI Sports Forum 2014. The new FEI Sustainability Handbook for Event Organisers, circulated during the session and […]
FEI President HRH Princess Haya welcomed more than 300 delegates to the third FEI Sports Forum, which opened at the prestigious IMD business school in Lausanne (SUI) today. Addressing delegates from 70 National Federations, representatives of the FEI Associate members, experts, guests, FEI Bureau and Technical Committee members, and FEI staff, the FEI President stressed […]
William Fox-Pitt (GBR) kept the cool head for which he is famous to win his third Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event in five years. Fox-Pitt, already a triple winner of the FEI Classics™, now heads the 2013/2014 leaderboard by 15 points after three out of six legs. The runner-up, Lauren Kieffer (USA), competing in only […]
William Fox-Pitt (GBR) is poised to win a third watch at the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, third leg of the FEI Classics™ 2013/2014, after a Cross Country day full of suspense and excitement. Dressage leaders Allison Springer and Arthur had an unfortunate run-out at the angled brush fence after the Normandy Bank at fence […]
