Defending series champions, Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg and Damon Hill NRW, strutted to victory with considerable ease at the sixth leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2013/2014 Western European League in Neumunster (GER). A performance that oozed confidence, cohesion and comfort ensured the 31-year-old rider and her 14-year-old stallion have satisfied the qualifying […]
The FEI Bureau held its monthly teleconference on Thursday February 13th, and approved a revised agenda for the Extraordinary General Assembl,y which will take place on April 29th in Lausanne (SUI). The agenda includes two proposed changes to the FEI Statutes: the extension of the term in office of the FEI President and the creation […]
Brian Burgess (GBR), Vice President of the Malawi Equestrian Federation and President between 2001-2003, has died at the age of 82. He passed away peacefully just before his 83rd birthday at home with his family on the Zomba Plateau in Malawi, where he had lived for nearly 40 years. He took up Dressage while working […]
Delegates from 23 countries reached a broad consensus on the strategic plan for Endurance sport at the one-day Endurance conference in Lausanne (SUI) on February 9th. The conference was attended by more 70 delegates, with a total of 20 National Federations represented. Other bodies attending the conference were the European Equestrian Federation, World Horse Welfare, […]
Germany’s Marcus Ehning cruised to victory with Cornado NRW in the penultimate qualifying round of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2014 Western European League series at the Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux in France. Ehning’s horse, an 11-year-old son of his former super-star ride, Cornet Obolensky, was making his debut at this level of […]
On a day that was filled with many surprising twists and turns, the Ukrainian team won the opening leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2014 series at Al Ain (UAE) this evening. But it was no simple triumph, as they had to battle to the bitter end against a powerful challenge from Qatar […]
A year ago, few could have guessed that the beginning of the 2014 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping series would be met with such anticipation and excitement. As the inaugural series got underway in February 2013 there was considerable concern about dramatic changes to the long-established and much-loved FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping format, including expansion […]
The International Eventing Officials Club (IEOC) has become the third of the former FEI Associate Members to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the FEI. The IEOC was formed in 1998 by Dr Bernd Springorum (GER), supported by Jean Mitchell MBE (IRE), to give a voice to Eventing Officials. The independent organisation now has […]
The ground juries, technical delegates, chief stewards, course designers, appeal committee and medical officer have been appointed for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy (FRA), where from August 23 to September 7 athletes from 60 nations will compete for medals in the FEI’s seven disciplines. “We are now 207 days from the […]
Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer looks well set for a place at the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final in April after recording an emphatic victory in the eighth leg of the Western European League qualifying series on home ground in Zurich today. With just two further opportunities to make the cut still remaining, the pressure is […]
