The FEI Bureau’s spring meeting took place at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) on June 8-9. The meeting opened with a minute’s silence for Dr. Craig Ferrell, FEI Medical Committee Chair, and Jane Goldsmith, Member of the FEI Para-Dressage Committee, who passed away recently. The main focus of the meeting was: • to agree on proposed […]
“The road to recovery from an Acquired Brain Injury is a lifetime of small steps. I am luckier than most as I have a horse to carry me on this journey.” So wrote Meg Wade in her acceptance speech for the FEI Against All Odds Award 2011, which she was unable to accept in person […]
The HSBC FEI Classics™ will be LIVE on FEI TV, the FEI’s official video platform, this weekend as follows: June 16th – Cross Country from 13.20 CEST June 17th – Jumping from 13.25 CEST
The FEI has announced that five countries are confirmed as bidders to stage the FEI World Equestrian Games™ in 2018. The five bid cities that have now taken on Official Candidate status are: Bromont (CAN) Budapest (HUN) Rabat (MAR) Vienna (AUT) Wellington (USA) Under the new bidding process put in place last year by the […]
Jane Goldsmith, a member of the FEI Para-Equestrian Committee and one of the pioneers of Para-Dressage in Great Britain, passed away peacefully on June 2nd after a long illness. Jane was born into a non-horsey family, but during her school years, she worked at a local riding school at weekends and in the evenings in return […]
Germany is proving the nation to beat this year, after European silver medallist Sandra Auffarth opened the 2012 FEI World Cup™ Eventing with a convincing victory at Strzegom (POL) at the weekend and led her team to a second win in the FEI Nations’ Cup™ Eventing series. Germany, which won the inaugural competition at Fontainebleau […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) and the International Dressage Riders Club (IDRC) are happy to announce that agreement has been reached on the differences between them concerning athlete representation, governance of the IDRC and the two removed IDRC members. As a result of this agreement, proceedings to suspend the IDRC have been dropped and a […]
It is with deep sadness that the FEI has learned of the passing of FEI Medical Committee Chairman Dr. Craig Ferrell (USA). Dr Ferrell, 62, died on Monday May 28th from injuries sustained in a fall during a polo match near his home in Franklin, Tennessee. An orthopaedic surgeon and internationally recognised sports medicine expert, […]
Great Britain atoned for a slow start in the new FEI Nations’ Cup™ Eventing series by scoring a convincing victory in the second leg, held at the Subaru Houghton International Horse Trials (GBR) in Norfolk over the weekend, in which they beat Australia by nearly 30 penalties. Germany, winners of the opening competition at Fontainebleau […]
May 21st marked 100 days to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that these will officially be the biggest Games ever, with 165 countries set to participate in 21 sports over 17 days. Para-Dressage riders from 26 nations have qualified to participate in the equestrian events, […]
