Switzerland’s Felix Vogg has won the FEI World Cup™ Eventing 2012 title. The 22-year-old finished the World Cup season on 86 points, level with Belgium’s Karin Donckers, but under the series rules, in the event of equality, the rider with the highest placing is declared the winner and Vogg’s second place finish in Strzegom (POL) […]
This weekend’s Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR) (August 30 – September 2) looks set to provide a thrilling climax to the HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012 series, with a bumper international entry and a surge in ticket sales following the huge success of the equestrian events at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Britain’s Eventing summer […]
With just 24 hours to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony, excitement and great expectations are building up in the Olympic venues dotted around the city whilst record ticket sales – over 2.2 million tickets sold – are already hailing this edition as the greatest ever. This will be the fifth time […]
Karin Donckers, Belgium’s leading lady rider, can add the 2012 FEI World Cup™ Eventing title to her long list of honours after scoring three top 10 places in a highly successful raid at Haras du Pin (FRA), the final leg of the season. She was third on the 12-year-old thoroughbred Lamicell Charizard, a horse Donckers […]
Competitors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) claimed team gold and all three individual medals at the Longines FEI World Endurance Championships 2012 staged at Euston Park (GBR). HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum steered Madji du Pont to take the individual title ahead of fellow-countryman HE Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum who rode […]
The Irish recorded a back-to-back double when winning the last leg of the FEI Nations’ Cup™ 2012 on home turf in Dublin, Ireland today. The result rocketed them up the leaderboard to third place behind France in the final standings, but, despite a disappointing day when finishing an uncharacteristic last, it was Germany that claimed […]
It is with great regret and sadness that the FEI has learned of the passing of HRH Princess Lalla Amina, President of the Fédération Royale Marocaine des Sports Equestres. An emblematic figure in Moroccan equestrian sports and President of the Federation since 1999, HRH Princess Lalla Amina was a devoted and accomplished equestrian. President of […]
The French will be first to go as the final leg of the FEI Nations’ Cup™ 2012 gets underway at the Royal Dublin Society showgrounds in Dublin, Ireland tomorrow afternoon. Monsoon-like weather conditions descended on the Irish capital city yesterday making conditions very difficult for competitors on the opening-day. But the sun returned this morning, […]
Bahrain claimed gold in both the seven and eight year old categories at the FEI World Championships for Young Endurance Horses 2012 at Babolna in Hungary at the weekend. HH Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa topped the seven year old section with Dhab, while Jaffer Mirza brought Uszko D’Hotelhoge home to claim the eight […]
FEI President HRH Princess Haya is proud to announce that London 2012 was a clean Games for equestrian sport, following confirmation that all human and equine samples taken during the Olympic equestrian events at Greenwich Park were negative. “The FEI had a really steep mountain to climb after Athens and Hong Kong, but we had […]
