Tag: FEI
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Michael Jung thrills home crowds with another Luhmühlen triumph
Lausanne (SUI), June 17, 2012: Michael Jung (GER), riding Leopin FST, added yet another accolade to his glittering career when he won the CCI4* at Luhmühlen (GER), the penultimate leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™, much to the delight of a loudly cheering home crowd. Earlier in the day he had won the German national…
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FEI award winner trots against all odds
FEI Press Release: June 14, 2012: “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…
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THE BANS OF ABDULLAZIZ AL EID & ABDULLAH WALEED REDUCED
Lausanne, 11 June 2012 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rendered its decisions in the appeals filed by the riders Khaled Abdullaziz Al Eid and Abdullah Waleed Sharbatly (Saudi Arabia) against the decision of the Tribunal of the International Equestrian Federation On 23 May 2012 the FEI Tribunal found that the riders…
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Five confirmed bidders for FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018
Lausanne (SUI), June 11, 2012: World Equestrian Games, The FEI is delighted to announce 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 Rabat (MAR); Bromont (CAN); Budapest (HUN); Vienna (AUT) and Wellington (USA). Under…
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FEI Bureau allocates Championships at spring meeting
Lausanne (SUI), June 10, 2012: The FEI Bureau allocated a total of 23 Continental Championships (2012-2015) during its meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) on 8 June 2012. The following Championships were allocated for 2013: Balkan Eventing Championships, Eskisehir (TUR), 21-23 September 2012. Children’s International Jumping Classic Final, Valle de Bravo (MEX), 29 January…
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Auffarth takes control for Germany in Strzegom
Lausanne (SUI), June 05, 2012: 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…
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Agreement reached between FEI and IDRC
Lausanne (SUI), June 04, 2012: The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) and the International Dressage Riders Club 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 members. As a result of this agreement, proceedings to suspend the IDRC have been dropped…
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Eleven nations line up for Eventing “double” in Poland
Lausanne (SUI), June 01, 2012: Eleven nations, A total of 44 starters from 11 nations will be competing in the FEI World Cup™ Eventing 2012 series at this weekend’s Strzegom Horse Trials (POL), which doubles as the third leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing 2012, the FEI’s first team Eventing series. Some high-profile combinations…
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In Memoriam: Dr Craig Ferrell (USA), 1949-2012
Lausanne (SUI), May 30, 2012: 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 28 May from injuries sustained in a fall during a polo match near his home in Franklin, Tennessee. An orthopedic surgeon and…
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FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing: Great Britain scores on home ground
Lausanne (SUI), May 29, 2012: Nations Cup Eventing, 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.…