Tag: Endurance
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Far-reaching initiatives announced at Endurance round table
Lausanne, Apr 30, 2014: The FEI today 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 today’s Endurance round table on the second day of the FEI…
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FEI Open European Endurance Championships
Most – Czech Republic, Sept 17, 2013: A total of 87 combinations, including some of the world’s top Endurance talent, descended on the Most Hippodrome in the Czech Republic at the weekend to tackle a track designed to test the very best for the FEI Open European Endurance Championships. The 160km track was laid out…
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Endurance Strategic Planning Group composition announced
Lausanne, Sept 2, 2013: The FEI has announced the composition of an Endurance Strategic Planning Group further to the unanimous recommendations of the Round Table held on 24 July. The Group will be chaired by Andrew Finding, European Equestrian Federation Board Member and CEO of the British Equestrian Federation. The members of the Group are…
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One year to go to Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
Lausanne, August 23, 2013: Today (23 August 2013) marks the one-year countdown to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy. In just 12 months, some 900 riders, drivers and vaulters and their horses from over 60 countries, 500,000 visitors, at least 1,500 media representatives, and thousands of volunteers will gather in Normandy for…
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Tree marks landmark step in equestrian sport development
Lausanne, August 01, 2013: The FEI Solidarity Tree, a commemorative sculpture to mark a landmark step in the growth of the FEI’s global sport development programme, FEI Solidarity, was unveiled today at the organisation’s headquarters in the Olympic capital Lausanne (SUI). The stainless steel artwork, created by Irish artist Ian Calder, displays the names of…
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Round table session achieves unanimous support
Lausanne (SUI), July 24, 2013: Today’s round table session on the sport of Endurance, held at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI), ended with unanimous approval by attendees and full support for the strategy mapped out for the discipline by the FEI. The 22 delegates – which included representatives from Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the…