Tag: Equestrian
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FEI World Cup™ Dressage – North America and central Eurpoean League Round-up
By Louise Parkes, March 28, 2012: Central Eurpoean League, With the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final 2011/2012 now only a few short weeks away, the line-up of riders who will represent North America and Central Europe at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands from 19 to 22 April has been confirmed. The USA’s Jan Ebeling and Shawna…
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Germany Triumphs at First Leg of FEI Nations Cup Eventing
By Aimi Clark, Lausanne (SUI), March 26, 2012: Germany Triumphs, Reigning World and European Champion Michael Jung led Germany to a convincing victory at the first leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing held in Fontainebleau, France. Jung had three rides and dominated the contest from the outset, finishing at the head of the field with…
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Registration for FEI Sports Forum Closes on 16 March
Lausanne (SUI), March 12, 2012: Registration for the FEI Sports Forum 2012, which will take place in Lausanne (SUI) from 30 April to 2 May, will close this Friday, 16 March. We would like to remind the members of the media wishing to cover the event to register online using this link. No congress fee…
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FEI LAUNCHES PICTOGRAM DESIGN COMPETITION
Lausanne (SUI), March 09, 2012: PICTOGRAM DESIGN COMPETITION, The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the world governing body for horse sport, is calling on equestrian enthusiasts and designers of all ages around the world to enter its online competition to create new “pictograms” for its disciplines. The competition, launched today on FEI Facebook and www.fei.org, is…
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Riders from 41 nations have qualified to compete in the equestrian events at the London Olympic
Lausanne (SUI), March 02, 2012: Equestrian Events, The FEI Olympic Athletes Rankings in Jumping, Dressage, and Eventing are published today (2 March). They are the final stage of the qualification by nation process, which concluded yesterday (1 March). Azerbaijan, Ireland, Portugal, and Russia qualified through the FEI Olympic Athletes Rankings in Jumping bringing the total…
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FEI bureau initiates suspension proceedings against IDRC
Lausanne, Feb 29, 2012: The FEI Bureau has initiated suspension proceedings against the International Dressage Riders Club, as an FEI Associate Member due to the Club’s apparent lack of respect for the fundamental principles of good governance, in particular, the Club’s removal of two of its members without an opportunity to be heard and its…
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Saudi Arabia’s first Female Olympian Addresses IOC Women and Sport Conference
Lausanne, Feb 26, 2012: Dalma Rushdi Malha who made history by becoming the first Saudi female athlete to compete on the Olympic stage when she rode at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010, was amongst a high-profile group of speakers who addressed the recent IOC Women and Sport conference in Los Angeles (USA). The 20-year-old,…
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FEI President looks forward to another 100 years of equestrian sport in Olympic movement
The London 2012 Olympic Games marks 100 years of equestrian sport in the Olympic movement, and FEI President HRH Princess Haya is looking forward to celebrating the centenary at Greenwich Park this summer. “We are really proud to be celebrating 100 years of Olympic equestrian sport at the London 2012 Games and it’s wonderful that…
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200 Days to go to London 2012 Paralympic Games
Lausanne (SUI), Feb 10, 2012: The London 2012 Paralympic Games look set to take Paralympic Equestrian into the history books for many reasons, as we get one step closer on the eve of the 200-day countdown (11 February). Sales of Paralympic Equestrian tickets for London 2012 have already broken records. More than 40,000 tickets were…