Tag: Equestrian

  • Eventing nations share vision for cross-country

    Eventing nations share vision for cross-country

    Lausanne Feb 04, 2013: Eventing moved a step nearer to achieving an international vision for the sport when National Safety Officers (NSOs) from 22 nations were able to pool ideas and experiences at their sixth annual Risk Management Seminar, which was hosted by the Italian Equestrian Federation in Rome on 26 and 27 January. The…

  • Stephen Clarke elected as FEI Dressage Judge

    Stephen Clarke elected as FEI Dressage Judge

    Lausanne, Jan 23, 2013: Stephen Clarke, the British judge who acted as President of the Ground Jury at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been unanimously elected as FEI Dressage Judge General. He was elected to the post by the 5* Judges present at the annual FEI 5* Dressage Judges seminar, which was held in…

  • Longines formalizes record 10-year partnership

    Longines formalizes record 10-year partnership

    Lausanne (SUI), Jan 15, 2013: The FEI and Longines have today formalized a partnership that sees the Swiss watchmaker become the FEI’s first Top Partner in a record multi-million Euro deal. The agreement is worth a nine-digit Euro sum over the next 10 years. FEI President HRH Princess Haya and Mrs Nayla Hayek, Chair of…

  • Longines Top Partner with historic long-term deal

    Longines Top Partner with historic long-term deal

    Lausanne (SUI), Dec 27: Longines has become the FEI’s first Top Partner following the agreement of a historic very long-term sponsorship deal that will see the Swiss watchmaker become the Official Timekeeping Partner of the FEI. Under the new agreement – which marks the biggest sponsorship deal ever brokered by the FEI – Longines becomes…

  • FEI launches global safety helmet campaign

    FEI launches global safety helmet campaign

    Lausanne, Dec 18: HELMET, The FEI has launched a global campaign to promote the use of protective headgear. The move comes two weeks before implementation of a new rule making the use of a properly fastened protective headgear mandatory while riding on the show grounds at FEI events. The campaign, which will be conducted mainly…

  • Andreani and Sneekes win in Paris

    Andreani and Sneekes win in Paris

    Lausanne, Dec 12: World Vaulting Champion and local hero Nicolas Andreani was greeted with rapturous applause by spectators at France’s biggest equestrian event, the Salon du Cheval de Paris, when he made his entrance into the FEI World Cup Vaulting™ 2012/2013 series last weekend. The 28-year-old winner of the FEI World Vaulting Championships 2012 in…

  • Swedish Federation celebrates centenary

    Swedish Federation celebrates centenary

    Lausanne, Nov 29: The Swedish Equestrian Federation celebrated its 100 birthday at a glittering party in Stockholm last night. The gala evening was held in the City Hall, the venue that will host the Nobel Peace Prize dinner next month. HM Queen Silvia was the guest of honour at last night’s celebrations, along with London…

  • FEI launches new equestrian pictograms

    FEI launches new equestrian pictograms

    Lausanne (SUI), Nov 08: The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the world governing body for horse sport, has launched new pictograms for its seven disciplines to celebrate the massive global growth of equestrian sport. Equestrian events in the seven disciplines governed by the FEI – Jumping, Dressage & Para-Dressage, Eventing, Driving & Para-Driving, Endurance, Reining and…

  • Oldenburg Studbooks Clinch Gold at Lanaken

    Oldenburg Studbooks Clinch Gold at Lanaken

    Lanaken (BEL), 30 September 2012: Horses from the Holsteiner, Belgian Warmblood and Oldenburg Studbooks claimed gold at the FEI World Jumping Championships for Young Horses 2012 which drew to a close at Domein Zangersheide in Lanaken, near Maastricht, Belgium today. Open to Five, Six and Seven Year Olds, this event has established itself as a…

  • Boyd Exell victorious at World four-in-hand Driving

    Boyd Exell victorious at World four-in-hand Driving

    Australian title defender Boyd Exell continued his success story at the FEI World four-in-hand Driving Championships in Riesenbeck (GER), claiming individual gold after very strong performances in all three phases of the competition. Runner-up Chester Weber (USA) won individual silver, the bronze medal went to four times World Champion IJsbrand Chardon from the Netherlands. The…