Tag: FEI
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European Championships for Young Riders
Ebreichsdorf – Austria, August 21, 2012: The incredible setting of the Magna Racino venue at Ebreichsdorf (AUT) played host to the 2012 European Championships for Young Riders, Juniors and Children, with over 200 horses and riders descending on the site which many believed provided the best facilities ever for these prestigious Championships. Young Riders The…
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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…
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FEI NATIONS CUP™ 2012 – ROUND 8
Dublin (IRL), 17 August 2012: Germany claimed the FEI Nations Cup™ title for the second successive year, and the fifth time in the 10-year history of the top-league series, as the season came to a close at Dublin Horse Show (IRL) on Friday.The Irish recorded a back-to-back double when winning the last leg of the…
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In Memoriam: HRH Princess Lalla Amina
Lausanne (SUI), August 17, 2012: 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…
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World Endurance Championships for young Horses
Lausanne (SUI), August 16, 2012: 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…
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FEI President celebrates London 2012
Lausanne (SWI), August 16, 2012: 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…
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Klimke triumphs at third leg of FEI World Cup™ Eventing series
Lausanne (SUI), August 13, 2012: Less than two weeks after netting Olympic team gold, Germany’s Ingrid Klimke triumphed in the third leg of the FEI World Cup™ Eventing held in Malmö, Sweden. Riding the 12-year-old Trakehner Tabasco 70, her winning mount at this year’s Luhmühlen CIC***, Klimke added just one knockdown in the Jumping to…
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European Young Riders Eventing
By Carole Mortimer, Lausanne, August 13, 2012: Germany claimed team and individual gold at this weekend’s European Young Riders Eventing Championship held in the Swedish port city of Malmö. The team, the only one to complete with four riders, won in convincing style having led from day one. Germany’s leading rider Pia Münker won individual…
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Dujardin makes it double Olympic Dressage gold
London – GBR, August 09, 2012: Victory, Great Britain’s new shining star, Charlotte Dujardin, brought the crowd to their feet and the London 2012 equestrian events to the perfect conclusion when securing the individual Olympic Dressage title as winner of the Grand Prix Freestyle this afternoon at Greenwich Park. Last of the 18 to line out…
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Statement from FEI Secretary on disqualification
Statement from FEI Secretary General on disqualification of Canadian horse Victor Statement from FEI Secretary General on disqualification of Canadian horse Victor London – GBR, August 09, 2012: FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos has spoken publicly for the first time about the Canadian team Jumping horse Victor, which was disqualified under the FEI’s hypersensitivity…