Tag: FEI
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Beverley Widdowson named FEI Owner of the Year
Lausanne, July 23, 2013: Beverley Widdowson (GBR), owner of the 10-year-old bay stallion Big Star ridden by Olympic team gold medallist Nick Skelton, has been awarded the prestigious title of FEI Owner of the Year for the second year running by the FEI and the Jumping Owners Club. A year ago, Beverley Widdowson picked up…
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Double-gold for Swiss in Team events
Vejar de la Frontera, Spain, July 22, 2013: It was double-gold for Switzerland in the Team events, while The Netherlands’ Frank Schuttert, Italy’s Emanuele Bianchi and Hungary’s Virag Weinhardt took the Individual titles at the FEI European Jumping Championships for Children, Juniors and Young Riders 2013 which drew to a close today at Vejer de…
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ECCO FEI European Championships in Herning
Lausanne (SUI), July 19, 2013: A total of 103 riders from 23 countries have been declared for the PSI FEI European Jumping Championships, one of the three disciplines at the ECCO FEI European Championships 2013 which take place at Herning in Denmark from 20 to 25 August. The deadline for definite entries was Wednesday 17…
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FEI Awards ceremony to be jazzed up at legendary music venue
Lausanne, July 17, 2013: The equestrian world will follow in the footsteps of the world’s greatest musicians when it celebrates the winners of the FEI Awards at a new-format ceremony in Montreux, Switzerland on 7 November. The Montreux Casino (now the Casino Barrière Montreux), the venue of the FEI Awards ceremony, hosted the world-famous Montreux…
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Uzbekistan’s Kamilov takes individual gold
Astana, July 10, 2013: In a close-fought battle, the host nation of Kazakhstan clinched team gold at the FEI Central Asia Jumping Championships 2013 in Astana last weekend where Uzbekistan’s Umit Kamilov came out on top in a two-way tussle for the Individual title. Horse-and-rider combinations from Russia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan lined…
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FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 re-opened
Lausanne, July 01, 2013: The FEI has re-opened the bidding process for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 following today’s Bureau meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI), but has specifically asked the Canadian bid from Bromont/Montreal to remain a part of that process. There had been an expectation that the FEI Bureau would allocate…
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Germans are invincible in Aachen again
Aachen – Germany, July 01, 2013: It was a case of déjà vu in Aachen (GER) as the German team repeated their achievement of 12 months ago with an emphatic win in their home leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing and Australian star Christopher Burton again took the individual honours. The German team riders…
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Reem Acra “very proud” of her association
Lausanne, June 28, 2013: FEI World Cup™ Dressage series and Final title sponsor Reem Acra is for the fourth consecutive year supporting the Best Athlete category of the FEI Awards. The Reem Acra Best Athlete Award will go to the athlete (equine or human) or combination in any of the seven FEI disciplines that, over…
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Confident German victory in FEI Nations Cup™
By Louise Parkes, Aachen – Germany, June 27, 2013: The German team secured a crisp, clean victory in the third leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage 2013 series on home soil at Aachen today. The powerful side were favourites from the outset and lived up to expectations when topping the winner’s podium by a…
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FEI supports Riders4Helmet’s “Get Educated
Lausanne (SUI), 21 June 2013: The FEI’s General Counsel Lisa Lazarus will be the first guest speaker on the Riders4Helmet’s “Get Educated” live-streamed webinars this Saturday (22 June), as part of International Helmet Awareness Day 2013. She will talk about the FEI’s helmet rule, which came into effect on 1 January 2013, and answer questions…