Final decisions from the FEI Board in-person meeting

FEI Olympic Group qualification events The FEI Board (formerly Bureau) agreed that allocation of the Group C Jumping and Dressage qualifiers would be postponed due to transport issues for horses to access the proposed locations in Budapest (HUN) and Moscow (RUS). The proposal is for a decision....

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IOC President visits FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

The FEI welcomed International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach to the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 for the last day of #Tryon2018 (23 September 2018). After touring the facilities in the morning, meeting with athletes and grooms, President Bach watched the thrilling individual....

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Stunning day of Freestyle rounds off Para Dressage Championships

by Rob Howell On the day of the “dancing horses”, The Netherlands’ Sanne Voets became the first ever non-British rider to win three gold medals in one major international championship before team-mate van der Horst put the icing on the Dutch cake by doing exactly the same. And topping off a....

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Orange the new gold as Dutch win team competition and a ticket to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

The Netherlands has turned the established order of international Para Dressage on its head today by winning the team competition at the Adequan© Para Dressage at the FEI World Equestrian GamesTM Tryon, (USA). In doing so, the Dutch team not only secured the first team spot, out of three, to qualif....

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Denmark’s Paralympian Stinna Tange Kaastrup takes her first World Championship gold

By Rob Howell Denmark’s Stinna Tange Kaastrup made her global breakthrough in the Adequan® Para Dressage competition at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon, North Carolina (USA) today with her mount Horsebo Smarties, taking gold in the Grade II Individual competition. Kaastrup was a dou....

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Germans flex their mighty muscles as Team Dressage gets underway

by Louise Parkes Germany took the lead after the first day of Team Dressage at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 today, but the defending champions have only a narrow lead over Sweden in silver and the USA in bronze medal position when the battle resumes in the morning. This halfway re....

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Equestrian election fever: FEI President stands unopposed for re-election and over 50 athletes target eight sport posts

Ingmar De Vos, who was elected as President of equestrian sport’s global governing body, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) in 2014, is the sole candidate for this year’s Presidential election, which takes place at the FEI General Assembly in Bahrain’s capital Manama on....

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Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games to welcome 30 equestrian nations

Equestrian athletes from 11 National Olympic Committees will make their Youth Olympic Games (YOG) debut when they head to Buenos Aires (ARG) this October for the 2018 YOG. Riders from Bolivia, Haiti, Hungary, Honduras, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritius, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zambia will join at....

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FEI General Assembly 2017 - re-watch and read the blog

The FEI General Assembly 2017 in Montevideo (URU), held on 21 November, is available to re-watch here. The blog, which ran throughout yesterday, also contains all the news from yesterday’s session. To access the blog go here. About the FEI General Assembly: The FEI General Assembly acts a....

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Final debates before voting at tomorrow’s FEI General Assembly

Olympic qualification and quota distribution were the key focus points at the third of three sessions at the FEI General Assembly in Montevideo (URU) today, ahead of tomorrow’s vote on the system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. FEI President Ingmar De Vos spoke on how the distribution of quot....

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