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06. Dezember 2010, 23:08

IN MEMORIAM: EUGENE “GENE" MISCHE (USA)

Legendary horseman Eugene "Gene" Mische, the founder of Stadium Jumping Inc., passed away on 3 December 2010 at the age of 79, following a long, hard fought battle with cancer. Photo caption: Stadium Jumping CEO Eugene R. Mische (1931 – 2010). ©Kenneth Kraus/PhelpsSports.com. »

06. Dezember 2010, 23:02

IN MEMORIAM: GEN. SAMY NEGM EL DIN (EGY)

Gen. Samy Negm El Din of Egypt, FEI official in Jumping and technical consultant to the Omani National Federation, passed away on 4 December 2010 aged 64. -Photo caption: Gen. Samy Negm El Din, FEI President HRH Princess Haya and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Isa Al Fairouz, President of the Omani Equestrian Federation, at the 2006 FEI General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur. »

16. November 2010, 14:18

FEI GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The News from Taipeh (Taiwan) 1.-5.11.2010. »

06. November 2010, 05:00

Landslide victory as HRH Princess Haya re-elected to FEI Presidency

HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein (JOR) was today re-elected as President of the FEI at the Federation’s General Assembly in Taipei in a landslide victory in the first round of voting. Princess Haya, who was seeking a second and final four-year term as President, won with 90 votes of a total 124 valid ballots. The other contenders for the position were Sven Holmberg (SWE), the first Vice President of the FEI, who received 23 votes, and former Vice President of the Netherlands Equestrian Federation, Henk Rottinghuis (NED), who received 11 votes. »

05. November 2010, 05:20

FEI Presidential Candidates debate takes centre stage on day four of the FEI General Assembly

Day Four of the FEI General Assembly in Taipei was dominated by the much-anticipated Meet the Candidates session, which saw all three candidates for the FEI Presidency make their final presentations to National Federations. The FEI Presidential Candidates during the Meet the Candidates session at the FEI General Assembly on 4 November 2010. From left to right: Sven Holmberg (SWE), Henk Rottinghuis (NED), HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein (JOR). »

02. November 2010, 13:55

FEI HOLDS DRAW FOR ORDER IN MEET THE CANDIDATES SESSION

The FEI held a draw today (Tuesday, 2 November) to determine the order in which the three Presidential candidates will make their presentations at Thursday’s Meet the Candidates session in Taipei, the day before the Presidential election. »

17. August 2010, 11:55

FEI President welcomes “long overdue” Congress on NSAIDs

FEI President HRH Princess Haya welcomed the FEI initiative to hold a Congress on Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) Usage and Medication in the Equine Athlete, declaring it as long overdue and the first real opportunity to bring together all the new science on NSAIDs since the FEI’s 1993 ban on their use in competition. »

02. August 2010, 21:49

Swiss Supreme Court rejects Norwegian Olympic appeal

Beschwerde von Tony Andre Hansen (NOR) abgelehnt

The Swiss Supreme Court has rejected the appeal filed by Tony Andre Hansen (NOR) against his disqualification from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The Supreme Court has ordered Mr Hansen to pay costs of CHF 5,000 and legal fees to the FEI of CHF 6,000. »

29. Juli 2010, 22:48

FRENCH FIRST INTO THE RING AT HICKSTEAD

The French, 2009 series champions and leaders throughout the 2010 season, will be pathfinders when the seventh leg of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series gets underway at Hickstead, Great Britain tomorrow afternoon. »

15. Juli 2010, 22:20

Horses for Youth Olympic Games arrive in Singapore

The horses for the equestrian events of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) arrived safely in Singapore at 11.50 local time this morning. After an eight-hour flight from Brisbane, Australia all the horses are reported to be in good health and have now been transported to their new home, the YOG Equestrian venue at the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre. »

09. Juli 2010, 22:07

Three-month suspension for US rider Michael Morrissey

Michael Morrissey (USA) has been suspended for three months and issued a yellow card with retroactive disqualification for excessive use of the whip in class 101 at the Wellington CSI 2* held on 27 February 2010. Mr Morrissey has also been subjected to a fine of CHF 2,000. The suspension from FEI competition will run from 5 May to 4 August, concurrent with the three-month suspension imposed on Mr Morrissey by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF). »

21. Juni 2010, 14:44

Safety helmets strongly recommended by Dressage Committee

Following the accident in which Courtney King-Dye (USA) sustained serious head injuries in a schooling fall in Florida earlier this year, the FEI Dressage Committee has today issued a recommendation regarding the wearing of protective headgear. »

17. Juni 2010, 18:27

Bob Ellis appointed as Jumping course designer for London 2012

Bob Ellis (GBR) has been appointed as the Jumping course designer for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The appointment of the British designer, who produced the courses for last year’s Alltech FEI European Jumping Championships, was announced by London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG). »

15. Juni 2010, 18:09

Marco Kutscher disqualified and fined for 2008 Olympic incident

A panel of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has taken its decision in the Equine Anti-Doping and Medication Control Rule case involving the horse Cornet Obolensky, ridden by Marco Kutscher (GER) at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. »

03. Juni 2010, 23:38

MEYDAN FEI NATIONS CUP™ 2010 St Gallen (SUI), 3 June 2010

SPAIN FIRST TO GO IN ST GALLEN

Heavy overnight rain, and further downpours this morning, resulted in the cancellation of jumping events at the Grundenmoos Arena in St Gallen, Switzerland today. However the weather has now improved significantly, and the third leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ will go ahead as scheduled tomorrow afternoon beginning at 13.30 local time when the team from Spain will be first into the ring. »

29. April 2010, 15:16

Fierce international competition for HSBC FEI Classics™ at Badminton

When Andrew Nicholson (NZL) goes into action at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), the second leg of the 2010 HSBC FEI Classics™, he will find – perhaps nerve-rackingly – that he is viewed as the red-hot favourite to win. The first horse inspection takes place this afternoon, and the evergreen New Zealander’s many supporters in Britain feel this could be the year for Nicholson, 48, who first rode at Badminton in 1984 and has completed more times (27) than any other rider. »

09. April 2010, 17:18

OPUS AN PRINZESSIN HAYA VERKAUFT!

Das wohl beste Pferd aller Zeiten Opus von Gastronom Peter Schildknecht, ist für über 2 Millionen Schweizer Franken an die Jordanische Prinzessin Haya verkauft worden. Prinzessin Haya führt auch den Vorsitz der Pferdeweltorganisation FEI. Somit ist der Schimmel der Team-Europameister Steve Guerdat aufs Podest gebracht hat in neue Hände geraten. »

01. April 2010, 15:14

HSBC FEI WORLD CUP™ EVENTING NEWS Kihikihi (NZL)

MEGAN JONES TO DEFEND HSBC FEI WORLD CUP™ EVENTING TITLE AT KIHIKIHI

The action in the 2010 HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing moves ‘down under’ where a determined Megan Jones (AUS) will be travelling back to New Zealand to defend her title at the Mitavite International Horse Trials at Kihikihi this weekend (2-4 April). »

31. März 2010, 20:11

MEYDAN TO SPONSOR FEI NATIONS CUP ™ FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) is proud to announce that it has renewed its partnership with Meydan for the title sponsorship of Jumping’s premier team competition, the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™. The deal covers the 2010 season. »

24. März 2010, 22:35

LIVE DRESSAGE DRAMA FROM s'HERTOGENBOSCH ON FEI TV!

The silver anniversary FEI World Cup™ Dressage final begins tomorrow at s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands and you can follow every moment of the exciting action with FEI TV's LIVE COVERAGE from the Brabanthalle Arena. »

10. März 2010, 21:12

FEI WORLD CUP™ DRESSAGE 2009/2010 - REVISED LIST FOR FINAL

The line-up for the final of the 2009/2010 FEI World Cup™ Dressage series which will take place at 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands from 25-27 March has been revised. The USA and Canadian Federations have confirmed that, due to health issues for either horses or riders, there will be no representatives from the North American League, so the two available slots will now be taken by reserve riders Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven from Sweden and Poland's Katarzyna Milczarek who previously applied for any available extra starting places. »

10. März 2010, 21:08

CONSULTATION PROCESS ON NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDs) BEGINS

On the occasion of its Executive Board (EB) meeting held at the FEI Headquarters today, 9 March, the FEI announced further steps in relation to the debate on in-competition use of a limited number of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) under strictly prescribed limits and set the relevant timeline. »

18. Februar 2010, 18:31

THE EUROPEAN EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION FORMED

International horse sport has a new European association, the European Equestrian Federation (EEF). The new body was established today (18th February) by 27 European National Federations present at a meeting in Warendorf (Germany). This process commenced at a meeting of European National Federations in Deauville (France) in March 2009 and was agreed in principle in Antwerp (Belgium) in September 2009. The Federation was officially formed today (18th February 2010), following the signing of the Statutes by National Federations. It is anticipated that other European Federations and other representative groups, who could not be present at the meeting, will also adopt the new Statutes. »

18. Februar 2010, 11:57

OFFICIAL FEI DRESSAGE TESTS? THERE IS AN APP FOR THAT!

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) is happy to announce the launch of its first ever official mobile application. “FEI EquiTests”, developed in close cooperation with Canada-based e-learning and visual communication design specialists Numen Communciations Inc., is a mobile application designed to help riders learn, reference and practice FEI Dressage tests. »

09. Februar 2010, 17:02

FEI ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE RESOLVES ROLLKUR CONTROVERSY

Following constructive debate at the FEI round-table conference at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne today (9 February), the consensus of the group was that any head and neck position achieved through aggressive force is not acceptable. The group redefined hyperflexion/Rollkur as flexion of the horse’s neck achieved through aggressive force, which is therefore unacceptable. The technique known as Low, Deep and Round (LDR), which achieves flexion without undue force, is acceptable. »

13. Januar 2010, 15:42

FEI EXECUTIVE BOARD REINSTATED

The FEI President HRH Princess Haya has called on the FEI Executive Board to take a more active role in key matters facing equestrian sport in 2010. Following its first meeting of the year, which took place via conference call yesterday (12 January), the FEI Bureau has today approved the President’s proposal, naming Chairman of Geographical Group II Hanfried Haring (GER) and Chairman of Geographical Group VI Pablo Mayorga (ARG) to the Executive Board, in addition to 1st Vice President Sven Holmberg (SWE) and 2nd Vice President Chris Hodson (NZL). »

10. November 2009, 17:13

CLARE BALDING TO PRESENT FEI AWARDS

Clare Balding, one of the world’s most respected sports broadcasters, will present the new FEI Awards in Copenhagen on 19 November. »

17. Oktober 2009, 11:38

FEI World Cup ™ DRESSUR 2009/2010 - VORSCHAU

Watch FEI World Cup ™ Dressage LIVE auf FEI-TV

Die besten Dressur-Reiter und die besten Pferde aus dem FEI World Cup können ab sofort auf FEI TV bewundert werden. Die Wettbewerbe sind von der ganzen Saison zu sehen. Ausserdem werden die nächsten Termine der Saison 09-10 ebenfallls live zu sehen sein. Die Stationen sind: Stockholm (SWE), am 6. Dezember, Amsterdam (NED) am 23. Januar 2010, Göteborg (SWE) AM 27. Februar 2010, und s'Hertogenbosch (NED). FEI TV zeigt live die Freestyle-Test vom 16 - 17309 und zwar morgen im Rahmen der Western Reihe Live aus Dänemark. »

25. September 2009, 09:43

HUGE ENTRY FOR MEYDAN CITY FEI EUROPEAN OPEN ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

The countdown is on for a spectacular weekend of endurance competition around the historic city of Assisi in Italy. A huge field is expected to line up with a confirmed entry of 106 riders from 25 nations competing over the 160km circuit. »

23. September 2009, 22:44

FIRST HORSE INSPECTION AT THE HSBC FEI EUROPEAN EVENTING CHAMPIONSHIP

TOUZAINT’S TITLE DEFENCE STARTS HERE

The countdown has begun to Nicolas Touzaint’s (FRA) defence of his European title. The defending champion rides Tatchou, an 11-year-old Anglo-Arab, for the home team in the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships at Fontainebleau (FRA, 23 – 27 September), which kick off with the Dressage phase at 9am on Thursday 24 September morning. (Foto Oliver Townend) »

23. September 2009, 09:37

HSBC FEI EUROPEAN EVENTING CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

All roads lead to Fontainebleau!

Excitement is mounting for the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championship at Fontainebleau (FRA) on 23-27 September with a thrilling line-up of 18 nations who have nominated riders, of which 11 could form teams. »

23. September 2009, 09:33

Isabell Wert fliegt aus dem Kader

Die deutsche Olympische Kommission empfiehlt der deutschen reiterlichen Vereinigung (FN), Isabell Werth für ein Jahr aus dem Kader der Nationalmannschaft zu streichen. Werth wurde von der FEI (Reiter Weltverband) für sechs Monate gesperrt. Ihr Pferd Whisper wurde mit dem Psychopahrmakon Fluphenazin überführt. Die Gefährlichkeit dieses Medikamentes würde eine einjährige Sperre rechtfertigen, sagte die Kommission. Die Doppelweltmeisterin sieht damit ihre Olympiateilnahme in London - in Frage gestellt. »

23. September 2009, 09:29

DECISION CONCERNING RELEGATION OF TEAMS FROM THE MEYDAN FEI NATIONS CUP™

Following consultation with National Federations, riders and event organisers, the FEI Bureau today decided that Great Britain and Belgium will both be relegated from the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™. The two teams finished the 2009 season in eighth place on equal points ahead of the Italians, who are also relegated. »

20. September 2009, 18:19

CANADIANS GET BEST OF DRAW - NORWEGIANS WILL BE PATHFINDERS

he Canadian team is drawn last to go in tomorrow's Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ Final in Barcelona, Spain where the Norwegians will be first into the ring. A total of six nations will now line out following the late withdrawal of Denmark. The order of go is as follows - 1, Norway; 2, Spain; 3, Finland; 4, Poland; 5, Hungary; 6, Canada. »

18. September 2009, 12:36

BARCELONA HOSTS DECIDING ROUND

MEYDAN FEI NATIONS CUP™ PROMOTIONAL LEAGUE FINAL - PREVIEW

The Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain plays host to this weekend's Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ Promotional League Final.The venue staged the equestrian events of the 1992 Olympic Games and, more recently, the finals of the six-year-long Samsung Super League series. A total of seven countries have qualified to contest for the two available places in the top-level Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series in 2010. Those places will be decided by the result of next Sunday afternoon's final competition. »

18. September 2009, 10:48

Pferdeställe richtig bauen

Wie der Stallgeruch rentabel wird

Das Sonderheft „Pferdeställe richtig bauen“ wurde von den Redaktionen BAYERNS PFERDE und Pferdeforum, beide aus dem dlv Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, verlegt. Das Stall-magazin trägt die aktuellsten Erkenntnisse zur Pferde-haltung zusammen, verweist auf Tücken bei der Planung und bietet betriebswirtschaftliche Eckdaten sowie Berechnungs-modelle für den Stallbetrieb. »

18. September 2009, 10:33

Nominations are flooding in for the new FEI Awards.

People from all aspects of equestrianism — competitors, grooms, organisers — are being voted for in a variety of disciplines. These Awards have been designed to reward the fair play, team spirit, inspiration and prowess that equine competition espouses, as well as celebrating the outstanding achievements of our often-underrated athletes. »