April 2, 2014, Doha ~ On the second day of April at the Qatar Equestrian and Racing Club the crowd saw Hassiba (Burning Sand x Gefool ASF) clinching an impressive victory over Kafayef in the Local Bred Pure Arabian Maiden Plate. The Hassan Ali Hassan al-Matwi owned and trained finally shed her maiden status in her…
FEI Extraordinary General Assembly and FEI Sports Forum to be held on 29 April
April 2, 2014, Lausanne, SUI ~ The 2014 edition of the FEI Sports Forum will be held on 28-29 April at IMD, Business School, Lausanne (SUI). The FEI Extraordinary General Assembly will be held in conjunction with the FEI Sports Forum on 29 April at 9am. – Supporting documents relating to the FEI Sports Forum sessions and round…
Two Bid Cities Sign Host Agreements for FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ 2018 BID PROCESS
April 2, 2014, SWI ~ The FEI has received signed host agreements from two of the Canadian and US cities bidding to host the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018. The bid teams from Bromont/Montreal (CAN) and Lexington, Kentucky (USA) have both confirmed their continued interest in hosting the Games in 2018. Lexington, host city for…
Géraldine Brault riding Pomoska du Barthas wins 160km Endurance at Fontainbleau
28 March, 2014, France ~ French rider, Géraldine Brault, 29, riding her own Pomoska du Barthas won the 160km course, the first CEI 3* of the year in France. Brault led the course from the first to the sixth loop and finished 3:49 minutes ahead of Germany’s Sabrina Arnold on Wamid. In spite of a fall after arriving…
Rabbah De Carrere Makes Clean Sweep for Trainer Majed Al Jahouri
March 29, 2014, Dubai ~ Ridden by Olivier Peslier, Rabbah de Carrere (FR), carrying the colors of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan beat the filly Djainka Des Forges (FR) by three quarters of a length, followed by Musharab (FR) in third. With two G 1 PA victories under his belt in February, the raider…