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FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
FEI World Equestrian Games™
FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
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 Key facts                                          3

 About the disciplines                              7
 Jumping		                                          7
 Dressage		                                         9
 Eventing		                                        11
 Driving 		                                        13
 Endurance		                                       15
 Reining		                                         17
 Vaulting		                                        19
 Para-Equestrianism		                              21

 FEITV.org                                         23

 Television                                        25

 International Broadcast, Print and Online Media   27

 Host City / regional benefits                      29

 Who we are                                        31

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FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
Key facts
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FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
The greatest gathering of
equestrian sport in all FEI
disciplines

Launched in 1990
The World Championships of international
equestrian sport
Staged every four years over 15 competition days
1000 athletes and horses
The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™
2014 attracted over 500,000 spectators

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FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
Hosts of the FEI World
Equestrian Games™

                                                                                                   Stockholm

                                                                                       The Hague

                                                                                Aachen
                                                     Montreal

                                                                       Normandy

2018       Montreal (CAN)
                                         Lexington
                                                                Jerez de la Frontera
2014       Normandy (FRA)

2010       Lexington (USA)                                               Rome

2006       Aachen (GER)

2002       Jerez de la Frontera
           (ESP)
1998       Rome (ITA)

1994       The Hague (NED)

1990       Stockholm (SWE)

The next FEI World Equestrian Games™
will be held in Montreal (CAN) in 2018

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FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
FEI World Equestrian
GamesTM 2022
Bid Process Timeline:

January 2017
Deadline to send Bid Application
& Questionnaire

February 2017
FEI to send Host Agreement
to Candidates

April / May 2017
Presentation of bids by Candidates
to the FEI Evaluation Commission

May 2017
Deadline for Candidates to send
FEI the signed Host Agreement

Spring 2017
Allocation by the FEI Bureau

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FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
Jumping
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FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
Jumping

Best known of the equestrian disciplines
10 to 13 obstacles with the objective
to test speed, precision and athleticism
Individual and team medals
Event staged over 7 days
Innovative Final Four format, with the
world’s top riders swapping horses in
competition, is one of the highlights
of the Games

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FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
Dressage
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FEI World Equestrian Games. The Greatest Gathering of Equestrian Sport in All FEI Disciplines.
Dressage

The pinnacle of horse training
The freestyle event to music is the artistic
expression of equestrian sport
During the technical phase, rider and
horse perform from memory a series
of pre-determined movements
Individual and team medals
Event staged over 6 days

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Eventing
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Eventing

Eventing is an exciting and challenging all-round
test of riding ability and horsemanship: the
triathlon of equestrian sport
dressage, cross-country and jumping tests require
harmony between horse and rider together with
precision, agility and technique
Individual and team medals
Event staged over 4 days

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Driving
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Driving

Oldest competitive equestrian discipline
Requires extraordinary judgement and skill on the
part of the driver who steers a team of four horses
in a 3 phase competition: dressage, marathon and
obstacle cones
Individual and team medals
Event staged over 4 days

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Endurance
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Endurance

The “marathon” of equestrian sport
Requires deep understanding between horse and rider
Course distance: 160km
Individual and team medals
Event staged over 1 day

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Reining
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Reining

Showcases the athletic ability of the ‘ranch type’
horse in the confines of a show arena
Contestants are required to demonstrate
manoeuvres that highlight the attributes
of the reining horse
Individual and team medals
Event staged over 5 days

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Vaulting
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Vaulting

The art of gymnastics, performed on and
in harmony with a horse
Breath-taking displays of coordination, strength
suppleness and balance, performed in static and
dynamic exercises
Individual and team medals
Event staged over 4 days

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Para-Equestrianism

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Para-Equestrianism

The FEI is committed to the development
of all para-equestrian disciplines
Para-Equestrian Dressage is featured at the FEI
World Equestrian Games™ and Paralympic Games
Individual and team medals
5 individual grades of ability
Event staged over 6 days

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FEITV.org
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FEITV.org
The sport’s premier online and
mobile video destination for the
global equestrian community

250+hours
of live broadcasts per year

80+
live events per year

Millions of views and hundreds of thousands
of unique visitors during the Alltech FEI World
Equestrian Games™ 2014

Exclusive VoD content: highlights,
interviews and behind-the-scenes features

Never miss an event with FEI TV On the Go
for iOS and Android

FEITV’s syndicated media player extends
reach to over 200 international newspapers
and sports websites

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TV   International
            broadcast coverage

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International broadcast coverage
           (based on Alltech FEI World
           Equestrian Games™ 2014)

           124
           TV channels broadcast more than...

           4,000
           programmes worldwide

           333 million
           cumulative audience

           3,000+hours
           of broadcast time

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Media   Global media
               interest

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Global media interest
(based on Alltech FEI World
Equestrian Games™ 2014)

1,900+
accredited press and broadcast media

10,000+
articles published in print and online

39
countries published online coverage of the event

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Hosting   Substantial economic
                 benefits for the host

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Substantial economic benefits
for the host city/region
(based on Alltech FEI World
Equestrian Games™ 2014)

€368 million
Economic impact (direct and indirect)
on the French economy

€190 million
impact on local Normandy economy

575,000
total spectators spent €82 million at the event

International visitors spent over €300 per day

International spotlight on the host city,
region and country
Associated events: tradeshows, retail park
and conferences
Legacy benefits of infrastructure
and facilities expenditure
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Who we are
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Fédération Equestre Internationale
The international governing body
for equestrian sport worldwide

Founded in 1921
133 affiliated National Federations
Olympic Sport since 1912
(Jumping, Dressage and Eventing)
Paralympic sport since 1996
(Para-equestrian Dressage)
Seven Disciplines: Jumping, Dressage
& Para-Equestrian Dressage, Eventing,
Driving & Para-Equestrian Driving,
Endurance, Vaulting & Reining
President: Ingmar De Vos

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Fédération Equestre
           Internationale

           Passionate about the sport
           Promoting fairness & equality
           From grass roots to the world stage
           Innovative & forward looking
           Respect for the horse

           3,500+
           international events annually

           90,000+
           registered athletes and horses

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Thank you
Contact
For more information, contact:
Francisco Lima, FEI Legal Counsel
e francisco.lima@fei.org
t + 41 21 310 47 47

Photo credit
Arnd Bronkhorst, Action Images/Henry Browne,
Sylvia Corbesola, Liz Gregg, Richard Juilliart,
Daniel Kaiser, David Sinclair

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