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Posted by on Jul 21, 2015 in Newsflashes |

SASCOC meeting on Friday 24 July 2015

  SASCOC have called a meeting on Friday 24 July 2015 to discuss the structure of SAEF. Documents to be discussed at the meeting: Agenda M Mahomed SASCOC House 24 July 2015 DRAFT DISCUSSION DOCUMENT EQ STRUCTURE 15 06 Equestrian Structures Letter to Equestrian SAEF DATE OF MEETING...

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Posted by on Jul 20, 2015 in Newsflashes |

FEI NATIONS CUP™ DRESSAGE 2015 – Round 6

  FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage 2015 – Round 6 Hickstead (GBR), 19 July 2015 Photo caption: Team Denmark won the sixth and last leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage 2015 pilot series staged at Hickstead, Great Britain. (L to R) Sune Hansen, Sidsel Johansen and Anders Dahl. (FEI/Jon Stroud) FEI Photo Catalogue: Free images for editorial purposes are available from the FEI Photo Catalogue.  Danes make it a back-to-back double at Hickstead  By Louise Parkes Team Denmark came out on top by a narrow margin at the sixth and last leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage 2015 pilot series staged at Hickstead, Great Britain today. It was their second successive victory at the British venue, and once again they pinned the host nation into runner-up spot, while Sweden filled third place ahead of South Africa in fourth. The competition included results from Friday’s Grand Prix, Saturday’s Grand Prix Special and today’s Grand Prix Freestyle. And there was plenty of pressure on the eventual winners as, similarly to last year, the...

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Posted by on Jul 14, 2015 in Newsflashes |

Olympic Equestrian Test Event marks one-year countdown to Rio 2016

Olympic Equestrian Test Event marks one-year countdown to Rio 2016

  FEI PRESS RELEASE Lausanne (SUI), 13 July 2015 Olympic Equestrian Test Event marks one-year countdown to Rio 2016 The Olympic Equestrian Test Event – the Aquece Rio (“Warm Up Rio”) International Horse Trials – gets underway on 6 August, a day after celebrations in Brazil to mark the one-year countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Representatives from 16 National Federations, including athletes and officials, will travel to the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro to take part in the Observers Programme which runs concurrently with the Test Event. Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden and the United States of America will all be sending delegations to Rio next month. All five Technical Delegates will be present at the Test Event: Tim Randle (Veterinary), Jacques Van Daele (Dressage), Alec Lochore (Eventing), Santiago Varela (Jumping) and Amanda Bond (Para-Equestrian Dressage), along with John McEwen, Chair of the FEI Veterinary Committee, and the FEI Sports Directors of the...

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Posted by on Jul 7, 2015 in Newsflashes |

Hickstead International CDIO 3* (16 to 19 July 2015)

  Dressage at Hickstead will be hosting an FEI endorsed CDIO 3* on 16 to 19 July 2015. The FEI has devised a new format for this competition and in 2015 the Nations Cup Team Event will be decided from the Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle. All Team members will contest the Grand Prix and then 2 members will contest the Grand Prix Special and the remaining two the Grand Prix Freestyle. Congratulations to the following riders for being selected to represent SA at the Hickstead FEI Nations Cup: Chere Burger & Adelprag Anders 451 Denise Hallion & Wervelwind Tanya Seymour & Romaneur 6 Catherine Berning & Brisbane Chef d’Equipe: Jenny Neill We wish our riders the best of...

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