June 8 - The FEI Report

FEI World Dressage Championships for Young Horses in Arnhem (NED), from 22 to 25 June, attracts participants from 13 countries.

The Ad hoc Committee of the World Breeding Federation for the FEI World Championships for Young Horses held a meeting in Amsterdam, mainly to discuss the status of the preparations for the Championships, which are well advanced. The number of entries received is also very encouraging, including nominations from as far as Australia, USA and Canada.

The Ad hoc Committee insisted that National Federations may only nominate riders from their home country. However, NFs should be encouraged to also nominate horses other than their homebred horses, which means that in the future national selection trials should be open to all horses. An increasing amount of countries has already selected riders with horses of different breeds.

For countries with selection trials restricted to horses from their home country, a wild card system is used to make the entries for the World Championships more open. For instance, Holland and Germany have been allocated further wild cards, subject to their nomination of national riders with non-homebred horses, as outlined in the schedule. Taking into consideration this restriction, the nominated entries are as follows (on 29 May):

The Netherlands
5 years old - 8 + 2*
6 years old - 8 + 2*

Germany
5 years old - 8 + 2*
6 years old - 8 + 2*

Belgium
5 year old - 4
6 years old - 4

Denmark
5 years old - 4
6 years old - 1
Great Britain
5 years old - 3
6 years old - 3

Finland
5 years old - 0
6 years old - 2

France
5 years old - 3
6 years old - 0

Italy
5 years old - 2
6 years old - 2

Sweden
5 years old - 3
6 years old - 3

Switzerland
5 years old - 0
6 years old - 1

USA
5 years old - 2
6 years old - 2

Australia
5 years old - 1
6 years old - 1

Canada
5 years old - 2
6 years old - 0

Further wild cards
5 years old - 2
6 years old - 2
*Reserved for national riders with non-homebred horses.

Organiser of the FEI World Championships is Champion Gelderland in Arnhem, telephone 0031 26 44 53301, fax 0031 26 351 0849, website www.champion.nl

Related Links
Official Website of the Federation Equestre Internationale
2000 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses
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