15 August -
Definite entries for the five disciplines of Dressage, Para-Dressage, Reining, Endurance and Eventing, which take place OVER the first week of competition at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy, have now been finalised.The number of entries is exceptionally high and breaks the previous participation records. Dressage, Endurance, and Reining have all increased from the record numbers set for these disciplines at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2006 in Aachen (GER), while Para-Dressage and Eventing have gone up from their previous high at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2010 in LEXINGTON, KY (USA).
The breakdown by discipline is as follows:
DRESSAGE
- Total National Federations (NFs): 31
- NFs with teams: 25 (AUS, AUT, BEL, BRA, CAN, DEN, ESP, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, IRL, ITA, KAZ, LUX, NED, NOR, POL, POR, RSA, RUS, SUI, SWE, UKR, USA)
- NFs with individuals only: 6 (COL, EST, GEO, KOR, MAR, PLE)
- 103 combinations
Previous record: 89 combinations from 33 countries in Aachen in 2006.
PARA-DRESSAGE
- Total NFs: 33
- NFs with teams: 19 (AUS, AUT, BEL, BRA, CAN, DEN, FRA, GBR, GER, HKG, IRL, ITA, NED, NOR, POL, RUS, SIN, SWE, USA)
- NFs with individuals only: 14 (ARG, CZE, FIN, ISR, ISV, JPN, LAT, MEX, NZL, POR, RSA, SUI, SVK, TPE)
- 100 combinations
Previous record: 60 combinations from 16 countries in
LEXINGTON, KY in 2010
(this was the first time that Para-Dressage appeared on the FEI World Equestrian Games™ PROGRAMME)EVENTING
- Total NFs: 28
- NFs with teams: 16 (AUS, BEL, BRA, CAN, ESP, FRA, GBR, GER, IRL, ITA, NED, NZL, POL, SUI, SWE, USA)
- NFs with individuals only: 12 (AUT, BLR, CHN, CZE, DEN, ECU, FIN, HUN, JPN, POR, RSA, RUS)
- 97 combinations
Previous record: 80 combinations from 24 countries in
LEXINGTON, KY, in 2010.
ENDURANCE
- Total NFs: 47
- NFs with teams: 33 (ARG, AUS, BEL, BRA, BRN, CAN, CHI, CRC, CZE, ESP, FRA, GBR, GER, HKG, ITA, JPN, KAZ, LUX, MAS, NED, NOR, NZL, OMA, POR, QAT, RSA, RUS, SUI, SVK, TUN, UAE, URU, USA)
- NFs with individuals only: 14 (ALG, AUT, CHN, COL, DEN, ECU, EST, GRE, GUA, IRL, KSA, POL, SWE, THA)
- 173 athletes, 198 horses
Previous record: 159 PARTICIPANTS from 42 nations in Aachen in 2006.
REINING
- Total NFs: 25
- NFs with teams: 16 (AUS, AUT, BEL, BRA, CAN, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, ITA, MEX, NED, POL, SWE, USA)
- NFs with individuals only: 9 (CHI, CZE, DOM, HUN, ISR, MAR, RSA, SUI, SVK)
- 89 combinations
Previous record: 68 participants from 21 countries in Aachen, 2006
The deadline for the definite entries in the three disciplines, which run during the second week of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian GAMES™ 2014 in Normandy - Jumping, Driving, and Vaulting – is 21 August.