FEI HORSE & RIDER REGISTRATION

Annual FEI registration is mandatory as of January 1, 2006 for all riders and horses competing in CDI’s, CSI’s, CEI’s, CVI’s, CCI’s, CIC’s, CRI’s, CAI’s and CPE international FEI events.  This includes the following disciplines; Show Jumping, Dressage, Reining, Driving, Endurance, Vaulting, Paraequestrian and Eventing and will be in place on January 1, 2006.  The registration fee is $15 per horse and $15 per rider and is renewable annually.  We will be doing press releases, e-mail blasts and a mailing to inform our members of the new procedure.  National Federations are responsible for registering FEI horses and riders and this responsibility will be a part of our new Horse Registration and Services department.

FEI registration of horses and riders has been in place for the past three years for Eventing.  The purpose of FEI registration is so the FEI can track global results and post them on their website.  The new FEI registration has been approved by the 2005 FEI General Assembly.  

All horses and riders must be registered with the FEI before competing at any 2006 FEI competitions.  

In addition, the 2006 FEI horse and rider registration form is available at the USEF Web site: http://www.usef.org/documents/international/2006FEIHorseRegForm.pdf

For the first time, the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) will be held outside of Europe in 2010, when the games come to the United States. The announcement of Kentucky's successful bid to host the games was made half-way around the world in Bahrain on December 6. The Kentucky Horse Park, soon to be the permanent home of the USDF and its National Education Center, will be the venue for all seven FEI equestrian disciplines which make up the WEG, including dressage.

Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher was all smiles as he made the announcement to an enthusiastic crowd of industry leaders gathered for a press conference at the Kentucky Horse Park. He observed, "This will be an unprecedented opportunity for our Commonwealth to showcase itself to the world. We are known as the epicenter of the equestrian world and we have a deep appreciation for all things having to do with the horse. I know that we will stage a very successful series of competitions."

United States Equestrian Federation President David O'Connor also noted that the FEI World Equestrian Games would cement the Kentucky Horse Park as the center of equestrian events in the U.S.

The games will take place during two weeks in the fall of 2010 and have estimated ticket sales of 300,000. More than 1,000 athletes representing 50 countries are expected to participate. The games will be broadcast live from the Kentucky Horse Park to 40 countries and reported world-wide by more than 1,000 members of the international media.