The FEI World Equestrian Games, created in 1990 are held every four years and are by far the largest equestrian event. In 2014, the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy will be host to 8 World Championships, one of which is Show Jumping
France’s number one discipline, the rider and horse must clear a course of obstacles in a given time without knocking them down. Time or point penalties are incurred in the case of a refusal, of a fall or if the obstacles are knocked down. This discipline requires the rider and his/her horse to be in complete harmony with each other as a number of factors such as impulsion , speed, trajectory and the number and length of strides should all be combined to guarantee a faultless round.
The WEG competition involves Team and Individual Competitions which conclude in a Final 4 round where the top four riders show their skill by riding each other’s horses
Competition dates; Monday 1st Sept – Sunday 7th September
Location; D’Ornano stadium, Caen
Photo: Kit Houghton/FEI
