Photo by John Lechner - read John's report from Strzegom CICO 2013 here
The FEI Bureau allocated host cities for a number of major FEI events over the next three years at its recent two-day meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI)
Omaha, Nebraska scored a big win for the USA, being nominated to host the joint Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals in 2017, holding off strong challenges from Hong Kong (Jumping) and ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Dressage). The joint Finals will run from 27 March to 2 April 2017.
The other big winner was Strzegom , Poland, which won out over Fontainebleau (FRA) in the bid to host the 2017 FEI European Eventing Championships. This is the first time that Strzegom has hosted the senior championships although it has hosted FEI Nations Cup, World Cup and the European Eventing Junior Championships in recent years
The eventing competitions allocated were;
2015
FEI European Championships for Ponies (Jumping, Dressage & Eventing)
Malmo (SWE), 5-9 August
2016
FEI European Eventing Championship for Young Riders & Juniors
Montelibretti (ITA), 22-25 September
2017
FEI European Eventing Championship
Strzegom (POL), 24-27 August
FEI Championships multi-year applications
FEI World Breeding Eventing Championship for Young Horses 2016 and 2017
Le Lion D’Angers (FRA), third week in October
Click here for the full list of events across disciplines allocated by the FEI Bureau at its two-day meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI)