Press releases

YOUTH OLYMPIC HORSES COME OUT OF QUARANTINE IN SINGAPORE

Jul 30, 2010

The thirty horses that are to compete in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in August came out of their two-week post-arrival quarantine in Singapore today.

For the first time in Olympic history, a ballot will be organised to pair the horses with the 30 young riders competing in the individual and team Jumping events at the Games. The horses were specially trained over an eight-month period at Glen Haven Park in Queensland, Australia.

Lisen Bratt Fredricson announced as Equestrian Role Model for inaugural Youth Olympic Games

Jun 10, 2010

Swedish Jumping rider Lisen Bratt Fredricson has been named as the Equestrian sport Athlete Role Model (ARM) for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this summer. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week announced a list of 46 ARMs for the Games, which run from 14 to 26 August.

Youth Olympic Games Update

May 12, 2010

12 May 2010

With a little more than three months to go before the first ever Youth Olympic Games, the FEI has posted a short video of the Open Day that took place recently at Glen Haven Park in Australia. It is here that a dedicated team is schooling the horses that will be paired with the young Olympic riders in Singapore.

A second video update will be posted on the FEI website in the next few days.

To watch the video, please visit www.fei.org and click the “Singapore 2010 – Open Day ” link on the website’s homepage.

FEI Reaches Out to Youth Around the World

Aug 28, 2009

The FEI is proud to launch its first ever Year of Youth - a yearlong celebration of youth equestrianism – which will run from August 2009 to August 2010 when the Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore. For the first time young people will come together overcoming geographical barriers by using a unique online platform delivered by the FEI.