TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Eventing Day 1 Tokyo (JPN), 30 July 2021 FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes World number one, Oliver Townend, gave the British team the best possible start when taking the individual lead as the Dressage phase kicked off equestrian Eventing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic…
Continue ReadingFEI Talking Horses Kyra Kyrklund, six-time Dressage Olympian for Finland, multiple Nordic and Finnish champion in Dressage, Jumping and Eventing, six-time FEI Dressage World Cup™ finalist and winner of the FEI World Cup™ Final with Matador in 1991 talks to Louise Parkes about her life and times. A hugely popular…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Dressage Day 3 FEI Press Release – Tokyo (JPN), 27 July 2021 by Louise Parkes Tonight’s victory for Germany in the Dressage team event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will go down in the history books. For the last 27 years the country that…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Dressage Day 2 FEI Press Release – Tokyo (JPN), 25 July 2021 by Louise Parkes Team Germany continued to build up a head of steam when moving to the top of the Dressage Grand Prix leaderboard at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games today. Two great…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Dressage Day 1 FEI Press Release – Tokyo (JPN), 24 July 2021 by Louise Parkes It may have been a long time coming, but the opening day of Equestrian Dressage at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games more than lived up to expectations. Emotions ran high…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – DRESSAGE PREVIEW FEI PRESS RELEASE, 20 July 2021 Can Germany make it a fabulous 14? by Louise Parkes Germany has a long and formidable record in Olympic Equestrian Dressage. Since the team competition was first introduced in Amsterdam (NED) in 1928, when the German side…
Continue ReadingFEI Talking Horses, by Louise Parkes Horses and Courses…. As the FEI celebrates its centenary this year, some of the biggest names in modern course design talk about the changes and challenges in the sports of Jumping and Eventing. They may have their very different styles and their own personal…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – FEI PRESS RELEASE By Louise Parkes Before the action even begins the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are already unforgettable. Running a year later than scheduled and with multiple challenges along the way, the best of the best are now putting in their final preparations ahead…
Continue Reading“FEI Talking Horses”, by Louise Parkes As the FEI celebrates its centenary, one man’s name stands out when it comes to the development of equestrian sport over the last 100 Years – journalist, historian, art collector and creator of the FEI World Cup™ Jumping series Mr. Max Ammann….. There are…
Continue ReadingFEI Talking Horses press release by Louise Parkes He’s a horseman, a sports fan, a legal expert and successful businessman, and as 2021 dawns Israel’s Ken Lalo is filled with anticipation. Because, for the very first time, his country will be represented by a Jumping team at the Olympic Games…
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