Dressage-News

A record 72 nations declared participation in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France from Aug. 25 through Sept. 7 with dressage the third largest number of countries behind jumping and endurance.

The number is 10 per cent higher than entries in principle for any previous edition of the Games that are the world championships of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, jumping, reining and vaulting as well as para dressage that are held once every four years.

Jumping with 57 nations, endurance with 50 and dressage with 39 were the three disciplines attracting the greatest number of nations. Other disciplines were: para dressage 34, eventing 29, reining 25 and driving 19.

Australia, Austria, host nation France, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, and the United States entered teams in all eight disciplines.

Nations nominated teams for dressage are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakstan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine and United States.

Nations nominated individuals in dressage: Argentina, Bermuda, Belarus, Colombia, Czech Repubic, Estonia, Georgia, Israel, Morocco, Palestine and Taipei.

At this initial stage, the FEI said in reporting the numbers national federations indicate they intend to be represented by a team or individual athletes, final participation will be confirmed by nominated entries due by July 21 and by definite entries due by Aug. 14 for dressage, para-dressage, eventing, endurance and reining and Aug. 21 for jumping, driving and vaulting.

Twelve countries will be making their WEG debut–Hong Kong, U.S. Virgin Islands, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Morocco, Mauritius, Peru, Palestine, Romania, Thailand and Tunisia.

“We are delighted with the strong interest the National Federations are showing in this summer’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games,” FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos said. “It is very exciting to welcome new nations from all over the world to the FEI’s biggest event. The majority of the nations that will be participating for the first time have indicated their intention to send teams or individuals in more than one discipline, which shows how well our sport is developing all around the world. These are exciting times and I am looking forward to a successful record-breaking Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy.”

“The number of nations wishing to participate in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy demonstrates how enthusiastic everyone is about this major event,” WEG Sports Director Laurent Cellier said. “We are looking forward to welcoming all the nations here in Normandy. With only 144 days to go, the entire Organizing Committee is hard at work to ensure all our guests enjoy their stay and to make them feel welcome.”

The breakdown of nominated entries by nation and discipline:
Jumping: 57 nations (41 teams; 16 nations with one or two individual riders)
Endurance: 50 (40 teams; 10 with one or two individual riders)
Dressage: 39 (28 teams; 11 with one or two individual riders)
Para-Dressage: 34 (24 teams; 10 with three or four individual riders)
Eventing: 29 (23 teams; 6 with one or two individual riders)
Vaulting: 29 (20 squads; 14 pas-de-deux; 23 with one to three female vaulters; 15 with one to three male vaulters)
Reining: 25 (19 teams; 6 with one or two individual riders)
Driving: 19 (15 teams; 4 with one individual driver)

ENTRIES IN PRINCIPLE

			1st Week August 25-31					2nd Week September 1-7
		Nation
	ARG	Argentina		Indiv	Indiv	Team	Indiv	Team	T	Indiv
	AUS	Australia	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D	Team
	AUT	Austria	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D	Team
	AZE	Azerbaijan						Indiv
	BEL	Belgium	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team		Team
	BER	Bermuda		Indiv				Indiv
	BLR	Belarus		Indiv	Indiv		Indiv
	BRA	Brazil	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T
	BRN	Bahrain				Team
	CAN	Canada	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F D
	CHI	Chile	Team			Team		Team
	CHN	China				Indiv	Indiv	Indiv
	COL	Colombia	Indiv	Indiv		Indiv		Team	T F M
	CRC	Costa Rica				Team
	CZE	Czech Republic	Indiv	Indiv	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D	Team
	DEN	Denmark	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	F
	DOM	Dominican Republic	Indiv					Indiv
	ECU	Ecuador				Team	Indiv	Indiv	F
	EGY	Egypt						Team
	ESA	El Salvador						Indiv
	ESP	Spain		Team	Indiv	Team	Team	Team		Team
	EST	Estonia		Indiv		Indiv
	FIN	Finland	Team	Team	Team	Indiv	Indiv	Team	D
	FRA	France	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M	Team
	GBR	Great Britain	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D	Team
	GEO	Georgia		Indiv
	GER	Germany	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D	Team
	GRE	Greece			Indiv	Indiv		Indiv
	GUA	Guatemala				Indiv		Indiv
	HKG	Hong Kong			Team	Team		Indiv
	HUN	Hungary	Indiv			Team		Team	T F D	Team
	IND	India						Indiv
	IRL	Ireland		Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	F
	ISR	Israel	Team	Indiv	Indiv			Team
	ISV	Virgin Islands of the US			Indiv
	ITA	Italy	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F	Indiv
	JPN	Japan		Team		Team	Team	Team
	KAZ	Kazakhstan		Team		Team
	KOR	Korea, Republic (South)		Team				Team
	KSA	Saudi Arabia				Team		Team
	LAT	Latvia			Indiv			Indiv
	LTU	Lithuania				Indiv
	LUX	Luxembourg		Team		Indiv
	MAR	Morocco	Indiv	Indiv		Indiv		Team	M
	MAS	Malaysia				Team		Indiv
	MEX	Mexico	Team	Team	Indiv			Team	F
	MRI	Mauritius							M
	NED	Netherlands	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D	Team
	NOR	Norway		Team	Team	Team		Team	F
	NZL	New Zealand			Indiv	Team	Team	Team	T
	OMA	Oman				Team
	PER	Peru						Indiv
	PLE	Palestine		Indiv
	POL	Poland	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team		Team
	POR	Portugal		Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	F	Team
	QAT	Qatar				Team		Team
	ROU	Romania						Indiv
	RSA	South Africa	Indiv	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D
	RUS	Russian Federation		Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D
	SIN	Singapore			Team
	SUI	Switzerland	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D	Team
	SVK	Slovakia			Indiv	Team		Team	T F M D	Indiv
	SWE	Sweden	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F	Team
	SYR	Syrian Arab Republic						Team
	THA	Thailand				Indiv
	TPE	Chinese Taipei		Indiv				Indiv
	TUN	Tunisia				Team
	UAE	United Arab Emirates				Team		Team
	UKR	Ukraine		Team			Indiv	Team
	URU	Uruguay				Team		Indiv		Indiv
	USA	United States of America	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	T F M D	Team
	VEN	Venezuela						Team
72 Nations		Countries with Teams competitors per team	19 3-4	28 3-4	24 3-4	40 4-5	23 4-6	41 3-5	T:20 D:14 T:7 D:2	15 2-3
		Countries for Individual number of competitors	6 1-2	11 1-2	10 1-2	10 1-2	6 1-2	16 1-2	F:23 M:15 1-3	4 1
		Total Countries	25	39	34	50	29	57		19

* With the Entries in Principle National Federations indicate in which disciplines they intend to participate with a team or only individuals. These intentions do not guarantee the participation of each delegation but it however represent a significant first step within the entry process. Names of athletes and horses are only due with the Nominated Entries in July.