Main pre-Olympic fixture pulls plug on FEI’s Nations Cup after rule change

Aachen has parted methods with the FEI Dressage Nations Cup sequence after a decade – and can as an alternative host its personal elite workforce dressage competitors on the 2024 World Equestrian Competition (28 June to 7 July).

The present takes place lower than a month earlier than the Olympics, when the build-up to Paris 2024 shall be at its peak, and concludes the day forward of the ultimate entry deadline for this summer time’s Video games (8 July).

The information, first reported by Eurodressage, comes amid adjustments to the FEI Nations Cup guidelines for 2024. This 12 months, organisers of competitions within the FEI Nations Cup sequence should invite all nationwide federations, which has introduced concerning the cut up.

“We have now withdrawn from the FEI Nations Cup Sequence 2024 as a result of modified invitation mode,” an Aachen spokesman instructed H&H. “Aachen organisers will verify invites as quickly as attainable, which is opposite to the FEI Dressage Nations Cup Guidelines 2024.”

Aachen’s schedule exhibits it will likely be inviting the seven top-placed groups from the 2023 European Championships, plus the perfect non-European workforce from the 2022 World Dressage Championships.

Because of this Britain, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, the USA, Austria, Denmark, France and Sweden are anticipated to be on the listing of invites for Aachen’s personal inter-nation workforce dressage competitors.

Aachen’s workforce showjumping and eventing competitions are already run on the present’s personal phrases and are often called Nations Cups, however with out the FEI prefix as they haven’t been a part of the FEI-owned sequence for a while.

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Lucy is an skilled information journalist, reporter and presenter. Since becoming a member of the Horse & Hound workforce in 2015, Lucy has reported from main international sporting occasions together with the Tokyo Paralympic Video games and a number of European Championships, in addition to Badminton, Burghley and London, to call a number of. She has lined present affairs and sports activities information throughout the complete spectrum of equestrian disciplines and racing, in addition to human and equine welfare, business information and court docket circumstances.