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World Equestrian Games
The World Equestrian Game (WEG) are held every 4 years and are made up of eight equestrian disciplines with the top horse and riders from each country taking part.

Federation Equestre Internationale ( FEI)
Formed in 1921 the FEI is the international governing body for equestrian competition disciplines and organizes the World Equestrian Games.

History of Games
The WEG first started having all the equestrian disciplines at the same time and in the same place in 1990.

• 1990 Stockholm hosted the games which had six disciplines included, which were show jumping, eventing, dressage, driving, vaulting and endurance.
• 1994 The Hague hosted the WEG and had all six disciplines included.
• 1998 Rome played host to the WEG with dressage, show jumping, vaulting, eventing and driving taking pat at the Hague and the endurance taking part later on in the year in Dubai.
• 2002 Jerez hosted the games which had all six disciplines included and also for the first time Reining.
• 2006 Aachen hosted the games with all seven disciplines included.
• 2010 Kentucky will host the games with all seven disciplines and Para dressage as well.

Disciplines Involved

• Combined Driving - This involves a team of four horses being driven in three phases of the competition. Combined driving includes a dressage test followed by a cross country track that involves driving around a course which has water crossings, banks and turns and the last phase is around an obstacle course which is made up of cones , the combined driving competition demands a great amount of skill and accuracy as well as suppleness, courage and fitness.
• Dressage - Horse and rider have to ride three different dressage tests to decide the team and individual competition which culminates with the popular Grand Prix Freestyle where riders choose their own music and the order of movements to be performed.
• Jumping - There are separate competitions to determine the team and individual medals with horse and rider having to complete their show jumping rounds with as few penalties as possible whilst jumping around a course.
• Eventing - Horse and rider have to complete three phases of dressage, show jumping and cross country course to decide the winners. Horse and rider must complete all three phases with as few penalties as possible.
• Endurance Riding - Endurance riders have to complete 100 miles with the fastest horse and rider winning. There are several vet checks along the way which have to be passed in order to allow the competitors to continue.
• Reining - There are both Team and Individual competitions. Horse are rider have to show a number of reining movements such as the spin, stop, circles and lead change, stop and roll back, stop and back up and the stop. All these movements are assessed and marked to determine the winning combination. Competitors are marked with a plus or minus 1 or a 1/2 or a 0, for each movement that is performed.
• Vaulting - There are Team and Individual competitions that allow each competitor to show off their athleticism and Gymnastic ability on board their horse who must be equally talented. Music is chosen for each routine with movements that can include handstands, lifting up another team member, standing positions, dismounting and mounting and all done while the horse is in canter on a lunge line. It is not just the vaulters that are graded but also the person who is lunging and of course the horse who must stay in balance throughout the routine.
  
• Para equestrianism - Riders with physical disabilities compete in both team and individual dressage competitions.

Date Of WEG
The forthcoming 2018 World Equestrian Games will be held from the 11th to the 23rd September 2018

FEI World Equestrian Games 2018 Location

• The FEI World Equestrian Games 2018 will be held in North Carolina (USA) at the Tyron International Equestrian Centre.

WEG Provisional Timetable

• Tuesday 11th September Opening Ceremony
• Reining
  • 12th, 13th and 15th of September.
• Dressage
  • 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th September
• Eventing
  • 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th September
• Para Equestrian
  • 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd September
• Endurance
  • Thursday 12th September Endurance Test.
• Show Jumping
  • 19th, 20th, 21st and 23rd September
• Vaulting
  • 18th, 19, 20th and 22nd September
• Driving
  • 21st, 22nd and 23rd September.
• Sunday 23rd September Closing Ceremony

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