Herning 2022 intended to create a sustainability model for great equestrian events. The approach involves the development of a new mentality that considers sustainability as an opportunity for innovation and added value. Herning 2022’s approach to CO2 was to reduce it to a minimum whenever possible, while compensating for the rest: ‘The greatest impact on…
from Tokyo to the Pratoni del Vivaro After winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Australian rider Kevin McNab and his horse Scuderia 1918 Don Quidam are now ready to compete in the Eventing World Championships at the Pratoni del Vivaro. Leader of the eventing FEI/WBFSH ranking for the 2019/2020 season thanks to…
by Mauro Checcoli I was eighteen years old and full of enthusiasm when I first arrived to ride and be taught by my great ‘Maestro’ Fabio Mangilli. I had practiced athletics and played basketball for years and was sure I was ready and quite knowledgeable… I had already competed in a lot of shows, riding…
The moral issue: how is it fair to use horses for sport? Modern theories concerning how horses learn oblige us to make unavoidable changes to keep up with the times. ANGELO TELATIN – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF EQUINE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT AT DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY Dr. Angelo Telatin teaches a variety of courses, ranging…
Stories and means for awareness of inconvenient realities MARCO PAGLIAI and ALBERTO ALESSI This book is addressed to those wishing to understand horses and are aware of the equestrian world’s distorted view oriented more and more towards human benefit and less and less towards the horse. It is a world in which everyone appears to…
The important role played by electrolytes On very hot and muggy days, horses must thermoregulate, i.e. maintain an adequate body temperature, which clashes with ambient temperatures that are often above 25 degrees even at night. If this temperature increases then horses find themselves outside their thermal comfort zone and their bodies must activate all those…
The championships scheduled for the coming weeks are not a return to the past, The championships scheduled for the coming weeks are not a return to the past, but rather a kind of World Equestrian Championships 3.0. The grouping of seven disciplines (eight compared to WEG since reining has left the FEI) will be hosted…
Individual success is shared by everyone When one hears about a Racing Team the first thing that comes to mind is Formula 1 or motorcycle racing. Effectively a Racing Team is a technical-sporting organisation created with the objective of participating in competitions in one or more disciplines in motor racing, motorcycling and speedboat racing. A…
A SHARED COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Innovation, farsightedness, animal and environmental protection are the values shared in the partnership between Fieracavalli and Scuderia 1918, the international Racing Team that has consolidated its presence this year becoming the main sponsor of the 124th edition of this event to be held from November 3rd to November 6th…
During the Piazza di Siena CSIO, its prestige partner Rolex organised a meeting with the great champion and Rolex testimonial of many years, Eric Lamaze. The Canadian rider was welcomed by Merrick Haydon, representing the important company and acting as its host in the lounge of the Rolex box where Eric Lamaze was surrounded by…
