2010 FEI World Equestrian Games

The 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games (officially the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games) were held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. from September 25 to October 10, 2010. This was the sixth edition of the games, which are held every four years and run by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). For the first time, Para-equestrian events were added in the program. This was also the first time the games were hosted by a city outside of Europe, and also the first time that all events at the games were held at a single site. (Although the 100-mile/161-km endurance course, by necessity, was mostly contained outside the park, the main veterinary gate was located within the park.)

2010 FEI World Equestrian Games

Host city	Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Events	8 disciplines
Opening	September 25, 2010 (2010-09-25)
Closing	October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10)
Website	alltechfeigames.com

Alltech, an animal health and nutrition company located in Nicholasville, Kentucky (about 15 minutes from downtown Lexington and 30 minutes from the Horse Park), was the title sponsor of the 2010 Games. The sponsorship was valued at $10 million. However, Alltech's total support went far beyond the name sponsorship package. The company had nearly 60 employees involved with the promotion of the Games—more than the size of the official FEI World Games staff. When the organizing committee for the Games announced a budget cutback due to lower-than-expected ticket sales, Alltech stepped up its financial support. Company founder and president Pearse Lyons also brought in University of Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari to promote a special luxury ticket package. At the time of the Games, the company's support was estimated to have been $32 million, and the company was expected to (and ultimately did) sponsor the next edition of the Games held in the French region of Normandy in 2014.

Schedule

All times are US EDT (UTC-4)

18 events were contested over 8 disciplines. Para Dressage was included for the first time.

Dressage

Dressage at the 2010 WEG

Combined driving at the 2010 World Equestrian Games

Event date	Starting time	Event details
27 September	08:30	Team Grand Prix–1st Half
28 September	07:30	Team Grand Prix–2nd Half
29 September	10:00	Grand Prix Special–1st Half
	14:30	Grand Prix Special–2nd Half
1 October	19:00	Grand Prix Freestyle

Combined driving

Event date	Starting time	Event details
7 October	09:00	Dressage–Part 1
	14:00	Dressage–Part 2
8 October	09:00	Dressage–Part 3
	14:00	Dressage–Part 4
9 October	10:00	Marathon
10 October	10:00	Obstacle Phase

Endurance

Event date	Starting time	Event details
26 September	07:00	Team and Individual Competition

Eventing

Event date	Starting time	Event details
30 September	09:00	Three Day Dressage
1 October	08:30	Three Day Dressage
2 October	09:00	Cross Country
3 October	13:00	Jumping Phase

Jumping

Event date	Starting time	Event details
4 October	10:00	Speed Combination–Part 1
	14:30	Speed Combination–Part 2
5 October	10:00	Team Combination 1–Part 1
	14:30	Team Combination 1–Part 2
6 October	19:00	Team Final Combination
8 October	17:30	Individual Combination
9 October	20:00	The Rolex Top Four

Para Dressage

Event date	Starting time	Event details
5 October	08:30	Individual Team Tests–Part 1
6 October	08:30	Individual Championship Tests
7 October	08:30	Individual Championship Tests
8 October	08:30	Individual Championship Tests
9 October	08:30	Individual Freestyle Tests
10 October	08:30	Individual Freestyle Tests

Reining

Event date	Starting time	Event details
25 September	09:00	Team Competition–Part 1
	14:00	Team Competition–Part 2
26 September	07:30	Team Competition–Part 3
	11:00	Team Competition–Part 4
28 September	09:00	Qualifying Competition
30 September	13:00	Individual Final Competition

Vaulting

Event date	Starting time	Event details
6 October	08:30	Compulsory-Team–R1
	12:30	Compulsory-Individual Female/Male–R1
7 October	13:00	Freestyle-Individual Female/Male
8 October	12:30	Compulsory-Individual Female/Male–Tech
	16:00	Freestyle Team Competition
9 October	14:30	Freestyle-Final Female/Male
10 October	11:00	Freestyle-Final Team

Officials

Appointment of (Olympic disciplines) officials was as follows:

Dressage

• Linda Zang (Ground Jury President)
• Evi Eisenhardt (Ground Jury Member)
• Ghislain Fouarge (Ground Jury Member)
• Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member)
• Maribel Alonso de Quinzanos (Ground Jury Member)
• Cara Whitham (Ground Jury Member)
• Mary Seefried (Ground Jury Member)
• Wojtech Markowski (Technical Delegate)

Jumping

• Jon Doney (Ground Jury President)
• Michael Detemple (Ground Jury Member)
• Kim Morrison (Ground Jury Member)
• Linda Allen (Ground Jury Member)
• Frank Rothenberger (Technical Delegate)

Eventing

• Marylin Payne (Ground Jury President)
• David Lee (Ground Jury Member)
• Anne-Mette Binder (Ground Jury Member)
• Linda Allen (Jumping judge)
• Tom Ryckewaert (Technical Delegate)

Para-Dressage

• Hanneke Gerritsen (Ground Jury President)
• Liliana Marcelina Iannone (Ground Jury Member)
• Gudrun Hofinga (Ground Jury Member)
• Anne Prain (Ground Jury Member)
• Jan Geary (Ground Jury Member)
• Sarah Rodger (Ground Jury Member)
• Carlos Lopes (Ground Jury Member)
• Kjell Myhre (Ground Jury Member)
• Jane Goldsmith (Technical Delegate)

Participating nations

58 countries were represented at the games.

• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Belgium
• Bermuda
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• China PR
• Chinese Taipei
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Guatemala
• Hungary
• Ireland
• India
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Jordan
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Mexico
• Namibia
• Netherlands
• Netherlands Antilles
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• USA
• Venezuela
• Zambia

Medalists and special awards

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Dressage Grand Prix Special	Edward Gal on Moorlands Totilas 85.708 %		Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris 81.708 %		Steffen Peters on Ravel 78.542 %
Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle	Edward Gal on Moorlands Totilas 91.800 %		Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris 85.350 %		Steffen Peters on Ravel 84.900 %
Dressage Team Grand Prix	Netherlands - Total: 229.745% Hans Peter Minderhoud on Nadine Imke Schellekens-Bartels on Sunrise Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival Edward Gal on Moorlands Totilas		Great Britain - Total: 224.767% Fiona Bigwood on Wie-Atlantico de Ymas Maria Eilberg on Two Sox Carl Hester on Liebling II Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris		Germany - Total: 220.595% Anabel Balkenhol on Dablino Christoph Koschel on Donnperignon Matthias Alexander Rath on Sterntaler-UNICEF Isabell Werth on Warum nicht FRH
Driving Individual	Boyd Exell 294.64 pens		IJsbrand Chardon 303.45 pens		Tucker Johnson 337.31 pens
Driving Team	Netherlands - Total: 279.77 pens		United States of America - Total: 300.92 pens		Germany - Total: 322.20 pens
Endurance Individual	Maria Mercedes Alvarez Ponton on Nobby 7:35:44 hours		Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Ciel Oriental 7:36:39 hours		Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum on SAS Alexis 7:36:56 hours
Endurance Team	United Arab Emirates - Total: 23:53:36 hours Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum on SAS Alexis Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum on Kangoo D'Aurabelle Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmook Al Maktoum on Rukban Dikruhu Mmn Ali Mohammed Al Muhairi on Churinga Kagebee		France - Total: 24:49:46 hours Sarah Chakil on Sakalia Virginie Atger on Azim du Florival Cecile Miletto Mosti on Easy Fontnoire Caroline Denayer Gad on Gwellik du Parc		Germany - Total: 25:34:16 hours Dr. Gabriela Förster on Priceless Gold Sabrina Arnold on Beau ox Belinda Hitzler on Shagar Melanie Arnold on Shaika Bint Kheoma
Endurance - Best Conditioned Horse (No medal awarded)	Hanaba Du Bois ridden by Jean-Philippe Frances
Eventing Individual	Michael Jung on La Biostethique-Sam FBW 33.00 pens		William Fox-Pitt on Cool Mountain 42.00 pens		Andrew Nicholson on Nereo 43.50 pens
Eventing Team	Great Britain - Total: 139.40 pens William Fox-Pitt on Cool Mountain Mary King on Imperial Cavalier Nicola Wilson on Opposition Buzz Kristina Cook on Miners Frolic		Canada - Total: 151.50 pens Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch on Port Authority Selena O'Hanlon on Colombo Hawley Bennett-Awad on Gin & Juice Kyle Carter on Madison Park		New Zealand - Total: 154.80 pens Andrew Nicholson on Nereo Mark Todd on Grass Valley Caroline Powell on Mac Macdonald Clarke Johnstone on Orient Express
Jumping Individual	Philippe Le Jeune 0 fts		Abdullah Al-Sharbatly 8 fts		Eric Lamaze 9 fts
Jumping Individual - Best Horse in the Final Four No medal awarded	Hickstead 0 fts
Jumping Team	Germany - Total: 17.80 fts. Marcus Ehning on Plot Blue Janne Friederike Meyer on Cellagon Lambrasco Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum on Checkmate Carsten-Otto Nagel on Corradina		France - Total: 24.32 fts. Patrice Delaveau on Katchina Mail Olivier Guillon on Lord de Theize Pénélope Leprevost on Mylord Carthago Kevin Staut on Silvana de Hus		Belgium - Total: 24.70 fts. Dirk Demeersman on Bufero VH Panishof Jos Lansink on Cavalor Valentina van't Heike Philippe Le Jeune on Vigo d'Arsouilles Judy-Ann Melchior on Cha Cha Z
Para Dressage Individual Championship Test Grade Ia	Sophie Christiansen on Rivaldo of Berkeley 76.100 %		Anne Dunham on Teddy 73.200 %		Emma Sheardown on Purdy's Dream 71.900 %
Para Dressage Individual Championship Test Grade Ib	Lee Pearson on Gentleman 76.435 %		Ricky Balshaw on Academy Award 72.870 %		Jens Lasse Dokkan on Lacour 70.174 %
Para Dressage Individual Championship Test Grade II	Petra van de Sande on Toscane 69.238 %		Britta Näpel on Aquilina 3 67.905 %		Caroline Cecilie Nielsen on Rostorn's Hatim-Tinn 67.238%
Para Dressage Individual Championship Test Grade III	Hannelore Brenner on Women of the World 72.400 %		Annika Lykke Dalskov on Preussen Wind 71.067%		Sharon Jarvis on Applewood Odorado 68.867%
Para Dressage Individual Championship Test Grade IV	Sophie Wells on Pinocchio 71.677 %		Frank Hosmar on Tiesto 70.129 %		Henrik Weber Sibbesen on Rexton Royal 69.419 %
Para Dressage Individual Freestyle Tests Grade Ia	Emma Sheardown on Purdy's Dream 78.550 %		Sophie Christiansen on Rivaldo of Berkeley 77.850 %		Anne Dunham on Teddy 74.800 %
Para Dressage Individual Freestyle Tests Grade Ib	Lee Pearson on Gentleman 82.500 %		Stinna Tange Kaastrup on Labbenhus Snoevs 77.500 %		Katja Karjalainen on Rosie 72.850 %
Para Dressage Individual Freestyle Tests Grade II	Dr. Angelika Trabert on Ariva-Avanti 75.900 %		Gert Bolmer on Triumph 75.850 %		Jo Pitt on Estralita 74.900 %
Para Dressage Individual Freestyle Tests Grade III	Hannelore Brenner on Women of the World 79.200 %		Annika Lykke Dalskov on Preussen Wind 75.400 %		Sharon Jarvis on Applewood Odorado 74.7000 %
Para Dressage Individual Freestyle Tests Grade IV	Sophie Wells on Pinocchio 78.500 %		Michele George on FBW Rainman 78.050 %		Frank Hosmar on Tiesto 77.250 %
Para Dressage Team	Great Britain - Total: 440.376 % Sophie Christiansen on Rivaldo of Berkeley Anne Dunham on Teddy Lee Pearson on Gentlemann Jo Pitt on Estralita		Germany - Total: 420.337 % Hannelore Brenner on Women of the World Britta Näpel on Aquilina 3 Juliane Theuring on Empaque IV Dr. Angelika Trabert on Ariva-Avanti		Denmark - Total: 418.389 % Annika Lykke Dalskov on Preussen Wind Stinna Tange Kaastrup on Labbenhus Snoevs Caroline Cecilie Nielsen on Rostorn's Hatim-Tinn Henrik Weber Sibbesen on Rexton Royal
Reining Individual	Tom McCutcheon on Gunners Special Nite 228.0 pts		Craig Schmersal on Mister Montana Nic 223.0 pts		Duane Latimer on Dun Playin Tag 222.5 pts
Reining Team	United States of America - Total: 674.5 pts Tim McQuay on Hollywoodstinseltown Craig Schmersal on Mister Montana Nic Tom McCutcheon on Gunners Special Nite Shawn Flarida on RC Fancy Step		Belgium - Total: 659.0 pts Jan Boogaerts on Gumpy Grumpy BB Ann Poels on Whizdom Shines Cira Baeck on Peek a Boom Bernard Fonck on BA Reckless Chick		Italy - Total: 655.5 pts Marco Ricotta on Smart and Shiney Stefano Massignan on Yellow Jersey Dario Carmignani on Red Chic Peppy Nicola Brunelli on Spat a Blue
Vaulting Individual Male	Patric Looser on Record RS von der Wintermühle lunged by Alexandra Knauf 8.498 pts		Kai Vorberg on Sir Bernhard RS von der Wintermühle lunged by Kirsten Graf 8.463 pts		Nicolas Andreani on Idefix de Braize lunged by Marina Joosten Dupon 8.452 pts
Vaulting Individual Female	Joanne Eccles on W H Bentley lunged by John Eccles 8.553 pts		Antje Hill on Airbus lunged by Irina Lenkeit 8.523 pts		Simone Wiegele on Arkansas lunged by Jessica Schmitz 8.281 pts
Vaulting Squad	United States of America - Total: 8.029 pts Palatine lunged by Carolyn Bland		Germany - Total: 8.010 pts Adlon lunged by Alexander Hartl		Austria - Total: 7.990 pts Elliot 8 lunged by Klaus Haidacher

Medals table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	9	7	3	19
2	Germany (GER)	5	5	4	14
3	Netherlands (NED)	5	3	1	9
4	United States (USA)*	3	2	3	8
5	Belgium (BEL)	1	2	1	4
6	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	1	1	3
7	Australia (AUS)	1	0	2	3
8	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
10	Denmark (DEN)	0	3	3	6
11	France (FRA)	0	2	1	3
12	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
13	Saudi Arabia (SAU)	0	1	0	1
14	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	2	2
15	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		27	27	27	81

External links

• Official website
• A Horse Marathon Takes On the Pace of NASCAR - slideshow by The New York Times