History of the World Equestrian Games (WEG)

The World Equestrian Games like the Olympics is held every 4 years.  Unlike the Olympics it features many Equine Sports. 

The very first World Equestrian Games were held in Stockholm in 1990. Six disciplines were involved--Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, Driving, Endurance and Vaulting. In 1994 the city of The Hague in the Netherlands hosted the Games.

After a late cancellation of the Games that were to be held in Dublin, Ireland, Rome stepped forward to host the 1998 Games on one year's notice. All disciplines except the Endurance were held and beautifully executed considering the very short preparation time. The Endurance was held in Dubai that year.

The next Games were held in Jerez de Frontera, Spain in 2002 and included all six disciplines and Reining for the first time.  Following that the Games went to Aachen 2006, again with seven disciplines, and were a fabulous success.

In 2010 the games leave Europe for the first time and come to the United States to the Kentucky Horse Park where, for the first time, Para Dressage, the newest FEI Discipline will be competed together with the other seven.

World Equestrian Games 2010

This year Polocrosse will also feature at WEG.  Although this is not to be a prominent feature like the above mentioned disciplines demonstrations of the game will be held from the 3rd to 10th of October in the Equine Village. The Equine Village venue is unique to the 2010 World Equestrian Games. It will be a central site that houses both exhibits from various equine organisations and a number of world class equine demonstrations and special events. The Equine Village gives the entire equestrian world, outside of the eight disciplines, a chance to be involved in the World Equestrian Games

Volunteers

To participate in the demonstration riders need to be living in the US however other volunteers are invited to participate and do not need to be living in the US. They will be helping with clinics, speaking, announcing, setting up and tearing down demonstration equipment, handing out information, manning booths, coaching, etc.

If you are interested please contact info@polocrosse.com and inform them of your interest in volunteering. Please indicate what dates you will be available to participate.

To view more information regarding the World Equestrian Games Equine Village please use the following link; http://www.alltechfeigames.com/tradeequine/detail.aspx?id=350