The World Games 2010 Foundation announced the launch of its Hospitality Program, providing the first opportunity for individuals or businesses to purchase a unique way to experience the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. All hospitality packages include premium event tickets and passes to the Main VIP Hospitality Pavilion, featuring live coverage of all 2010 Games events, entertainment, and all-inclusive fine dining and beverage in a 30,000 square foot venue. The Pavilion will also feature a...

The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games website has a new home at www.alltechfeigames.com . The website still includes features such as the event schedule, discipline information, latest news, information on tickets, and hospitality packages, as well as the latest news on the 2010 Games. The online store for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games also has a new look with added merchandise at www.weg2010store.com . The online store now features merchandise from Ariat International, Inc., the...

The World Games 2010 Foundation announced a revision to the competition schedule for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). The new schedule moves the reining competition to September 25-30, and shifts the vaulting competition to October 1-10. No other discipline schedules were altered. As an added benefit, NBC Sports will extend its coverage of the 2010 WEG on September 26, adding an extra 30 minutes of Games programming. The broadcast, tentatively scheduled for noon-1:30 p.m.,...

Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital will provide veterinary services for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games test events, as announced by the World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc. As the Official Equine Hospital and Veterinary Partner for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Rood and Riddle has extended its partnership with the Games to provide veterinary services for a series of test events beginning in 2009. The test events, each called The Kentucky Cup, will allow the World Games...

The World Games 2010 Foundation announced a partnership with the University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. “The University of Kentucky is pleased to partner with the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games,” said President Lee T. Todd, Jr. “As the Commonwealth’s flagship university, we share in the state’s commitment to make the Games the world’s premiere sporting event in 2010. This international competition places Kentucky on the world stage, and we are...

The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games has a new look on the web. The World Games 2010 Foundation officially launched a new website for the 2010 Games at www.feigames2010.org . Visitors to the new website will find valuable educational materials about the eight world championships to be contested in 2010. Curious fans can get a sneak peak of what the Kentucky Horse Park will look like in 2010, with an interactive venue map, stadium and arena renderings, and links to the horse park’s...

After years of research and planning, a much-awaited plan that allows piroplasmosis positive horses to compete in the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) was announced at November’s FEI General Assembly, by the World Games 2010 Foundation in coordination with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The Games will be held in Lexington, KY, at the Kentucky Horse Park September...

John Deere is the “Official Equipment Sponsor” of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, as announced today by the World Games 2010 Foundation. The Games will be held September 25-October 10, 2010, in Lexington, KY. “On behalf of the Federation Equestre Internationale, we are pleased to have John Deere Company partnering with our sport as the official equipment provider of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games,” said FEI President HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein. As part of the...

The World Games 2010 Foundation announced it will hold a series of test competitions to prepare for the world championships coming to the Kentucky Horse Park in 2010 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The competitions, each named “The Kentucky Cup,” will begin in 2009 and run through the 2010 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. All events will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park. The schedule is as follows: Date/Discipline/Competition Level —July 15-20, 2009: Reining CRI****...

The World Games 2010 Foundation announced Blue Grass Airport as the official airport of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. “Blue Grass Airport will be the gateway for thousands of visitors to experience the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in 2010,” said Michael Gobb, Executive Director. “From almost any destination in the world, passengers can fly into Lexington, KY, with just one stop. We are excited to provide visitors, media and athletes with their first impression of the region....