Jennie Brannigan and Stella Artois at Millstreet, the only venue bidding to host the individual 2020 FEI World Eventing Championships. Photo by Justin Black/Millstreet Horse Photography.
A total of 10 countries are bidding to host disciplines for the 2022 FEI World Championships, including two countries with proposals to host all disciplines and run the full FEI World Equestrian Games.
Bidding countries include Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, and the U.S.
Millstreet in Ireland has bid to host the individual FEI World Eventing Championships, while Pratoni del Vivaro in Italy and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia have bid to host eventing as part of the full FEI World Equestrian Games.
“The number of formal bids that we’ve received for single and multi-discipline FEI World Championships and full Games is an excellent indication that the interest in the World Championships is as strong if not stronger than ever,” FEI President Ingmar De Vos said.
“We knew that some of the countries that put in expressions of interest back in February were just dipping their toes in the water, but these formal bids are a great validation of the new bidding process and show that we have a really strong product.”
The FEI initiated a bidding process for individual World Championships in all disciplines for 2022 following the FEI General Assembly in November 2018. The FEI Board decided to give preference to multi-discipline bids, as well as combine dressage and para dressage should be combined.
The new bid process was created “to provide the opportunity for the FEI to partner with National Federations that may have hesitated to put forward multi-discipline bids in the past.”
All bids will be fully evaluated over the summer, and allocation of FEI World Championships 2022 will be made at the in-person FEI Board meeting during the FEI General Assembly in Moscow in November.
Read on for a full list of countries that have put in bids to host the multi-discipline FEI World Equestrian Games or individual FEI World Championships.
All Disciplines
- Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome), Elementa (Rome) & Isola della Scala (Verona) (ITA), World Equestrian Games
- Saudi Equestrian Federation, Riyadh (KSA), World Equestrian Games
Multi-Discipline
- Dubai Equestrian Club (UAE), Jumping & Endurance
- Herning (DEN), Jumping, Dressage, Para Dressage
- WestWorld of Scottsdale, Arizona (USA), Reining & Vaulting
Jumping
- Dubai Equestrian Club (UAE) – part of a multi-discipline bid
- Herning (DEN) – part of a multi-discipline bid
- Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome), Elementa (Rome) & Isola della Scala (Verona) (ITA) – part of a WEG bid
- Saudi Equestrian Federation, Riyadh (KSA) – part of a WEG bid
Endurance
- Jazdecký Klub Napoli, Samorin (SVK)
- Stichting Endurancesport, Ermelo (NED)
- Padise Equestrian Centre (EST)
- Dubai Equestrian Club (UAE) – part of a multi-discipline bid
- Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome), Elementa (Rome) & Isola della Scala (Verona) (ITA) – part of a WEG bid
- Saudi Equestrian Federation, Riyadh (KSA) – part of a WEG bid
Driving
- National Stud of Szilvásvárad (HUN)
- Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome), Elementa (Rome) & Isola della Scala (Verona) (ITA) – part of a WEG bid
- Saudi Equestrian Federation, Riyadh (KSA) – part of a WEG bid
Dressage
- Herning (DEN) – part of a multi-discipline bid
- Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome), Elementa (Rome) & Isola della Scala (Verona) (ITA) – part of a WEG bid
- Saudi Equestrian Federation, Riyadh (KSA) – part of a WEG bid
Para Dressage
- Herning (DEN) – part of a multi-discipline bid
- Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome), Elementa (Rome) & Isola della Scala (Verona) (ITA) – part of a WEG bid
- Saudi Equestrian Federation, Riyadh (KSA) – part of a WEG bid
Eventing
- Millstreet Equestrian Services, Millstreet (IRL)
- Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome), Elementa (Rome) & Isola della Scala (Verona) (ITA) – part of a WEG bid
- Saudi Equestrian Federation, Riyadh (KSA) – part of a WEG bid
Reining
- WestWorld of Scottsdale, Arizona (USA) – part of a multi-discipline bid
- Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome), Elementa (Rome) & Isola della Scala (Verona) (ITA) – part of a WEG bid
- Saudi Equestrian Federation, Riyadh (KSA) – part of a WEG bid
Vaulting
- WestWorld of Scottsdale, Arizona (USA) – part of a multi-discipline bid
- Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome), Elementa (Rome) & Isola della Scala (Verona) (ITA) – part of a WEG bid
- Saudi Equestrian Federation, Riyadh (KSA) – part of a WEG bid
