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FEI PRESS NEWS 17/00
8 June 2000

FEDERATION EQUESTRE INTERNATIONALE

CAS renders its decision in case René Tebbel
FEI World Breeding Championship in Dressage
First victory for Pakistan in an international Three Day Event
Hans Günter Winkler receives highest German Sport Award

CAS RENDERS ITS DECISION IN CASE RENE TEBBEL

On 7 June 2000, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) heard the appeal of Mr René Tebbel (GER) against the decision of the FEI Judicial Committee of 12 December 1999 (case CSI-A Stuttgart (GER) November 1999)

The Court of Arbitration for Sport rendered its decision as follows:
The appeal is accepted.
The decision rendered by the Judicial Committee of the Fédération Equestre Internationale of 12 December is cancelled.
Mr René Tebbel is free of all penalties.
The sentence is rendered without charge except the service fee of the appellant.
The CAS has not communicated the motivation for its decision to the FEI yet.

FEI WORLD BREEDING CHAMPIONSHIP IN DRESSAGE

FEI World Dressage Championships for Young Horses in Arnhem (NED), from 22 to 25 June, attracts participants from 13 countries.

The Ad hoc Committee of the World Breeding Federation for the FEI World Championships for Young Horses held a meeting in Amsterdam, mainly to discuss the status of the preparations for the Championships, which are well advanced. The number of entries received is also very encouraging, including nominations from as far as Australia, USA and Canada.

The Ad hoc Committee insisted that National Federations may only nominate riders from their home country. However, NFs should be encouraged to also nominate horses other than their homebred horses, which means that in the future national selection trials should be open to all horses. An increasing amount of countries has already selected riders with horses of different breeds.

For countries with selection trials restricted to horses from their home country, a wild card system is used to make the entries for the World Championships more open. For instance, Holland and Germany have been allocated further wild cards, subject to their nomination of national riders with non-homebred horses, as outlined in the schedule. Taking into consideration this restriction, the nominated entries are as follows (on 29 May):

Netherlands: 5 yrs old 8 + 2* 6 yrs old 8 + 2*	Germany: 5 yrs old 8 + 2* 6 yrs old 8 + 2*	Belgium: 5 year old 4 6 years old 4
Denmark: 5 years old 4 6 years old 1	Great Britain: 5 years old 3 6 years old 3	Finland: 5 years old 0 6 years old 2
France: 5 years old 3 6 years old 0	Italy: 5 years old 2 6 years old 2	Sweden: 5 years old 3 6 years old 3
Switzerland: 5 years old 0 6 years old 1	USA: 5 years old 2 6 years old 2	Australia: 5 years old 1 6 years old 1
Canada: 5 years old 2 6 years old 0	Further wild cards: 5 years old 2 6 years old 2

*Reserved for national riders with non-homebred horses.

Organiser of the FEI World Championships is Champion Gelderland in Arnhem, telephone 0031 26 44 53301, fax 0031 26 351 0849, website www.champion.nl

FIRST VICTORY FOR PAKISTAN IN AN INTERNATIONAL THREE DAY EVENT

Nadeem Noon of Pakistan, with his horse Greystone V, celebrated the first victory of Pakistan in an international Three Day Event by winning CCI* Bromont (CAN).

In the one-star division, Nadeem Noon representing Pakistan in his frist Three Day Event took home the win with 59.8 points. He was tying with American Corinne Ashton on Dobbin, but Noon and the aptly named Greystone had been closest to the optimum time during the cross-country phase, thus giving him the win.

1996 Olympian Stuart Black (CAN) captured the win at the two-star CCI in Bromont, site of the 1976 Olympic equestrian events.

HANS GÜNTER WINKLER GETS HIGHEST GERMAN SPORTS AWARD

Six-times Olympic Jumping rider, Hans Günter Winkler (GER) is the first recipient of the newly created "Golden Sport Pyramid", the highest German sports trophy to be awarded in Germany.

The "Golden Sports Pyramid" was created this year by the German Sports Support Foundation (Sportshilfe) to honour annually an outstanding German sportsman. The Committee chose Hans Günter Winkler, winner of 7 Olympic medals - of which 5 gold - and participant at 6 Olympic Games (1956 to 1976). Winkler was chosen over such all-time great German sports personalities as Max Schmeling (boxing), Frank Beckenbauer (football), Steffi Graf and Boris Becker (tennis).

The Award was handed to the 75 years old Hans Günter Winkler on 26 May, by the President of Germany, Johannes Rau, at a ceremony in the German National Opera in Berlin.

NOW AVAILABLE FROM FEI WEBSITE (SECTION CONSULT)

- Samsung Nations Cup standings
- FEI Four-in-Hand Top Driver Award
- Can der Wiel Harness Top Pair Driver Award

and very soon :

- FEI World Eventing Rankings
- FEI Strategic Plan

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