Jumping, Dressage Riders Clubs Sign MOUs with FEI

The International Jumping Riders Club and the International Dressage Riders Club will work closely with the FEI to expand the Olympic disciplines of jumping and dressage.
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The International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC) and the International Dressage Riders Club (IDRC), which together represent the world’s top athletes in those sports, have signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI).

The two organizations, formerly FEI Associate Members, will work closely with the FEI to expand the Olympic disciplines of jumping and dressage. The number of jumping events has grown by 20% since 2010, and dressage events have grown by 28% in the same period; more than 1,300 jumping and 450 dressage events took place in more than 70 countries last year alone.

The IJRC, founded in 1977 by a group of 25 international jumping riders—including David Broome, Raimondo D’Inzeo, Paul Schockomöhle, and Nelson Pessoa—is under the direction of Eleonora Ottaviani Moroni (SUI-ITA). The organization represents over 250 of the world’s best jumping athletes, which have competed at Olympic, world championship, and FEI Nations Cup level, as well as the top athletes in the FEI World Jumping Rankings—now the Longines Rankings. The IJRC also represents the North American Riders Group.

“Our club strongly believes that the cooperation between our riders, event organizers and the governing body for our sport—the FEI—is key in bringing equestrian sport to a higher level,” said Olympic jumper Christina Liebherr (SUI), who was appointed as the IJRC’s first woman president in August 2013. “This is the start of a new way of working with the FEI and the athletes we represent, as we focus on the global development of jumping

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