The 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games (officially the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games) were held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. from September 25 to October 10, 2010. This was the sixth edition of the games, which are held every four years and run by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). For the first time, Para-equestrian events were added in the program. This was also the first time the games were hosted by a city outside of Europe, and also the first time that all events at the games were held at a single site. (Although the 100-mile/161-km endurance course, by necessity, was mostly contained outside the park, the main veterinary gate was located within the park.)
Alltech, an animal health and nutrition company located in Nicholasville, Kentucky (about 15 minutes from downtown Lexington and 30 minutes from the Horse Park), was the title sponsor of the 2010 Games. The sponsorship was valued at $10 million. However, Alltech's total support went far beyond the name sponsorship package. The company had nearly 60 employees involved with the promotion of the Games—more than the size of the official FEI World Games staff. When the organizing committee for the Games announced a budget cutback due to lower-than-expected ticket sales, Alltech stepped up its financial support. Company founder and president Pearse Lyons also brought in University of Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari to promote a special luxury ticket package. At the time of the Games, the company's support was estimated to have been $32 million, and the company was expected to (and ultimately did) sponsor the next edition of the Games held in the French region of Normandy in 2014.
Schedule All times are US EDT (UTC-4)
18 events were contested over 8 disciplines. Para Dressage was included for the first time.
Dressage
Event date Starting time Event details 27 September 08:30 Team Grand Prix–1st Half 28 September 07:30 Team Grand Prix–2nd Half 29 September 10:00 Grand Prix Special–1st Half 14:30 Grand Prix Special–2nd Half 1 October 19:00 Grand Prix Freestyle
Combined driving Event date Starting time Event details 7 October 09:00 Dressage–Part 1 14:00 Dressage–Part 2 8 October 09:00 Dressage–Part 3 14:00 Dressage–Part 4 9 October 10:00 Marathon 10 October 10:00 Obstacle Phase
Endurance Event date Starting time Event details 26 September 07:00 Team and Individual Competition
Eventing Event date Starting time Event details 30 September 09:00 Three Day Dressage 1 October 08:30 Three Day Dressage 2 October 09:00 Cross Country 3 October 13:00 Jumping Phase
Jumping Event date Starting time Event details 4 October 10:00 Speed Combination–Part 1 14:30 Speed Combination–Part 2 5 October 10:00 Team Combination 1–Part 1 14:30 Team Combination 1–Part 2 6 October 19:00 Team Final Combination 8 October 17:30 Individual Combination 9 October 20:00 The Rolex Top Four
Para Dressage Event date Starting time Event details 5 October 08:30 Individual Team Tests–Part 1 6 October 08:30 Individual Championship Tests 7 October 08:30 Individual Championship Tests 8 October 08:30 Individual Championship Tests 9 October 08:30 Individual Freestyle Tests 10 October 08:30 Individual Freestyle Tests
Reining Event date Starting time Event details25 September 09:00 Team Competition–Part 1 14:00 Team Competition–Part 226 September 07:30 Team Competition–Part 3 11:00 Team Competition–Part 4 28 September 09:00 Qualifying Competition 30 September 13:00 Individual Final Competition
Vaulting Event date Starting time Event details6 October 08:30 Compulsory-Team–R1 12:30 Compulsory-Individual Female/Male–R1 7 October 13:00 Freestyle-Individual Female/Male8 October 12:30 Compulsory-Individual Female/Male–Tech 16:00 Freestyle Team Competition 9 October 14:30 Freestyle-Final Female/Male 10 October 11:00 Freestyle-Final Team
Officials Appointment of (Olympic disciplines) officials was as follows:
Dressage Linda Zang (Ground Jury President) Evi Eisenhardt (Ground Jury Member) Ghislain Fouarge (Ground Jury Member) Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member) Maribel Alonso de Quinzanos (Ground Jury Member) Cara Whitham (Ground Jury Member) Mary Seefried (Ground Jury Member) Wojtech Markowski (Technical Delegate)
Jumping Jon Doney (Ground Jury President) Michael Detemple (Ground Jury Member) Kim Morrison (Ground Jury Member) Linda Allen (Ground Jury Member) Frank Rothenberger (Technical Delegate)
Eventing Marylin Payne (Ground Jury President) David Lee (Ground Jury Member) Anne-Mette Binder (Ground Jury Member) Linda Allen (Jumping judge) Tom Ryckewaert (Technical Delegate)
Para-Dressage Hanneke Gerritsen (Ground Jury President) Liliana Marcelina Iannone (Ground Jury Member) Gudrun Hofinga (Ground Jury Member) Anne Prain (Ground Jury Member) Jan Geary (Ground Jury Member) Sarah Rodger (Ground Jury Member) Carlos Lopes (Ground Jury Member) Kjell Myhre (Ground Jury Member) Jane Goldsmith (Technical Delegate)
Participating nations 58 countries were represented at the games.
Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Belgium Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile China PR Chinese Taipei Colombia Costa Rica Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Finland France Germany Great Britain Guatemala Hungary Ireland India Israel Italy Japan Jordan Lithuania Luxembourg Mexico Namibia Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay USA Venezuela Zambia
Medalists and special awards