Express Eventing International Cup

Express Eventing - the new compact form of the sport
The Express Eventing International Cup is being organised in association with British Eventing, the sport’s governing body in Great Britain, and is being billed as eventing’s Twenty20. The highly condensed format is designed to broaden the appeal of the sport, while providing a showcase competition for eventing’s top riders. The inaugural event will be launched at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 30 November 2008 and then rolled out as a series of international competitions in major sporting locations around the world.

Competitors signed up to the first event
Riders who have already signed up to take part in Express Eventing are British Olympians Mary King and William Fox-Pitt, Belgian rider Karin Donckers, New Zealand Olympian Andrew Nicholson, Australian Clayton Fredericks, German Dirk Schrade, Brit Lucy Wiegersma, Australian Olympic silver medallist Lucinda Fredericks, French rider Rodolphe Scherer, Italian Vittoria Pannizon, Kiwi Caroline Powell and American Philip Dutton.

Who is behind Express Eventing?
Business man and equestrian enthusiast John Peace and former Australian international rider Stuart Buntine are behind the new competition. They want to broaden the appeal of eventing and create a proving ground for further innovation within the sport.

Stuart Buntine, director of Tricorn Events, the organising company, said:

“Eventing is a lifelong passion of mine and one that I would like more people to experience and enjoy. It’s an equestrian triathlon and arguably the ultimate test of the partnership between horse and rider. But that can make it quite a challenging sport for the spectator to understand and follow."

Media Coverage
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/equestrianism/2632817/Express-Eventing-Riders-compete-for-250000-in-Twenty20-eventing-showpiece---Equestrianism.html/ Riders compete for £250,000 in 'Twenty20' express eventing showpiece]
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/equestrian/7584408.stm/ Equestrian wants to go 'Twenty20']
[http://www.eeicup.com/04092008news.asp/ Six more riders sign up]

Official website
[http://www.eeicup.com/ www.eeicup.com]