World Equestrian Games

The FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) are the international championships for equestrian sports.  Administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the games area held every four years, between each pair of consecutive Summer Olympic Games, since 1990. Prior to then, all ten of the FEI's individual disciplines held separate championships, usually in separate countries.
This event, which begins in September, 2010, celebrates the first time the games have been held outside of Europe. The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, will be host to a number of firsts for the WEG:

• First time in the USA
• First time eight of the ten FEI disciplines are being held at one location
• First time the WEG has had a title sponsor (Alltech)

The eight discipline events that will occur during these games include: combined driving, dressage, endurance riding, eventing, paraequestrianism, reining, show jumping, and vaulting.

The Games are held over 16 consecutive games and will include participants from approximately 57 countries and a total of 800 athletes.

An expected 300,000 visitors from around the world will attend the games.