Normandy Press Pack 2013 - France
Normandy Press Pack 2013 - France
Normandy Press Pack 2013 - France
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Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014<br />
The build up has begun as <strong>Normandy</strong> prepares to host the<br />
Make a dateè<br />
2014 World Equestrian Games.<br />
Le Normandie Horse Show<br />
The region faced stiff competition from other potential host<br />
3rd-12th August 2012<br />
regions but read the facts and figures below and it is easy to<br />
Saint-Lô, Manche<br />
see why <strong>Normandy</strong>, one of Europe’s leading equestrian regions,<br />
25th edition of this horse show brings together the<br />
came away with the victory.<br />
winners of regional competitions in categories such as<br />
<strong>France</strong>’s leading horse breeding region with over 8,300<br />
best of breed. This year will also see the festival host the<br />
breeders and 10,000 births per year<br />
horse ball ‘Nations Cup’.<br />
Home to 40% of French racehorses<br />
Nearly 1000 stallions siring half the thoroughbred,<br />
French Trotter and French Saddle horses in <strong>France</strong><br />
Over 800 square miles of pastures devoted to the<br />
equine industry<br />
300 riding centres<br />
31 hippodromes<br />
€620 million in horse sales<br />
2 national and 24 private stud farms<br />
Home to the Institute of Horse Pathology, the only one<br />
of its kind in the world<br />
Deauville Normandie Airport specialises in equine air<br />
transportation<br />
Make a date<br />
The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014<br />
24th August – 7th September 2014<br />
The centre of Caen, the regional capital of Lower<br />
<strong>Normandy</strong>, will be transformed into a huge ‘equestrian<br />
stadium’ where events in seven of the eight disciplines will<br />
take place. The eighth, a long-distance endurance ride,<br />
will run between the Haras du Pin and the Bay of Mont-<br />
Saint-Michel. This exceptional 100 mile ride will enable<br />
competitors and visitors from around the world to discover<br />
<strong>Normandy</strong>’s countryside, forests, hedgerows and old<br />
Roman roads.<br />
Two demonstration events, horseball in Saint-Lô and Polo<br />
in Deauville, will round off the programme of events.<br />
The World Equestrian Games aim to combine sporting<br />
excellence with celebrating equestrian sports, promoting<br />
the knowledge of <strong>France</strong> and <strong>Normandy</strong>’s equine industry<br />
and making the event part of an economic and tourist<br />
development strategy.<br />
www.normandie2014.com<br />
Need to know!<br />
2 weeks of competition<br />
8 disciplines<br />
1000 horses<br />
1000 competitors<br />
60 nations represented<br />
500,000 visitors<br />
500 million TV viewers<br />
<strong>Normandy</strong> <strong>Press</strong> <strong>Pack</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
www.normandy-tourism.org
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