After the first round at the WEG 2018 only ten countries will proceed to the second round. The complete program will only have two times two rounds. The second round will be open for 10 countries and 60 individual show jumping riders. Only 25 combinations (and potential ex aequo combinations) will proceed ... Very brief, the program will be short and raises questions of the intention for smaller equestrian countries to compete, make the expences to travel to Tryon, USA for potentially one round.
Even more the historical horse switch is no longer on the program. In Caen 2014 the horse switch was between Zenith, Orient Express HDC, Cortes and Casall ASK. That legendary switch, where Zenith and Jeroen Dubbeldam won the championships, will probably go into history as the last horse switch ever at the FEI World Equestrian Games. The horse switch was first organized in 1953 in Paris.
Lucky the format for a team of 4 riders will be preserved. In Brief, the next WEG will be an interesting to follow...
Na de eerste ronde zullen slechts 10 landen teams doorgaan naar de volgende manche. Het volledig programma zal e