However, for the first time, the Longines Equita Lyon, Concours Hippique International will beorganised over nine days, from 24 October to 1 November 2020, thus providing competitorswith an innovative format and exceptional visibility on a dedicated site.
The Longines Equita Lyon, Concours Hippique International’s competitions will take placebefore a thousand people at the most, mainly the event’s partners, thanks to which thesporting event can be upheld. If the maximum capacity was increased, the general publiccould be welcomed, within the limits of this new capacity. Ticket sales for the “general public”are no longer available for the moment; provisions have been made for the refund of ticketsthat have already been purchased.
For Sylvie Robert, the President of GL events Equestrian Sport, “this decision to maintain the competitions in the big ring fulfils the commitments that we made for months to support ridersand owners, who are particularly affected by the pandemic. Sport must continue, athletes, riders and horses must continue to work, compete and train, to prepare for future majorevents, primarily the FEI World Cup Finals, the FEI European Championships and the 2021Tokyo Olympics. I would like to warmly thank our long-standing partners, who believed in theevent with us and without whom nothing would have been possible: Longines, the Fédération Equestre Internationale, the French Equestrian Federation, the Comité Régional d’EquitationAuvergne Rhône-Alpes, the Laiterie de Montaigu, Sommer, Land Rover, Boehringer Ingelheim,CWD, Hermès Sellier and Cheval Liberté, among others. “Everything for sport”: in keeping with the French Equestrian Federation’s decision to uphold its circuits for the 2020 season, the Longines Equita Lyon, Concours Hippique International, which has played host to the secircuits for many years, wanted to support our national and regional riders at all levels, by introducing new days of competition. This pandemic is a catastrophe which is impacting theathletes terribly, and I would like to thank the institutions, including the Prefecture of Rhone, for their understanding of the absolute necessity to uphold the competitions scheduled.”