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Case Decision: Pessoa Disqualified from 2008 Olympics

The panel of the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has rendered its final decision in the prohibited substance case involving the horse Rufus ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Pessoa and Rufus

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Update on Status of Olympic Substance Test Hearings

The hearings for the six riders suspended for positive substance tests at the 2008 Olympic Games have begun, but the Tribunal of the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) has not yet reached a decision in five of the cases.

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Paralympic Horses Stay Healthy in Hong Kong

The Olympic horses and riders might have left the equestrian venue last month, but the lights at the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Sha Tin facility are only now beginning to dim, as the Paralympic Games came to a close only a couple weeks ago.

Th

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Rider, U.S. Olympic Dressage Team Disqualified

Today the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has issued its decision in the positive medication case involving the horse Mythilus ridden by Courtney King-Dye, and representing the U.S. Dressage Team at the 2008 Olympic Games in

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FEI Holds First Hearings on Olympic Substance Test Results

Hearings before the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, this weekend in the Olympic cases of Bernardo Alves of Brazil and the horse Chupa Chup; Denis Lynch of Ireland and the horse Lantinus; and Courtney

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Equestrian Paralympic Competition Began Today

The equestrian competition of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games started this morning at Shatin Equestrian arena with a record number of participating riders.


A total of 73 riders from 28 delegations will vie in 11 dressage events. The

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Pessoa Horse Substance Positive Confirmed on ‘B’ Sample

The F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) has received confirmation that the second (“B”) sample collected from the horse Rufus, ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil at the 2008 Olympic Games, has yielded a positive test result for the banned

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FEI Launches Paralympic Equestrian Web Site

The F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) earlier this week launched a new Web site to cover the 2008 Paralympic equestrian events in Hong Kong. The site can be accessed at

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Hong Kong Ready to Host Equestrian Paralympic Events

A senior official of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has stated that Hong Kong’s preparatory work for the equestrian events of the 2008 Paralympic Games equestrian events is now complete.

“After the successful

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Pessoa Horse Positive on Olympic Medication Tests

The F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) has received notification of an additional doping/medication case at the 2008 Olympic Games. A test carried out on Rufus, mount of Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, following the individual show jumping final

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At Olympic Games’ End, Vets Breathe Sighs of Relief

With the 2008 Paralympic equestrian events set to begin Sept. 7 and the Paralympic horses already settled in the climate-controlled stables at Sha Tin, the veterinarians’ task isn’t over yet. But F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) Foreign

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U.S. Rider, Vet Unsure of Source of Olympic Drug Positive

Following a routine drug test on August 19 at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, Mythilus, a U.S. dressage horse, ridden by Courtney King-Dye, was found to have tested positive for Felbinac. Felbinac is considered a class A prohibited substance b

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First Paralympic Horses Arrive in Hong Kong

The first horses to travel overseas for the Paralympic Games arrived safely in Hong Kong Aug. 26, slightly more than a week before they will begin dressage competition.

After a 9.5-hour flight from Melbourne, four horses representing

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Four Olympic Jumpers Suspended after Prohibited Substance Found

It’s stormy here in Hong Kong, and not just because of impending Typhoon Nuri, which threatened to disrupt the individual jumping final, but looks as if it will hold off for most if not all of the Aug. 21 evening competition.

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