The
FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships
for equestrianism, and administered by the Federation Equestre
Internationale. The games have been held every four years, halfway
between sets of consecutive Summer Olympic Games, since 1990. Prior to
that year, all ten of the FEI’s individual disciplines held separate
championships, usually in separate countries. The modern WEG runs over
two weeks and, like the Olympics, the location rotates to different
parts of the world. Riders and horses competing at WEG go through a
rigorous selection process, and each participating country sends teams
that have distinguished themselves through competition as the best in
each respective discipline. As of 2010, 57 countries are represented by
800 people and their horses.
