Italy

Socks appeal! Donkeys beat the flies with snazzy legwear

World first as government officially recognises horses as athletes

Places to stay near the European Showjumping Championships in Milan

Bids in for rescheduled endurance World Championships

An ancient farmhouse located in beautiful Italy with stables and swimming pool, set in just under 15 acres of land? Sì grazie...

‘Truly incredible venue’: horse sport returns to ancient Roman stadium for first time in +2,000 years

Dressage sheet adding error costs eventer national championship title

Evelina Bertoli was denied a national championship win by 0.1 of a penalty after her dressage sheet was added up incorrectly by “human error” has lost her appeal

Would you relocate to this Italian paradise? An estate set in 100 acres with farmhouse and 13 stables...

Does this convince you that Italy is the dream location?

Dressage chief suspended after arrest

The leading dressage figure, who spent 12 years as president of the national federation, has been temporarily suspended due to a police investigation

First country adopts controversial dressage scoring system

The HiLoDrop scoring system has divided opinions across the dressage world

Italian dressage coach banned from Rio Olympics following appeal

The ruling means he is suspended from his role as a FISE coach for the duration of the Olympics

€10,000 fine for owner who sold horse ahead of Olympics

The former owner of the grand prix dressage horse has said he plans to appeal the decision

Top dressage rider returns to competition after serious head injury

An Olympic dressage rider is set to return to competition following a serious injury. She was wearing a crash hat when the accident happened (not pictured).

Historic Italian race comes under fire after horse dies during trial

Animal rights activists are calling for a historic Italian race to be stopped following the death of a horse

UAE horse dies in 120km endurance race

An Italian horse welfare charity is demanding an official investigation into the death of a UAE horse in an endurance race in Sardinia

Britain fights relegation from show jumping's Nations Cup

The British Equestrian Federation (BEF) is flying to Geneva today for an appeal against Great Britain’s relegation from the top tier of show jumping’s Nations Cup competition for 2010.

BEF and BSJA to fight relegation from Meydan Nations Cup

The British Equestrian Federation has announced it does not accept the International Equestrain Federation's decision to drop Team GB from the 2010 Nations Cup series

Shock FEI decision: Great Britain out of 2010 Meydan Nations Cup

An incredible U-turn by the FEI could mean months of wrangling at the Court of Arbitration in Sport after both Great Britain and Belgium have been relegated

Great Britain and Belgium could both stay in Nations Cup

Both teams could stay in the Meydan Nations Cup series and may even be joined by last-placed Italy, the FEI has announced today

Markus Fuchs to be coach of Italian show jumping team

The Swiss show jumper, who retired from competition last month, has announced he will be coaching the Italian until the 2012 Olympics