Lara de Liedekerke-Meier (BEL) and Origi compete in Paris. Picture by Tilly Berendt.
Santa Anita Park, positioned in proximity to the Los Angeles metropolis space, has been confirmed because the venue of the equestrian occasions of the Olympic Video games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28).
“Santa Anita Park might be a spectacular venue for the LA28 Olympic equestrian occasions,” FEI President Ingmar De Vos mentioned.
“The FEI has very fond reminiscences of Santa Anita, which had hosted the equestrian occasions on the 1984 Olympic Video games. The venue is ready to supply a panoramic stage for all of the Olympic equestrian competitions and the proximity to LA Metropolis will undoubtedly entice many spectators to Santa Anita. We sit up for persevering with our cooperation with LA28 to ship spectacular equestrian occasions on the 2028 Video games in Los Angeles.”
“I want to thank the FEI on behalf of the IOC for the energetic engagement in all of the discussions concerning the venue,” IOC Sports activities Director Equipment McConnell mentioned. “We’ve got created a robust partnership with the Organising Committee and the town of Los Angeles, which enjoys the complete help of the native equestrian neighborhood.”
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“We’ve got the utmost confidence within the LA2028 Organizing Committee, and we anticipate distinctive equestrian sport will happen at this particular legacy venue from the 1984 Olympic Video games. We’re additionally extraordinarily happy that the IOC has confirmed the athlete quotas throughout the disciplines for 2028 they usually stay unchanged from 2024,” mentioned Invoice Moroney, Chief Government Officer of US Equestrian.
Santa Anita options an on-course veterinary clinic and has hosted a few of the main Thoroughbred occasions within the USA together with the Breeders Cup. The well-known champion thoroughbred racehorse Seabiscuit gained his final race at Santa Anita in 1940. The power additionally hosts a CSI3* in addition to a FEI Leaping World Cup™ Qualifier CSI5*-W, which this 12 months will happen in November.
Santa Anita covers 130Ha (320 acres) and features a 340m-long (1,100-foot) grandstand that seats 26,000 spectators. The observe infield space, which resembles a park with picnic tables and huge bushes, can accommodate a crowd of fifty,000. The Park has 61 barns that may home greater than 2,000 horses.
The venue for the Para Equestrian occasions might be introduced at a later date following the evaluation and approval of the Worldwide Paralympic Committee Governing Board.
The LA28 Olympic Video games will happen from 14 to 30 July 2028 whereas the Paralympics are scheduled from 15 to 27 August 2028.
Particulars on the LA28 Olympic equestrian occasions and quota locations can be found right here.
