Equestrian Federation of India’s calendar of events for 2021-2022 concludes

Mumbai, May 2, 2022 (GPN): The National Equestrian Championship (NEC) for Eventing conducted by the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) at the RVC Centre & College, Meerut concluded today. The event marks the last competitive event in the federation’s calendar as the riding season closes with the onset of summer. EFI has successfully conducted all the events as per the calendar schedule.

As part of the riding calendar, EFI had also conducted selection trials for the upcoming 19th Asian Games to be held in September this year at Hangzhou, China. The federation is in the process of finalising the selection and names of athletes who will represent the country will be announced shortly.

Lt Col MM Rahman, Joint Secretary, Equestrian Federation of India said, “I would like to congratulate all the athletes, organising committees of various events, the jury members and support staff for the wonderful performance and support which has contributed to a successful and prosperous season. The increasing level of competition and quality of both riders and horses are testament to yet another successful year in the development of equestrian sports in the country. As we look forward to the next riding season, the Equestrian Federation of India will continue on its mission to encourage, improve and promote all aspects of equestrian sports to enable Indian riders to compete successfully at the highest level.”

Results:

NEC – Pre Novice Eventing:

S. No	Exhibitor	Name of Rider	Name of Horse	Position
1.	SESA	Raju Singh	Matakaali	1st
2.	PBG	Dfr. Rana Pratap Singh	Galib	2nd
3.	61 Cavalry	Maj. Apurva Dabade	Yesaji	3rd
4.	61 Cavalry	Swr. Khushal Singh	Logan	4th

 NEC – Novice Eventing:

S. No	Exhibitor	Name of Rider	Name of Horse	Position
1.	61 Cavalry	Maj. Anant Rajpurohit	Star Boy	1st
2.	MEA	Sthavi Asthana	Rustom Jee	2nd
3.	RVC	L/Dfr. Avdesh	Power	3rd
4.	RVC	Swr. Ramkumar	Aajtak	4th

 NEC – CN 1* – Intro Eventing:

S. No	Exhibitor	Name of Rider	Name of Horse	Position
1.	RVC	Nb/Ris Ankush Kumar	Valegro	1st
2.	AEN	Dfr. Pradeep Kumar	Parinda	2nd
3.	DGAR	Rfn. Surendra	Monark	3rd
4.	BSF	Insp. Sumer Singh	Chakori	4th

 NEC – CN 2* – S Eventing:

S. No	Exhibitor	Name of Rider	Name of Horse	Position
1.	ASC	Maj. Piyush Deshmukh	Ramesses	1st
2.	AEN	Swr. Shaurya Pratap Singh	Trend Setter	2nd
3.	RVC	Swr. Praveen Kumar	Prince Volc	3rd
4.	61 Cavalry	Maj. Apurva Dabhade	Kanhoji	4th

NEC – CN 3* – S Eventing:

S. No	Exhibitor	Name of Rider	Name of Horse	Position
1.	AEN	ALD Raj Kumar	Golden Boy	1st
2.	AEN	Dfr. Neel Kamal	Rock	2nd
3.	AEN	Dfr. Neel Kamal	Aryan	3rd

The season also served as an important stepping stone for the emergence of many budding athletes on the national platform and provided a level playing field for all athletes to develop and hone their skills.Ends

About Equestrian Federation of India

Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) was constituted in 1967 as a governing body for Equestrian sports and is a recognized National Sports Federation (NSF) by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) and Indian Olympic Association. EFI is affiliated to the world governing body, Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) since 1971 and has been sending teams in all equestrian disciplines of Asian Games since 1982.