TEAM Ireland will field three teams at the ECCO FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark from August 6th to 14th. For the first time in 32 years, the World Equestrian Games (WEG) concept of holding all disciplines in one venue over two weeks has been scrapped.

While the FEI have said the break in format does not necessarily mean the end of the WEG, FEI President Ingmar de Vos said: “The new bid process allows for the sustainable and cost-effective use of existing equestrian sports facilities and for the FEI to partner with National Federations that may have hesitated in putting forward multi-discipline bids in the past.”

This year, the jumping, dressage, para dressage and vaulting will be staged in Herning. The Danish city previously hosted a multi-discipline equestrian event in 2013 when it staged the FEI European Championships for jumping, dressage and para dressage.

It expects to welcome 20,000 spectators.

Pratoni del Vivaro in Italy, which was the venue for eventing at the Rome 1960 Olympic Games, will host the world championships for eventing and driving in September 2022. Qualification for the Paris 2021 Olympic Games are on the line at the 2022 FEI World Championships.

See timetable of events below and follow the action on www.theirishfield.ie. All competitions will be streamed live on clipmyhorse.tv (subscription).