LONDON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Equestrian Driving, the sport that combines athletic horses, daredevil drivers and state-of-the-art carriages, has been given a valuable boost with the allocation of five major events over the next three years, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) announced on Thursday.
The showdown for the FEI Driving World Cup Final 2019, the culmination of tough global qualifiers broadcast on more than 40 television channels in 19 countries and regions, will take place in the French city of Bordeaux following allocation by the FEI Bureau.
"Driving is an exciting, high-octane sport and the crowds just love it," FEI Driving Director Manuel Bandeira de Mello said. "Driving requires spectacular skills, the horses are clever and fast - the ultimate horsepower. This is all about precision at speed, it's adrenaline-fueled and unbelievably electrifying."
The FEI Bureau, the body responsible for the general direction of the FEI, also allocated four Driving Championships at World and European level in 2020 and 2021 to venues in the French Pyrenees and the Loire Valley, Mezohegyes of Hungary and to Kronenberg in The Netherlands.
