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UK governing body for equestrian sport

British Equestrian
Formation	1972
Type	Sport governing body
Headquarters	Kenilworth
Location	United Kingdom
Membership	15 full and 4 associate member organisations representing 280,000 members between them
Official language	English
Chairman / Chief Executive	Malcom Wharton CBE
Patron	Queen Camilla
Staff	20
Website	britishequestrian.org.uk
Formerly called	British Equestrian Federation

British Equestrian (previously the British Equestrian Federation), founded 1972 is the national governing body of equestrian sport in Great Britain and represents the country at the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). The Queen is the organisation's patron.

Remit

As an umbrella body, the purpose of the federation is the steering of equestrianism in Britain.

Together with the British Horseracing Authority and the Thoroughbred Breeders Association, the federation forms the British Horse Industry Confederation. As of 2024, the body has 829 officials, 2081 registered athletes and 4572 registered horses.

Leadership

The leaderships stands for a period of four years, with a maximum of two terms. The chairman is Malcom Wharton as of 2020, with previous chairmen including Badminton Horse Trials organiser Hugh Thomas.

Membership

British Equestrian is formed of nineteen (fourteen full, five associate) independent member bodies who represent the various equestrian sports.

References

^ "National Federation - Great Britain - (GBR) British Equestrian". FEI. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
"National Federations". International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). 7 April 2020.
"Royal Patronage continues for British Equestrian". British Equestrian. 22 June 2021.
"About Us". British Horse Industry Confederation. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
"Member Bodies". British Equestrian. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
"Our organisation". British Dressage. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
"About BETA". British Equestrian Trade Association.

v t e British Equestrian
Association of British Riding Schools British Carriagedriving British Dressage British Equestrian Trade Association British Equestrian Vaulting British Eventing British Grooms Association British Horseball Association British Reining British Showjumping Endurance GB Mounted Games Association of Great Britain Riding for the Disabled Association The British Horse Society The Pony Club The Showing Council UK Polocrosse Association World Horse Welfare Horsescotland

British Equestrian

v t e National members of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports
Current Olympic disciplines Dressage Eventing Show jumping Other disciplines Driving Endurance Vaulting Reining Para-equestrian Horseball Tent pegging
Southern Europe – Group I	ALB AND AUT BEL BUL CRO CYP CZE ESP FRA GRE HUN ISR ITA LIE LUX MKD MLT MON POR ROU SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK TUR
Northern Europe – Group II	DEN EST FIN GBR GER IRL ISL LAT LTU NED NOR POL SWE
Eastern Europe & Central Asia – Group III	ARM AZE BLR IRI GEO KAZ KGZ MDA NEP PAK RUS TKM UKR UZB
North America – Group IV	ANT BAR BER CAY CAN HAI ISV JAM PUR TRI USA
Central America – Group V	CRC CUB DOM ESA GUA HON MEX NCA PAN
South America – Group VI	ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU PAR PER URU VEN
Middle East – Group VII	ALG BRN EGY IRQ JOR KSA KUW LBA LIB MAR OMA PLE QAT SUD SYR TUN UAE YEM
Asia and Oceania – Group VIII	AUS BRU CAM CHN HKG INA IND JPN KOR MAS MGL MYA NZL PHI SIN SRI THA TPE
Africa – Group IX	BOT COD ETH KEN MAD MAW MRI NAM RSA SEN SWZ ZAM ZIM
Pinnacle Events Equestrian Games Dressage Worlds Eventing Worlds Show Jumping Worlds Olympic Games

v t e Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom
Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton ENG WAL SCO Baseball Basketball GBR ENG SCO WAL Boxing Professional Amateur GBR ENG SCO WAL Canoeing Cycling BC CTT Dance sport Equestrian Fencing Football GBR ENG NI SCO WAL Golf GBR ENG WAL SCO Gymnastics Handball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Hockey GBR ENG SCO WAL Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's ENG NI SCO WAL Rowing Sailing Shooting GBR ENG SCO WAL Softball Surfing GBR ENG SCO WAL Table Tennis ENG SCO WAL Taekwondo Tennis SCO WAL Triathlon Volleyball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling ENG SCO WAL Ice skating Ice Hockey GBR ENG NI SCO Luge Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding
Other IOC recognised sports	Air sports Bandy Billiard sports ENG NI SCO WAL Boules Bowling Bridge Chess ENG SCO WAL Cricket ENG & WAL SCO Floorball Karate Korfball ENG SCO WAL Lacrosse ENG SCO WAL Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Motorsport Mountaineering and climbing ENG & WAL SCO Netball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Orienteering Pelota vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller Sports Rugby Union ENG WAL SCO Squash ENG SCO WAL Sumo Tug-of-war Underwater sports ENG NI SCO WAL Water ski Wushu
Disability and Paralympic sports	Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair basketball
Other sports	American football Australian rules football Backgammon British baseball ENG WAL Bog snorkelling Bowls ENG SCO WAL Caving Croquet Darts Fullbore Target Rifle Horse racing Kho-kho Kiteboarding Quadball Radio-controlled racing Sailing in schools Real Tennis Rugby league Smallbore Target Rifle
British Olympic Association British Paralympic Association Team GB Department for Culture, Media and Sport UK Sport Sport England Sport Northern Ireland Sportscotland Sport Wales Commonwealth Games England Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council Commonwealth Games Scotland Commonwealth Games Wales For some sports, Northern Ireland belongs to all-Irish governing bodies; for these, see Category:All-island sports governing bodies in Ireland.

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