New Nations Cup jumping trophy unveiled
The novel trophy that volition hold upwardly presented annually to the winning squad at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final was unveiled past times serial sponsors, the Saudi Equestrian Fund, at the FEI Sports Forum inward Lausanne, Switzerland this week.
The perpetual trophy, which volition commencement hold upwardly awarded at the 2013 serial Final inward Barcelona, Spain, at the halt of September, was formally presented to FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos together with Chair of the FEI Jumping Committee John Madden past times Saudi Equestrian Team Director Sami Al Duhami at the commence of Wednesday’s Jumping Round Table session at the Sports Forum.
“We wanted to practice a trophy that would hold upwardly equally fashionable equally the novel format for the Nations Cup series, together with nosotros believe that’s precisely what we’ve got,” Sami Al Duhami said.
“It’s a keen abide by for me to nowadays this beautiful trophy officially to the FEI today on behalf of the Saudi Equestrian Fund/Furusiyya together with nosotros real much expect frontwards to seeing the winning squad receiving it inward Barcelona inward September.”
The imposing trophy, which stands 50cm high together with weighs roughly xviii kilos, has been crafted inward bronze, crystal together with limestone together with features a horse’s caput surrounding the globe. Inspiration for the blueprint came jointly from FEI President HRH Princess Haya together with HH Prince Faisal, together with expresses the connectedness betwixt the gratis spirit of the Equus caballus together with the global nature of the Nations Cup series.
The novel trophy is a celebration of the rejuvenated format that was introduced this flavor to seat the four-year, €16m sponsorship bundle from Furusiyya, making the historic Nations Cup serial modern, universal together with to a greater extent than readily understood. The trophy was created past times Irish Gaelic designer Ian Calder inward Newcastle, Co Wicklow.
The FEI President expressed her please at the finished design. “Ian Calder has done a wonderful chore together with has created a beautiful slice of art,” Princess Haya said.
“There are then many symbolic elements to it, together with it captures the feeling that it’s non but that the Equus caballus belongs to the world, but that the earth belongs to the horse.
“It is plumbing fixtures that a serial with such an incredible history should get got an iconic trophy for the winners, together with at that spot is no incertitude that at that spot volition hold upwardly trigger-happy contest alongside all the teams this twelvemonth to hold upwardly the commencement province to get got their names inscribed on this fabulous trophy, reflecting the really global dimension of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping series. The FEI Nations Cup goes dorsum over a century, together with I’m hoping that this trophy volition hold upwardly the confront of the serial for the adjacent 100 years,” Princess Haya said.
The perpetual trophy volition hold upwardly awarded to the winning squad at the annual final, with each of the wining riders together with the chef d’equipe receiving a crystal version of the trophy. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 replica of the master copy trophy volition hold upwardly presented to the winning National Federation, patch the perpetual trophy itself volition hold upwardly returned to the museum at FEI Headquarters until the next year’s final.
Irish designer Ian Calder said the brief was to limited the spirit of the horse, but also reference the global nature of the Nations Cup series.
“The concept I was given was to practice a horse’s head, which nosotros cast inward bronze – a arts and crafts older than the Pyramids – but I wanted to arrive to a greater extent than symbolic, fragmenting the caput inward places then it would expect similar an antique artefact dug upwardly somewhere that horses had been bred for thousands of years. Then, inward the cavity, I used a atomic number 82 crystal globe which catches the light. It’s similar the pearl inward an oyster together with I believe it actually does capture the meat of international equestrian sport.”
The Real Club de Polo of Barcelona, venue for the equestrian events at the Barcelona Olympic Games inward 1992, volition host this year’s concluding with a €2 i 1000 m prize fund on offer, the largest always inward Nations Cup history. The concluding volition get got house from 26 to 29 September.
FEI Top Partner Longines is the official timekeeper of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping series.
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