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Barcelona (ESP), 26 September 2013 – Riders representing 18 countries, who will be competing for the €2 million prize money on offer at the first ever Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final, gathered in front of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia on the eve of the event.

Featured in the picture are (left to right): Pieter Devos (BEL), Taizo Sugitani (JPN), Oleg Krasyuk (UKR), Paolo Amilibia Puig (ESP), Beezie Madden (USA), Daniel Bluman (COL), Marlon Zanotelli (BRA), Angelica Augustsson (SWE), Penelope Leprevost (FRA), Julia Hargreaves (AUS), Maikel van der Vleuten (NED), Steve Guerdat (SUI), Tiffany Foster (CAN), Scott Brash (GBR), Kamal Bahamdan (KSR), Cameron Hanley (IRL), Stefan Eder (AUS).

This is the first time that the sport’s premier team jumping competition has staged a global Final featuring 18 countries. The opening competition gets underway tomorrow, Friday 27 September at 14.00 CEST.

Watch all the Furusiyya action live on www.feitv.org.

For further information please contact:

At Barcelona:

Isabel Suter
Email: isuter@rcpolo.com
Tel: +34 760 258 222

At FEI:

Grania Willis
Director Media Relations
Grania.willis@fei.org
+41 78 750 61 42

Malina Gueorguiev
Manager Media Relations
Email: malina.gueorguiev@fei.org
Tel: +41 787 506 133

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