History of Equestrian Sport

Brief History of Equestrian Sport in Kazakhstan

1956–1993

Since the establishment of the first equestrian school in 1956, Kazakh riders actively competed in all USSR Championships until 1993, winning multiple medals.
Notable athletes:

• Show Jumping: A. Tishkov

• Eventing: A. Kalashnikov, A. Trubitsyn

• Dressage: A. Tankov

1998–2000

• Since 1998, Kazakhstan regularly hosts FEI World Cup Qualifiers.

• In 1999, Kazakhstan initiated the creation of the Central Asian League of the World Cup.

• The first winner (1999–2000 season): IMCM Petr Solovyev.

• Kazakh riders became prize-winners of several World Cup Stages.

1999

• At the Asian Championship in Seoul (1999), Kazakhstan took 2nd team place; Petr Solovyev placed 3rd individually.

• In 2000 (Beijing), V. Gulevikh was 2nd individually at the East Asian Championship.

• At the 2005 Asian Championship in Taiwan, Kazakhstan’s team ranked 1st.
  Individual medals:

• E. Morotsky — 1st

• O. Popelyaev — 2nd

2011

• Equestrian sport was officially included in the Kazakhstan Spartakiad for the first time.

• Today, all 3 FEI-recognized Olympic disciplines are developing in Kazakhstan:

  1. Show Jumping

  2. Dressage

  3. Eventing

2014

• The national team competed in the 12th–17th Asian Games (Hiroshima, Doha, Guangzhou, Incheon).

• In 2014, Kazakhstan participated in the FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France.