last updated on March 05, 2010 13:09

Horse & Country TV - the world's largest digital channel devoted to horse sports and country activities (www.horseandcountry.tv and SKY channel 280) has acquired the rights to broadcast the FEI’s World Cup jumping and dressage, Nations Cup jumping and Classics Series eventing.

H&C TV will be televising many of these blue ribbon qualifying competitions and international events. The current season’s schedule began in February with highlights from the Rolex FEI World Cup jumping in Zurich. H&C TV will continue to bring viewers a World Cup event every Wednesday at 9pm.

Coverage of the Meydan Nations Cup competition will begin in May, and continue on Saturday evenings at 9pm through to the final in Dublin in August.

H&C TV will also offer the chance to catch up with the HSBC FEI Classics eventing series, including the Rolex Kentucky, and the events from Luhmuhlen and Pau from 2009, along with extensive coverage of Badminton 2010.

Jonathan Rippon, Head of Programming at H&C TV, said: “We are thrilled to be able to bring our audience World Cup, Nations Cup and Classic Series events. These important acquisitions are further evidence of our commitment to deliver top level equestrian sports programming.”

World Cup Jumping and Dressage:
The Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping is now in its 32nd year and includes qualifying events from around the world. FEI World Cup Dressage, which began in 1985, is the only worldwide series in the sport.

They will be showing 3 of the World Cup Dressage events from Stockholm, Amsterdam & Gothenburg.

They are as follows:

Sat 6th Mar 9pm - Stockholm (from 29th Nov 2009)

Sat 13th Mar 9pm - Gothenburg (from 27th Feb 2010)

Sat 20th Mar 9pm - Amsterdam (from 23rd Jan 2010)