Endurance World Championships 2016 to be held in Samorin, Slovakia

The Longines FEI World Endurance Championships 2016 will be held in Samorin (SVK) following a decision yesterday by FEI, when the proposal from the FEI Endurance Committee recommending the Slovakian venue received full support.Three bids to host the Championships were received. Also bidding were Fontainebleau (FRA) and San Rossore, Pisa (ITA).The Championships had originally been allocated to Dubai and were scheduled to be held in December of this year, but at its spring in-person meeting, the FEI Bureau voted to remove the Championships from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as it felt that the UAE National Federation is not currently in a position to guarantee that horse welfare would be fully protected.The 2016 World Championships at Samorin Equestrian Centre will run from 15-18 September, with the qualification period ending on 16 July.source: fei.org