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Editor s note: This listing has been revised to include the correct end date for the Memories and Inspiration exhibit at the Appleton Museum of Art.
Combined Driving Event: A combined driving event with horses and carriages, approved by the United States Equestrian Federation and the Federation Equestre International, will be held Jan. 28-31 beginning at 8 a.m. at the Grand Oaks Resort, 3000 Marion County Road, Weirsdale. Free for spectators. Visit home.thegrandoaks.com or call 750-5500.
Appleton Museum of Art: Memories and Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art, will be on display Jan. 30-March 28.
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Abdulrahman bin Abdulatif Al Mannai (second right), Chief Executive Officer, Social & Sport Contribution Fund (Daam), is seen with Khalifa Al Attiya (second left), Vice Chairman, Supreme Organizing Committee Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab Presented by Longines, and Executive Director, after an agreement ceremony at Longines Al Shaqab Arena. Omar Al Mannai (left), Commercial Manager, Al Shaqab, and Event Director, Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab Presented by Longines, and Ahmed Salem Al Ali, Programs Manager, Daam, are also seen.
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Doha: The Social & Sport Contribution Fund (Daam) has been named the Supporter of Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab Presented by Longines.
IJF Meets ASOIF Target on Further Review Federation Focus 12/23/20
(ATR) A re-evaluation by the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) means the International Judo Federation has now met the governance target score that had previously eluded it.
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The IJF requested a re-evaluation after it was ranked in Category C, the lowest level, when the third edition of the governance review was released in June.
The second evaluation took place in October.
“The results received from the ASOIF Governance Task Force confirm that the IJF exceeded the target score of 120 that was set for full members of ASOIF,” the federation said in a statement this week.
FEI appoints new Jumping Director 12/22/20
Marco Fuste (ESP), one of the best known figures on the international Jumping circuit, has been appointed as Jumping Director for the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), the global governing body for equestrian sports.
Mr Fuste has been Director of Jumping at the Spanish Equestrian Federation and chef d’equipe of the Spanish Jumping team since 2006. He will take up the new role at the FEI on 1 February 2021 and his first task will be a full revision of the FEI Jumping Rules. He replaces interim Jumping Director Deborah Riplinger, who will remain at FEI Headquarters until the end of June next year to ensure an optimal handover.
Top 10 Peculiar Happenings In The World Of Horses
Horses can no longer be described purely as beasts of burden. These days, they are athletes, pets, and subjects of unusual studies. Researchers have found that horses can talk in symbols and hold grudges against people they have never met.
The hoofed wonders also wore zebra blankets for science and inspired the birth of movies. Even more surprisingly, their clones can now compete in the Olympic Games.
10 Frankfurt’s Roaming Mare
Frankfurt’s police are used to something very unusual phone calls about an animal loose in the city. To be fair, the creature is a large Arabian horse and pedestrians often worry that she is lost or might bolt into traffic. The police never do anything and with good reason. They know Jenny well. In fact, the Arabian mare has taken her morning stroll through Frankfurt’s Fechenheim district for the past 14 years without incident.