Keen horseman and actor/director Robert Duvall is urging fellow equestrians to resognise those who have contributed to horse sport, by voting in this year's FEI Awards.
 Robert Duvall, The Road film photocall. © Canadian Press/Rex Features 
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The FEI launched its awards, the "Oscars of the equestrian world", last year to reward outstanding dedication to horse sport in five categories. Calls for nominations for the 2010 awards opened on July 16.
Hollywood legend Duvall is best-known for his roles in The Apostle, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and Tender Mercies. His performances have earned him an Academy Award, a BAFTA, two Emmys and four Golden Globe Awards.
"The FEI Awards give you the opportunity to nominate and celebrate those individuals who, without asking for recognition, should be thanked and acknowledged for their own contribution to equestrian sport around the world," Duvall said.
"As someone with a passion for horses, I urge you to nominate anyone you feel is worthy of the awards and help them to walk the red carpet at the 2010 FEI Awards in Taiwan."
Duvall has been a keen horseman since his childhood, when he often visited his uncle's ranch in northern Montana. He has demonstrated his riding skills in several films, including Broken Trail (2006), in which he plays gruff rancher Print Ritter, and Lonesome Dove, the 1989 classic miniseries in which he led an epic cattle drive.
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