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Try to comprehend what Maria Alvarez Ponton of Spain accomplished Sunday. Seven weeks after giving birth to a daughter, Maria, mom went out and captured the gold medal in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games endurance event. Covering 100 miles in and around the Kentucky Horse Park, Ponton came in to the event as reigning world and European champion.
Sunday, she sat in second place through the first two vet checks, then took control on her Fren
France, once again, showed their skill and sheer determination when each one of their finishing team members, Philippe Benoit, Virginie Atger and Pascale Dietsch, had final loop speeds of over 21.9kph. French Chef d'Equipe Mr. Jean Louis Leclerc has now gained both the World and European titles with his hugely successful team.
The host nation of Kazakhstan captured all the medals at the 2011 FEI Central Asian Endurance Championship staged in Talgar earlier this month. Altyngali Bissemaganbetov claimed gold, while Amangeldy Munaitbayev took silver and Kairzhan Andybay clinched the bronze. Just six of the 16 starters completed the 80kms course, and the only non-Kazakh in the final line-up was the sole competitor from Turkmenistan, sixth-placed Oleg Karabayev.
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The FEI European Endurance Championship Open Qatar Challenge earlier this month was the first time Portugal had hosted an endurance event of this level. Several nations were slightly apprehensive about the track at in Barroca d'Alva, which although was flat with generally good going was demanding and would require a 'thinking cap' to achieve a good result.
Lately in endurance the trend has been to have one central vet gate from which all loops s
After a year-long battle with the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), Somerset-based endurance rider Christine Yeoman has managed to clear her name. She had been investigated following a positive dope test on her home-bred mare CJS Gai Forest in August last year.
The presence of the growth promoter ractopamine in a urine test meant Christine was immediately suspended from competition, and she was forced to withdrawal from the European cha
After breakfast at the St Jean l'hippodrome the vans crowded into the fields surrounding the centre of Arpheuilles St Priest. The cavaliers group their horses into a field and the start is imminent. At 7:30 behind a security vehicle the 55 competitors go past the church, then disappear as if swallowed by the Bourbonaise countryside. The Montluçon CEI** is off, despite the disruption of the itinery caused by the Cher floods.
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The 5th edition of the new FEI Endurance World Ranking List includes events from 1 January 2005 to 30 October 2005. With 790 points, Jack Begaud is the undisputed leader of the FEI World Endurance Rankings. He added 124 points more to his score during October, notably thanks to his 7th place in Montcuq with his relatively inexperienced mount Najshan. Finishing second in Montcuq with Jonas de Griège, only 10” behind the winner Karine Hebrault, Ludovic Sarou
The Team Silver medal was awarded to France with a total time of 24 hours, 49 minutes and 46 seconds. The team was made up of Sarah Chakil aboard Sakalia, Virginie Atger aboard Azim du Florival and Cecile Miletto Mosti aboard Easy Fortnoire.
Endurance Canada is pleased to announce the riders representing Canada at the 2012 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Riders Championships. Presented by Gotham North, these Championships will be held July 17-22 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Riders will compete for top honours in the NAJYRC-CH 4* FEI Championship. The team will be comprised of Lee Hutten of Chesterville, ON, riding Parker AES, Dessia Miller's 12-year-old Arabian
A triumph. Individual gold medal, silver medal team. Mara Feola back from Belgium with neck won two medals in the prestigious European Championships Endurance reserved for juniors and young riders. A great joy for the whole of Sardinia equestrian who accompanied the sixteen Mara in the Mont Soie, a physical and logistical support, especially by a large group arrived in Belgium straight from Santa Teresa di Gallura, led by Anna Teresa Vincentelli and Mauriz
Rapid Redux tied the modern-day United States record for wins in a single season Dec. 13, as he went wire-to-wire in a $5,000 starter allowance race at Laurel Park. The 5-year-old son of Pleasantly Perfect won his 19th race in 2011, tying the legendary Citation, who won 19 times during his Triple Crown season of 1948, and Roseben in 1905. Rapid Redux, who has now won his last 21 starts dating back to Dec. 2, 2010, broke the U.S. record for consecutive wins
Baltonsborough rider Ros Clapp has been selected for the Great Britain endurance team for the World Equestrain Games which start this weekend in Kentucky. The 16-day event, which starts on Saturday, will see Clapp and her horse Nazeeka competing in the long distance horse riding event which starts on Sunday.
This will be Clapp's first appearance at world level, having competed in the European Endurance Championships in Assisi, Italy, last year.<
The host nation scooped team and individual gold at the FEI Balkan Endurance Championships 2011 staged at Koprivshtitsa in Bulgaria last weekend. The Bulgarian side were the only finishers in the three-nation team contest, while Miroslav Borshosh produced an impressive and well-judged performance with his Arab gelding, Munir B, to emphatically claim the individual title. Koprivshtitsa, which lies on the Topolnitsa River and in the Sredna Gora mountains, i
Endurance rider Ceci Butler-Stasiuk, of Humble, Texas, has been named recipient of the 2010 Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Trophy. December 8, 2010 — Endurance athlete Ceci Butler-Stasiuk has been named this year’s recipient of the Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Trophy, sponsored by Gold Medal Farm and Larry and Valerie Kanavy.This award is given to the endurance athlete who earns the most points in selected Ranking Trials during the ride year.
Endurance riders from Uruguay claimed Team and Individual gold in the Senior division, while the host nation of Chile dominated the Young Riders classes at the 2011 Pan-American Endurance Championships staged in Santo Domingo (CHI) last weekend. Bernardo Algorta registered an impressive average speed of 20 kilometres an hour with his horse, Cacique, to take the Senior title for Uruguay, while Chile's Sebastian Taverne and Eclipse covered the challenging c
Miguel Vila Ubach, of Spain, and his eight-year-old Hungares landed a surprise victory in the 160-kilometre World Endurance Championship yesterday. The first of seven disciplines at the World Equestrian Games, the endurance developed into a war of attrition.
Ubach was followed home by two French riders, Virginie Atger on Kangoo d'Aurabelle, also an eight-year-old, and Elodie le Labourier with Sangho'Limousian, who is twice his compatriot's age a
How did the French riders fare over the competitions at The World Equestrian Games? Have they brought back plenty to think about in preparation for the 2014 Games in Normandy?
It takes a lot of grit and determination, not to mention physical stamina, to be an endurance rider at the top level, especially if you have just given birth to a daughter and intend to be on the team for the World Equestrian Games (WEG) to be held in Kentucky, USA in September.
Ros Clapp, 37, from Baltonsborough, Somerset, competed the 80km Endurance Ride at BarbaryCastle on 7th August, with her team horse, Nazeeka, just 27 days after her secon
Coach Emile Docquier has selected Marijke Visser and Eomer for the Endurance World Championship for Juniors and Young Riders in the French Ibos Tarbes. The twenty strongest youth rider Netherlands currently has, with its mold Eomer much international experience in endurance. A good finish at the World Championship in 2011 and the fourth place at the European Championship in 2012 earned Visser last winter an invitation to the President's Cup in Abu Dhabi.
Over 150 delegates representing nine different nationalities are attending the Australasian FEI Endurance Conference and Forum, which began in Brisbane (AUS) today. Delegates from Australia, Canada, France, Great Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand, the UAE and the USA are taking part in three days of lectures and discussion sessions across a wide range of topics relating to international Endurance. This is the first time the world forum has been hel
SUNDAY October 30 saw a group of determined riders take part in the 33rd Arab Marathon at Larkhill Racecourse, Salisbury. The event sponsored by South Essex Insurance Brokers (SEIB) boasted a first prize of £1,000. The winner of the Marathon Challenge Trophy, together with the £1,000, was Alan Brown from Shropshire with his Arab horse, Bakst, bred by Finn Guinness of the Biddesden Stud. They completed the challenging course in a time of one hour 36 minutes
The United Kingdom has emerged as the largest group participating in Al Fares Dubai 2004, the fifth international equine trade fair, thereby endorsing Dubai's position as one of the leading centres for equestrian activities.
The Nottinghamshire-based Creature Comforts is one of the several repeat exhibitors in Al Fares Dubai 2004, to be held from December 6-8, at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre (DIEC).
Creature Comforts is m
On Nov. 15 the Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB) presented its "Touch of Class" Award to Anne Arundel resident and horse trainer John Crandell III and his Endurance Triple Crown winning Arabian gelding, Heraldic, who together won two silver medals from the Endurance competition at the Pan American Games, held in Chile on Oct. 21. Crandell and Heraldic will lead the U.S. Team in the World Endurance Championship in England in 2012--an event held simultane
Miguel Vila Ubach, of Spain, and his eight-year-old Hungares landed a surprise victory in the 160-kilometre World Endurance Championship yesterday. The first of seven disciplines at the World Equestrian Games, the endurance developed into a war of attrition. Ubach was followed home by two French riders, Virginie Atger on Kangoo d'Aurabelle, also an eight-year-old, and Elodie le Labourier with Sangho'Limousian, who is twice his compatriot's age and will now
Endurance rides covering distances from 40 to 160 kilometers in a 24-hour period are grueling tasks for both horse and rider. So it's not surprising to learn that up to 60% of horses can be eliminated for health reasons during the competition. A team of U.S. researchers recently set out to determine which factors, at the start and in the first or second half of rides, contribute to endurance horses' elimination from competition. "To our knowledge, this is
After a very successful day at Kings Forest, the endurance eam announced, on behalf of the Selectors that the following combinations have been selected from the World Class Start Squad to travel to Mont Le Soie on 30th April 2011 to compete as a Team representing Great Britain. They will all ride in the 120km FEI 2*.
Fiona Griffiths and Dear Kate
Lindsey Comben and Radhwan
Andrea Champ and Driumghiga Luxor
Sue Higgins and Ab
The NK endurance will this year take place during the first edition of IEC Ermelo, which takes place on the weekend of 17 to 19 May 2013. This new international endurance race CEI Ermelo is organized from the grounds of the KNHS. In Ermelo, three distances driven: 90 km (CEI *), 120 km (CEI **) and 160 km (CEI ***). The distances of 90, 120 and 160 km are also national (CEN) held. Thus, future athletes in their own country experience with the state of aff
Find out what goes into organizing the 2006 World Equestrian Games endurance competition, what the route is like and who the strongest contenders are. July 31, 2006 — Endurance will be firmly in the spotlight at Aachen as the opening contest of the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) this August. Riders will set off on their 160-kilometer journey before dawn from the mass start at the show grounds at Aachen Soers. Approximately 12 hours later, tens of thousa
A Kutt Above and Jeremy Reynolds have been named to the US team's Long List for the 2012 FEI World Endurance Championships later this year, after victory in the recent 160km contest at the Priefert Ranch in Mt Pleasant, Texas.
In a close race to the finish Reynolds guided A Kutt Above to the win in 8:16:03, narrowly beating out Wendy MacCoubrey and Reach for the Gold (8:16:05) and Becky Hart riding No Repeat (8:16:09).
From a field of
Britain's WEG endurance team of Ros Clapp, Christine Yeoman, David Yeoman (all from Somerset) and Beccy Broughton-Booker had mixed fortunes in the States. After the first four loops, Ros was the fastest of the team riders, with Christine and David not far behind and a medal was on the cards.
But after the fifth loop, Ros's horse Nazeeka was eliminated at the vet gate for irregular metabolics, which ended any medal hopes.
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