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Jack Begaud dominates the world of Endurance at the end of October

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

Risk Factors for Elimination During Endurance Rides Examined

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

Revised endurance team announced for the WEG

Endurance GB has put the finishing touches to its team for the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG). Those now travelling to Kentucky are Beccy Broughton-Booker with Java Sunlight or Tawmarsh Muharram, Janice Cockley Adams with Roxanne du Bout du Monde, Christine Yeoman with CJS Gai Forest or L M Midday, David Yeoman and Haszar and Ros Clapp with Nazeeka. Ros gave an indication of just how tough these riders have to be when she completed an 80 km endurance ri

Congratulations to Jack Bégaud and Lucie Marin

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.

9h40 – the first cava

Dark Endurance Studs

Dark Endurance is mainly a family team consisting of my parents as dedicated crew, myself as rider and trainer and most importantly our horses. I am Carri Ann Dark, I was born May 1991 in the South West and have lived there for many years, For many years I was apart of the South West Group and enjoyed helping and being apart of South West team. I also wrote a series of articles in the South West newsletter which some people still remember me from. I

EnduranceGB supports the The Sino-British International Friendship ride - THE LONG HORSERIDE

The Long Horse Ride, organised by EnduranceGB life member Megan Lewis is a journey on horseback from Beijing to London. Starting out shortly after the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it is scheduled to arrive in London in time for the 2012 London Olympics.

The Long Horse Ride is a journey on horseback from Beijing to London.

It is scheduled to set out after the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and to arrive

BMJ Arabians

BMJ ARABIANS is a small stud situated in South Wales in Garnant, between Ammanford and Swansea. The stud enjoys being on open mountain which allows for excellent training of our endurance horses. At BMJ ARABIANS we breed Pure, Part Bred Arabians & Hispano Arabes. Breeding for performance using mainly Polish bloodlines, with some Crabbet and Egyptian. Our love of coloured horses has lead us to introduce American Paint & Pintabian into our part breds.

World Games for rider Ros Clapp

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.<

FEI World Endurance Championships For Young Horses 2011 - Compiegne (FRA)

Horse and rider combinations from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates claimed the titles at the FEI World Endurance Championships for Young Horses which took place at Compiegne in France last Friday. Over testing courses, and in intense heat, it was Bahrain's Salman Isa Al Radhi and Persepolia Larzac who returned the quickest time in the 8 Year Old division, while the UAE's Shames Sd Sn Al Marri produced a strong ride with Qatar La Majorie to win the 7 Ye

World Equestrian Games Preview: Endurance

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

Two French Riders Topped the Meydan Open Riders World Ranking for FEI

Two French riders topped the Meydan Open Riders World Ranking for FEI year end results. Virginie Atger, who was ranked fifth in the world last year, topped the list in 2010 by just 14 points over fellow Frenchwoman Sarah Chakil. In 2010 Atger won a number of rides, including the CEI*** 160-km Sommant and 160-km Rambouillet in France. She also finished 10th in the World Endurance Championship in Lexington, Kentucky.

Chakil won the 160km CEI*** La

Endurance Team Selection Announcement

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

NK endurance during first edition CEI Ermelo

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

Yawl Hill Stud

We are a small stud/competition yard based on the Devon /Dorset border that specialises in competing endurance horses of all levels up to international. We have 4 horses registered for Endurance in 2009. Yawl Hillbilly and Ishtar Spirit who are both PBA and will both be 6 and spend the year doing open rides, Connie a Anglo Arab who will be 14 and will be aimed at the 100 miles at Golden Horseshoe in what will be her 10th Endurance season and our present

Thoroughbred Rapid Redux Ties Single-Season Win Mark

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

Ceci Bulter-Stasiuk Recipient of Endurance Excellence Trophy

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.

UK emerges largest exhibitor with a 50-strong group at Al Fares Dubai 2004

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

Bakst eases to victory in 33rd Arab Marathon

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

FEI Balkan Endurance Championships 2011

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

Pan Am Endurance Silver Medalists Receive MHIB Award

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

Kassalic Stud

We are a small stud in Somerset situated 5 mins from the A303. We breed arabian horses and spotted ponies and are currently working on a programme to combine the two, bringing the best attributes from both breeds to produce quality performance ponies. We alo breed shetland ponies and spottys. First and foremost we are breeding for good confirmation and temprement so that we produce foals of good quality that will hopefully have the ability to perform under

Strong competition at European Endurance Champs

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

Australasian Endurance Forum Attracts Multi National Attendance

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

Britain`s medal hope comes a cropper at vet gate

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.

All the other

Christine Yeoman forms part of exceptionally good team

Senior endurance rider Christine Yeoman will contest her second World Equestrian Games after Endurance GB team selectors confirmed her place on the squad heading to Kentucky in September. "I am really proud to be part of what I believe is an exceptionally good team.

"There is a very strong chance of bringing back a medal this time," said the Shepton-Mallet rider who competed at the last WEG in Aachen and twice at European Championships.

Virginie Atger on Kangoo d`Aurabelle Finish 2nd in 160-kilometre World Endurance Championship yesterday

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

FEI Open European Endurance Championships 2011 - Florac (FRA)

Spain's record-breaking partnership of Maria Alvarez Ponton and Nobby took their fourth Championship title in a row when putting in another phenomenal performance at the FEI European Endurance Championships 2011 in Florac, France yesterday. And the host nation had plenty to celebrate too, as Virginie Atger, Julien Goachet, Sunny Demedy and Benedicte Santisteva claimed the team honours for France. Concerns about the intense heat in the days leading up to

Renske Giesen Dutch champion TREC T4

Dutch championship TREC was held last weekend in Hoenderloo. Seven riders competed in the highest class (T4) against each other. Renske Giesen eventually went away with the title. The first part was Saturday start: POR (oriëntatierit). The participants were about six hours on the road with their route, where they only had to work with their map and a compass. Renske Giesen after the POR was already in the lead with 222 points. Heidi Hugen-Beckers followed

Endurance team member cleared of doping charge

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

Elodie le Labourier with Sangho`Limousian Finish 3rd in 160-kilometre World Endurance Championship

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

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Pont Alexandre Decimates The Field At Leopardstown

Pont Alexandre Decimates The Field At Leopardstown

Pont Alexandre and Ruby Walsh produced a dominating display in the Synergy Security Solutions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown today.

Willie Mullins suffered odds-on reverses in the first two races on the card and looked to be headin for a frustrating day but his 4/7 favourite made no mistake in the Grade Two contest that was won by stab

Snow Fairy To Miss next month`s Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe

Snow Fairy To Miss next month`s Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe

Money spinning mare Snow Fairy will not race in next month`s Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe in Paris after being ruled out for the rest of the year with a leg injury.

The five-year-old, trained by Ed Dunlop who was a dual Oaks winner in 2010, was found to be suffering from heat in a tendon.

Trainer Dunlop said: `She worked yesterday an

Mail De Bievre Booked For Denman Chase

Mail De Bievre Booked For Denman Chase

Mail De Bievre, Tom George`s exciting French recruit is on course to debut on the British circuit in the Betfair Denman Chase at Newbury on Saturday.

One of the real stars of the French chasing scene in the spring of 2010, the 8 year old has run just once since then in a hurdle race at Auteuil back in September 2011.

George has

Smallest Field in the Epsom Derby in over 100 years

Smallest Field in the Epsom Derby in over 100 years

Camelot will head the betting in the smallest Epsom Derby field since 1907 with only nine runners lining up for Saturday`s big race. The favourite will line up with stable mate Astrology for Aidan O`Brien, The Irish trainer has withdrawn Imperial Monarch, Father of Science and Tower Rock from the race. Another in the O`Brien stable Imperial Monarch

Ante-post favourite Uncle Mo to miss Kentucky Derby

Ante-post favourite Uncle Mo to miss Kentucky Derby

Last year's star two-year-old Uncle Mo has been ruled out of Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs (2324 BST) with a stomach problem. The powerful colt, who was co-favourite with Florida Derby winner Dialed In, was examined by a vet on Thursday.

But his owner Mike Repole withdrew the horse from the first leg of the Triple Crown on

Whip row reignites

Whip row reignites

Before Christmas, there was a definite feeling that the row over the new regulations governing jockeys and the use of their whips was simmering down. Fewer riders were infringing, and conventional wisdom began to have it that changes implemented by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) in October had simply needed a bedding-in period.

But

Saturday Racing At Doncaster Still a Possibility

Saturday Racing At Doncaster Still a Possibility

Friday`s upcoming meeting looks to be already in doubt, with an inspection planned for Wednesday, but there is some optimism that Doncaster`s card on Saturday will go ahead and hopefully lift the gloom even if Cheltenham is lost.

Doncaster`s Saturday fixture has been boosted by the addition of the Champion Hurdle Trial, rearranged fro

Cartier Horse Of The Year Standings

Cartier Horse Of The Year Standings

Frankel, the worlds highest rated racehorse has reduced Camelot`s lead for the 2012 Cartier Horse Of The Year Award following a comfortable six-length win in the Group One QIPCO Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

Frankel extended his unbeaten run to 12 in West Sussex with his second successive QIPCO Sussex Stakes victory which moves him o

Derby winner Pour Moi retired to stud because of leg injury

Derby winner Pour Moi retired to stud because of leg injury

Pour Moi, the winner of this year's Derby at Epsom, has been retired after suffering a serious leg injury. The colt was hurt while being prepared by trainer Andre Fabre for October's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. Pour Moi has been retired to stud by owners, the Irish-based Coolmore Stud.

At June's Derby, winning jockey Mickael

Kauto Star close to retirement, hints owner Clive Smith

Kauto Star close to retirement, hints owner Clive Smith

Owner Clive Smith has conceded that record-breaking steeplechaser Kauto Star is nearing retirement after he was pulled up at Punchestown. The four-time King George VI Chase and dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner ran badly in the Punchestown Gold Cup, which was won by Follow The Plan.

Afterwards, trainer Paul Nicholls said a decision about t

Sire De Grugy Gets a Win At Lingfield

Sire De Grugy Gets a Win At Lingfield

Sire De Grugy beat market rival Cantlow to the lingfieldpark.co.uk Novices' Chase on Tuesday. Sent off as 4/6 favourite, he was over a length ahead of Paul Webber's 2/1 shot at the line after he took control of the contest in the straight.

He won convincingly, paying a compliment to Captain Conan, who Sire De Grugy Finished behind to in a

Newbury Racecourse Equestrian Day 2012

Newbury Racecourse Equestrian Day 2012

Following the success of the inaugural Equestrian Day in 2011, Newbury Racecourse have announced the date for this year's event. Please keep Saturday 3rd March 2012 free in your diary and we will update you shortly on things to look forward to during the day!

Saturday 3rd March – Greatwood Charity & Equestrian Raceday
Free Tickets for B

Utopie Des Bordes Still Unbeaten In The Uk

Utopie Des Bordes Still Unbeaten In The Uk

Utopie Des Bordes retained her unbeaten British record in the Listed Jane Seymour Mares' Novice Hurdle at Sandown.

Nicky Henderson's recruit was smart in France and went off the 11-10 favourite after opening her account at Doncaster.

When Twigline crashed out at the last, Barry Geraghty's most significant danger was She Ranks Me

Joseph O`brien falls short in the High Chaparral European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes 1m2f

Joseph O`brien falls short in the High Chaparral European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes 1m2f

Following on From Joseph O `Brien`s fantastic ride on Camelot in coming from well back to power home in last week`s Newmarket 2000 Guineas, he tried the same trick again yesterday on 2-5 odds on favourite St Nicholas Abbey but came short. The wqriting was perhaps on the wall before the start of the rade wioth the going softer than the horse would h

















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