Cath Fouracre | 7th June 2011
ENDURANCE riders from all over the globe will descend on Christine and Lance Blatchford’s farm in Caboolture this Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the inaugural Endurance Festival 2011 ride in the Beerburrum forest.
This is a first for Australia and international and Australian top riders will make their mark.
Oz Endurance organiser/secretary Penny Toft said those wishing to enter could go online for nominations to Oz Endurance website ozenduranceqinc.com or ring her on 0417 626 188.
"This inaugural event is quite a big thing for Australia,’’ she said.
It is held in conjunction with the Australasian Endurance forum which started today (June 8) and continues Thursday and Friday.
There will be an introductory ride and endurance rides of various distances – 40km, 80km, 120km and the big one - the national FEI over 160km.
She said they already had about 220 entries and riders from 13 countries were coming including Abu Dhabi, England, New Zealand, Malaysia and throughout Australia.
"This is open to all riders and those wishing to rise to higher levels in equestrian events and it is also a world endurance championship qualifier,’’ she said.
"Endurance rides are a great opportunity to gain more experience for riders.
"It is an opportunity too to showcase the athleticism of the Arabian horse as well as the endurance riding.’’
She said some events would be held on Friday, but the main events were on Saturday morning.
This event has been sponsored by Al Reef Stables and Toft Endurance.
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