Abdulla grabs seniors crown

QATARI rider Abdulla Al Mirri clinched the seniors race and Shaikh Saqer bin Khalid Al Khalifa the juniors title in the season-ending Endurance Horseride Championship at the Endurance Village premises in Sakhir.

His Majesty Shaikh Hamad witnessed a section of the race and hailed Bahrain efforts in hosting such top-level endurance races.

Abdulla clocked four hours, 37 minutes and 14 seconds in the four-stage event over 100 competitors. More than 45 riders from Bahrain and other GCC countries took part in this race.

Saleh Al Katheer (4:43:36) of Saudi Arabia was second and Qatar's Ahmed Al Malki (3:33:59) third.

Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation's (Breef) first vice-president and Al Khaldiya team leader Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa finished sixth.

Breef president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa pulled out of the race after the second stage when his horse Free Lance failed to pass the veterinary examination.

A total of 28 riders took part in the five-stage 120-km juniors race which was won by Shaikh Saqer of Ahmed Al Fateh Stable. He finished the race in six hours, 23 minutes and 35 seconds. Shaikh Saqer was followed by Mohammed Al Thawadi (6:44:50) of Al Asayel Stable in second place and Khalid Al Attiya (7:04:31) of Qatar was third.

Endurance riders set for challenge

RIDERS from Bahrain and the GCC are set for today's season-ending Endurance Horseride Championship starting at 5am at the Endurance Village premises in Sakhir.

Organised by the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (Breef), the event consists of races for seniors and juniors which are over 100 km and 120 km respectively.

Breef president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa will lead the riders in the seniors event which consists of four stages while one more stage was included for the juniors race.


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FEI ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP- FEI JUDICIAL COMMITTEE DISMISSES POSITIVE MEDICATION CASE OF GOLD MEDALLIST

On 28 April 2005, the FEI Judicial Committee decided the positive medication
case concerning the horse Hachim and rider HH Sheik Hazza Bin Sultan Bin
Zayed Al Nahyan (UAE), who won the gold medal of the World Endurance
Championship in Dubai last January.

Analysis of the urine sample taken from Hachim, conducted by the associate
Laboratory of the FEI Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Equine
Forensic Unit (UAE), revealed the presence of Methylprednisolone, which is a
prohibited substance according to FEI Rules.

A confirmatory analysis was requested by the Person Responsible (PR) and was
performed by the FEI approved central laboratory, Laboratoire des Courses
Hippiques, France, on 24 March 2005. This analysis confirmed the presence of
Methylprednisolone.

However the PR was not duly informed of the date and place of the
confirmatory analysis (B Sample) and was therefore unable to send a
witnessing analyst to the laboratory, despite having requested the
opportunity to be represented.

While noting the existence of two positive results, the Judicial Committee
nevertheless decided that the fact that the PR did not have the opportunity
to have a witness present at the confirmatory analysis compromised his
rights to such an extent that the results had to be disregarded. The
Judicial Committee cited several relevant decisions of the Court of
Arbitration for Sport in reaching its ruling, which terminates the
proceedings.

Consequently, the results of the FEI World Endurance Championship remain
unchanged as published on the FEI website. The FEI Secretariat will ensure
that HH Sheik Hazza Bin Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will receive the Gold
medal and all relevant prizes won by him. The Judicial Committee is not
ordering a new Official Award Ceremony to be held.

Note to the editor:
Hachim, ridden by HH Sheik Hazza Bin Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (UAE) won
the FEI World Endurance Championship held in Dubai on 27 January 2005.

Metylprednisolone is an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid acting on the
locomotor system and is graded 3 by the Medication Sub-Committee of the FEI.
Under the FEI grading system, a substance is graded ?1? if it has a relative
high potential to affect the performance of the horse and is grade ?5? if it
has a relative low potential to affect the performance of the horse.

The Official Award Ceremony by the Organising Committee, who did not invite
HH Sheik Hazza Bin Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to receive his gold medal, is
the subject of a separate inquiry and may be examined by the Judicial
Committee at a later stage.

The list of prohibited substances for horses is published on the FEI website
www.horsesport.org section veterinary ? medication control. The FEI complete
legal procedure for positive medication cases is published in the section
legal ? legal procedure.

The full decision will be published today on the FEI website section
Legal/Judicial Committee

Shaikh Mohammed?s horses triumph in tough Australia Ride

DUBAI ? The spectators were treated to a spectacular racing finish as a trio of Australia?s leading riders galloped to the finish in an endurance ride in Australia recently.


The gutsy little stallion Al Mahzoz, owned by General Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defence, ridden and trained by Meg Wade, produced a brilliant burst of speed to win by a head.

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Team USA Takes Silver Medal At 2005 Pan American Endurance Championships

It was a Silver-medal performance for Team USA at the 2005 Pan American Senior Team Championships on Friday, April 15, in the host city of Pinamar, Argentina. Battling against the U.S. athletes for a spot on the medals stand were two South American nations ? Uruguay (Gold) and Brazil (Bronze). Fifty-four combinations started the ride with 29 completing the full distance of 100 miles. The ride was held under ideal conditions, which made for a competitive race.

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2005PAC: VetIn - TrotOut Images

Competitors present their horses at the 2005 Pan American Endurance Championship to run tomorrow in Pinamar Argentina! 60 Senior and 37 Young Riders will challenge each other and the trail in the sands of Pinamar. The ride starts at 4am! Full coverage will be provided on EnduranceNet at: www.endurance.net/2005pac.


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Champion endurance horse cloned

The birth of the world's second horse clone has been announced by scientists.

The foal is a copy of a world endurance champion, Pieraz, an animal that has been castrated and was therefore incapable of normal reproduction.

The research was undertaken by genetic engineering labs Cryozootech of Evry, France, and LTR-CIZ of Cremona, Italy, where the foal is being kept.

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2005PAC: Qatar Riders for Argentine Event

DOHA: Qatar's endurance riders Fahd Hamad Al Abda Al Marri and Atta Mohammed Beer are participating on the behalf of the Qatar team for PanAmerican International Open Endurance Championship in Pinamar, Argentina, on April 15 and 16.

Both are riding in the Endurance Ride CEI4 -160-KM for seniors and Fahad AlAbda is participating International Riders CE13 - 120-km for seniors which is to be held on April 16.

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Al Falah wins endurance race

SAUDI Arabia's Abdulrahman Al Falah notched the Late Mohammed bin Abdulmohsin Al Kharafi International Endurance Horseride Championship held in Kuwait.

Al Falah finished first in five hours, one minute and 34 seconds. Jordan's Saleh Attiya (5:25:01) came second, third was Saleh Al Kathiri (5:30:32) of Qatar and Kuwaiti rider Abdulla Saeed (5:43:11) fourth.

A team of three Bahrainis - Shaikh Salman bin Saqer Al Khalifa, Salman Al Jalahma and Abbas Ali took part in the same event but had to withdraw from the race.


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US: Enduring the trail

There's a new sports team in town, but they're not competing to win...

Dusty and tired, the man walks a few paces ahead of his horse, leading him slowly over the ridge and down the mountain. They rode the trail for two days and covered more than 100 miles of rugged and difficult Idaho terrain. These last eight miles are the most painful for Dr. Chris Yost. He suspects his horse developed a stone bruise on one of his feet.



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US: Hairdresser competes in endurance riding

By Ann Keyes - News-Leader.com
Springfield MO

There's a lot of heart

There's a lot of heart packed into Karron Goodman's small frame, even though she comes off as soft-spoken and unassuming.

A hairdresser in Nixa, she wears her long red tresses in ringlets that frame her face. Her appearance is so fetching, you might suspect she primps all day. But looks can be deceiving, it is said, and when it comes to 41-year-old Goodman, the axiom is true. She's not afraid to get her hands dirty ? in fact, she relishes it.

When Goodman begins her day at the salon she's already been up for awhile, since she rises with the sun.

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20th anniversary endurance ride

Thursday, 24 March 2005

On May, 1 Girard Forest will once again ring with the sound of hoof-beats as the Tenterfield Endurance Riders Club hosts its 20th Anniversary Ride.

The Club was formed in 1985 with a view to running a Bicentennial Endurance Ride of 160km in 1988. Its inaugural training ride in 1986 was followed by an 80km ride in 1987. By this time the Club had an enthusiastic core of riders and a strong working committee. Affiliation with the Queensland Endurance Riding Association resulted in the granting of the Queensland Championships being run in conjunction with the historic Bicentennial Ride in 1988. Hugh Bridle was the youngest local rider to successfully complete this ride.



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Brazil: 2004 Top Riders Listed

20ª Exposição Interestadual do Cavalo Árabe

Clube Hípico Santo Amaro - São Paulo/SP

Best of the Year - 2004

Congratulations !!

MARCH, 19 ? Saturday ? 19h00
Clube Hípico Santo Amaro Restaurant
Rua Visconde de Taunay, 508 ? São Paulo ? SP

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Brazilian Team - WEC
JOÃO ROBERTO DE SOUZA NAVES
JOSÉ MARIANO SALES ALVES JR
LUCIENE BAGAROLLI
NEWTON LINS FILHO
PEDRO STEFANI MARINO
SILVIA MARIA EGUSHI

STALLION BREEDER WEC 2002/2003/2004
CLAUDIO ROBERTO BAGAROLLI

ENDURANCE BRAZILIAN RANKING - CBH
FELIPE GUIDI
RAFAELA VIEIRA DE MELO PEPE
ALAN DA SILVA PEREIRA
PEDRO PAULO M. A. LAHUD
FELIPE CIAMPAGLIA
SILVIO CESARINO
NEWTON LINS FILHO
LUCIANE BAGAROLLI
JOSÉ MARIANO SALES ALVES JR
FELIZARDO COSTA BRANDÃO
CECÍLIA GAZOLA
ANA CARLA MACIEL
LUIS FERNANDO VARANDA
RENATA BATAH TALIBERTI
KARINA CAMARGO ARROYO DOS SANTOS

Endurance riders set for royal test

HIS Majesty King Hamad's Endurance Horseride Championship, starting today at 4am at the Endurance Village premises in Sakhir, is carrying a cash prize of BD50,000.

Riders from the GCC and other Arab countries arrived yesterday to take part in this prestigious competition sponsored by Al Areen Desert Spa and Resort.

Races will be held in two categories - seniors and juniors. Seventy five riders are taking part in the seniors race while 35 are in the fray in the juniors section.


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Endurance Riding - What Is It?

A Partnership Sport

by Jennifer Whittaker

Endurance Riding is a partnership sport where horses and riders have to function as a cooperative team in order to complete a measured course within a maximum period of time in sound condition. There are a variety of distances included in endurance riding. The shortest are the practice rides - Limited Distance. LD rides are generally 25-35 miles long, and have to be completed in 6-7 hours. Endurance rides start at 50 miles and frequently are 100 miles. 50-mile rides must be completed in 12 hours, while 100 mile riders have 24 hours in which to complete. The next step is the Multi-day rides - where horse and rider teams compete for a series of days completing several hundred miles in a weekend or week.

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Racing industry could learn from endurance training

Horse Talk, by Earl Ola

I spent a most interesting morning with World Champion Endurance Rider Valerie Kanavy and her husband Larry. I understand that Valerie Kanavy has won more 100-mile races than any person in endurance racing history.

When Ms. Kanavy won world endurance racing championships in Dubai and in the Netherlands, she finished almost a mile ahead of the second place rider. In one of those races, her winning horse that had galloped (not cantered) more than 80 of the 100-miles was so strong at the end of the 100-mile race, it did not want to stop after the finish line; they could hardly control it during its cool down. It damaged the horse trailer on its way home and Valerie's winning racehorse was so high for three or four days after that 100-mile race, they could hardly lead it around. It was physically and mentally ready to race another 100 miles the very next day.

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Veterinary: ACVIM Publication - Strangles control and treament

The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) recently released its consensus statement on guidelines for treatment, control, and prevention of strangles, which is caused by Streptococcus equi. The 12-page paper took about a year to complete and reflects the input of researchers and veterinary clinicians across the country.

The document was published in the January issue of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine and can be found online at http://www.acvim.org/wwwfp/ConsensusStmts/Strangles.pdf


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Shaikh Hazza shines to win GCC title

By M. Satyanarayan, Staff Reporter

Abu Dhabi: Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Mindari Aenzac proved too good for his rivals and win the 120-km GCC Seniors Championship in Doha, Qatar yesterday.

Shaikh Hazza completed the 120-km ride ahead of 36 other riders from the GCC countries in a timing of 5 hrs 41 mins and 03 secs with an average speed of 20.69 kmph.


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Bahrain riders lift two titles

THE Bahrain national endurance horseride team accomplished a new achievement by winning two titles in the third GCC Endurance Horseride Championship in Doha yesterday.
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Shaikh Faisal to lead Bahrain team

SHAIKH Faisal bin Rashid Al Khalifa will lead the Bahrain national endurance team in the third GCC Championship scheduled for Saturday in Doha, Qatar.

A team of 11 riders, representing stables of the Royal Endurance Team, Al Sayel, Ahmed Al Fateh and Al Talia, was approved by the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

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