The Mercury: The whisper is: have horse sense, will travel [09jun04]

Tasmania
By TANZI LEWIS
09jun04
A BIT of horse whispering, massaging and manipulation is taking equine therapist Ken Green places.

Mr Green, of Moriarty, in Tasmania's North-West, has been invited to Hokkaido, Japan, to look after three horses entered in the 100km Japanese National Endurance championships in September. The invitation came from Japanese endurance rider Masafumi Tenaka, who travels the world to compete in endurance riding competitions.

Mr Green said. "I feel really privileged to be invited to Japan to look after the horses of Mr Tenaka and zoo veterinarian, Dr Misuko Masui. It's a great opportunity. While I'm in Japan I'll also be talking to the Japanese Jockey Club about equine therapy and doing seminars and demonstrations.

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Bahrain: Royal Team for Aussie event

Royal Team for Aussie event
Gulf Daily News

BAHRAIN's Royal endurance horseride team will take part in the United Arab Emirates President Cup race in Australia on Saturday, said team manager Faisal bin Hassan Al Ajmi.

The team delegation consists of riders Khalid Al Ruwaie, Yousef Taher, Hamad Al Meraisi and Abdulrahman Abdullatif who will compete against some of the best riders from all over the world in this 160-km race.

This is the third 160-km race for the Royal Team who earlier took part in similar events held in Bahrain and in France recently. It will the first time the team will be taking part in an international event outside Europe. The team is backed by Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation honorary president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. "

HH The President Of the UAE Australian Challenge 160 FEI ***

The Australian: Unbridled passions [June 09, 2004]: "Unbridled passions
By Leisa Scott
June 09, 2004
BEFORE dawn breaks, when the mercury is at its lowest and the urge to stay under the covers is at its strongest, Anne Jones will emerge bleary-eyed from a makeshift bed inside the horse float that she has dragged to a clearing at Peak Crossing, west of Ipswich in southeastern Queensland.

She'll wander over in the dark to give a pat to her seven-year-old gelding, Cavalier, put the coffee on and start thinking about saddling up. By 5.30am, Jones and Cavalier will be at the starting line of a horse endurance event that will not have a winner until about 10 hours later.

Jones is a champion rider, but she and Cavalier will face some stiff competition. In the chill winds of pre-dawn Peak Crossing, about 90 other horse fanatics will line up with their helmet lights on in the hope of winning HH the President of the United Arab Emirates Australian Championship, part of this weekend's Endurance Horse Festival.

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Intercontinental newsletter: 10/04

Intercontinental Newsletter
NEWS & MESSAGES
09/04

In this letter you'll find:

• Simulation: Formel 1 Finish for Senior World Championships
  
• Abu Dhabi Arabian Nights CEI*** and AERC Open 100 Mile Endurance Ride
  
• Newmarket News
  
• FEI Press News 14/04, 13 May 2004
  

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Endurance Brasil: Copa Avare results

Endurance Brasil: results of the May 29 Copa Avare Endurance Ride. 160km, 124km, 68km

160 km:
1 Silvia Eguchi Poderosa
2 Newton Lins Filho Sam Ray
3 Luciane M. Bagarolli RSC El Deb Haran
4 Mariana Cesarino Steinbruch RSC Escalan - BC
5 Camila Kuntz Pinto Lima Natureza
6 João Roberto de Souza Naves Vorzug
7 Silvia Assi Vaccari Atika
8 Pedro Stefani Marino WN Farah
9 Artur Salles Cognac SSC
10 José Nicodemus A. do Nascimento Kadar Lamia


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Bahrain: Al Ruwaihi wins endurance title

Gulf Daily News

BAHRAINI rider Ahmed Hamad Al Ruwaihi of Al Talia Stable was crowned the overall champion in the season's last endurance horseride championship which concluded yesterday at the Bahrain International Endurance Horse Riding Centre in Sakhir.

Riding High Roller, Al Ruwaihi overcame a shaky start to become the overall winner in five hours 14 minutes 10 seconds.

In second place was Saudi Arabia's Fawaz Al Dahrani (5:36:27) on Wargan, while third place went to Ahmed Al Hemaidi (6:04:61) of Qatar who rode Ibn Az Al Khal.

The race was the first held at night and was over 100-km, divided into four stages with 46 riders from Bahrain and the GCC in the fray.

Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa flagged off the first stage, which was over 30km, at 5pm on Wednesday.

Shaikha Najla bint Salman Al Khalifa from Ahmed Al Fateh Stable rode Al Jassi to finish first in this stage clocking 1:18:16 minutes.

Saudi rider Saud Jaber (1:23:16) on Bahar was second and Al Hemaidi (1:24:45) came third.

The second stage, also over 30km, saw Shaikha Najla extend her lead as she finished in 1:29:38, followed by Saudi Arabia's Abdulla Al Hawas (1:22:53) and Jaber (1:28:45) in second and third respectively.

Al Hawas on Reemah performed well in the third stage, which was over 26km, and finished first in 1:18:02, ahead of Al Ruwaihi who advanced to second place in 1:18:48, while Al Dahrani moved to third after finishing in 1:30:12.

The fourth and final stage over 14km saw Al Hawas finish first but was disqualified after failing to pass the veterinary test performed after the race and second-placed Al Ruwaihi was crowned champion.

Shaikh Nasser gave away the prizes at the presentation ceremony.

Results (in order of horse, stable, total time): 1 Ahmed Hamad Al Ruwaihi (High Roller, Al Talia Stable, 5:14:10); 2 Fawaz Al Dahrani (Wargan, Saudi Arabia, 5:36:27); 3 Ahmed Amroo Al Hemaidi (Ibn Az Al Khal, Ali Ahmed Al Hamidi, 5:56:33); 4 Jaffer Mirza (Al Fahd, Al Muqheeraat Stable, 6:04:61); 5 Jawad Radhi (Al Batr, Jawad Radhi, 6:46:35).

Copyright © 2004, Gulf Daily News

USEF Approved Rule Changes

USEF: Approved Rule Changes Now Available on the Federation Website

The USEF Executive Committee approved rule changes to the 2004 USEF Rule Book on May 19th. Approved rule changes are located on the Federation website at http://www.usef.org/content/rules/ruleChanges/index.php