Utah: Matt Parker to Cross Desert on a Horse With No Name

MOAB, UT (PRWEB)
June 14, 2004

Horseman Continues Unprecedented Cross-country Journey

MOAB, UT (PRWEB) June 14, 2004 -- Horseman Matt Parker embarked today for the desert city of Moab, Utah, continuing the second leg of his journey across the United States on horseback.

Upon completion of his trip, Matt will become the first person on horseback to finish the 5,000 miles of the American Discovery Trail (ADT). The ADT is the only coast-to-coast non-motorized route across the country.

Resuming his expedition, along the ADT and on his new steed - a Missouri Fox Trotter - Matt has elected to replace his previous Racking horse, Smokey, with a horse that is well suited to endure the physical demands of the trip.


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[I wonder if he'll run into the Duck on the trek east?? - jat]

Australia: Peak Crossing CEI*** Gets Underway

The HH The President of the UAE Australian Championship 2004
The Great South East Endurance Rider's Club Inc. - Peak Crossing Qld
160km FEI *** and AERA 11th , 12th and 13th June 04

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Competitors from 5 countries and host Australia anticipate the start of the Peaks Crossing Ride in Queensland. The Great South East Endurance RIder's Club provides the venue for the the ride which will have both FEI and AERA divisions.

Vet in and weigh-in will happen today.

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Brazil: 2004 Avare Complete Results

Dear Friends,

complete results of 2ª Copa Avaré de Enduro Equestre

The winner of FEI 1* 68,10 km Junior is a 10 years old boy: Pedro Paulo Lahud and he conquered Best Condition too. His birthday was on May 27th.
A great gift for him!

Cidinha Franzão
cidinha@endurancebrasil.com.br
(5511) 3081-4146

(The Complete Results are in Microsoft Excel Format)
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Fort Howes CEI*** - Ashland Montana

EnduranceWorld
06.09.2004



This week-end international endurance events will occur on 4 contentents as the national teams for the up-coming World Endurance Champions continue to be formed. Italy, Spain, South Africa, Australia, and the United States provide venues for CEI*** events.

EnduranceWorld.net will provide focus on the USEF National Endurance Team as they attend their second training event of the 2004 ride season. These training sessions provide the 10 Team members the opportunity to demonstrate their competetive and team abilities in
head-to-head competition.

The HH President of the UAE Austrailian Challenge 160 will take place first (on Saturday), then Costa Volpino in Italy, Ripoll in Spain, and Sladanha in South Africa. On Sunday, Fort Howes will be run. The 50 mile event will be held on Saturday at Fort Howes, following the schedule which will be used next year when Fort Howes will provide the venue for the AERC National Championship Event. This allows entrants to compete in both distances (on either the same or different horses). Many riders, especially those traveling long distances will be in both the 50 on Saturday and the 100 on Sunday.

This will be the 8th year that Fort Howes has been run. It has continued to draw a broader set of competitors during each of the previous outings. This year, there are 40+ entrants in the 100 mile event. The weather is predicted to be cool (@70F/21C). There are
thunder storms predicted, and the rain can come hard-and-fast when the skys open in Montana.

Ride Managers Bill and Jan Stevens will be hosting one of the greatest endurance get-togethers this side of the missouri.

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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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