US: Endurance race tests horse, rider

TRIBUNE-REVIEW
By Sam Kusic
Monday, October 11, 2004


Leading a horse around a show arena? B-o-o-o-o-ring.

Trotting a horse across a sun-washed pasture on a pleasant summer day? Ho-hum.

Running a horse out on a steep, rocky, narrow trail way out in the back country where only the good Lord himself can hear you whoop and holler -- now that's a grand time.

Don Drenning thinks so, anyway.
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Endurance Horse Rider with Multiple Sclerosis Set to Compete in Fair Hill 100-Mile Ride

Alexandra North seeks sponsorships to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Project

CARMEL, CA (PRWEB) October 6, 2004 -- The Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Project (MSQLP), a 501 (c) (3) Not-for-Profit Corporation that serves multiple sclerosis patients in California?s Central Coast region, today announced that local endurance horse rider, multiple sclerosis patient and MSQLP spokeswoman, Alexandra North, will compete in the Fair Hill 100-mile ride in Elkton, Maryland on October 16, 2004. Usually, North competes on her own horse, Butter Bea; however, this time she will be riding a borrowed horse named Benediqtine, owned by Lana Wright, of Maryland. The Fair Hill course is the site for the 2005 North American Endurance Championship that North hopes to attend with Butter Bea next year.

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USA: Munsing Indiana

Horse course: Woods trail fun for riders, mounts
By JOHN PEPIN, Journal Munising Bureau

PHOTO CAPTION: Marlie Birr, 15, of Manistique with her horse Mariah during a vet check rest along the Indian River Saturday in Schoolcraft County. (Journal photo by John Pepin)

MUNISING - Fifteen-year-old Marlie Birr of Manistique sat near the banks of the Indian River Saturday afternoon, watching quietly while her horse pulled hay from a small bale. Birr was taking a break at a vet check along the 50-mile course of the Pine Marten Run, an endurance and competitive horse event held for seven years now in the Hiawatha National Forest. "A day like this is really nice," Birr said, smiling as she looked up into the sunlight.

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UAE: 2004-2005 Season

UAE endurance season from Nov 17
By A Correspondent

28 September 2004


DUBAI ? After a highly successful 2003-2004 endurance season in the UAE, endurance riding will kick-start for the new season in November. The Dubai Endurance City Rides, to be held on November 17 and 18, will herald the new season. The days will feature CEI, three-star 2x80 km ride and also CEI, two-star 120 km ride.

The endurance season, which tentatively has a calendar of 15 rides, will be held in three different venues in the UAE including Emirates International Endurance Village, Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi, Dubai Endurance City, Seih Assalem, Dubai and Bu Deeb Endurance Village, Al Khatem, Abu Dhabi. Apart from these rides, the season also includes seven qualifiers.

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Aachen: 2005 Pre-Ride

French Rider Sunny Demedy wins in the Soers
World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006 - Newsletter 28.09.2004


The test was successful. 694 days before the beginning of the FEI World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006, the organisers of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV) practised the moment of truth on Saturday.

At 7 a.m., 55 endurance riders from 14 nations climbed the saddle to go on the 90 or 120 kilometres alternatively long and challenging course through three countries. About to 3 p.m., Sheikh Majid Ali Al Kayoum from the United Arabian Emirates dismounted the horse as first again - he decided the short distance for himself. The French Sunny Demedy won over the 120 kilometres - she had to keep up till 4 p.m.

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Intercontinental Newsletter - September 27

NEWS & MESSAGES

14/04





In this letter you?ll find

§ Individual Qualification Criteria for Championships/ CEI**** rides

§ World Equestrian Games GER-Aachen 2006

§ Extract from FEI Press News 20/04, 15 July 2004

§ FEI Press News, 13 August 2004

§ Extract from FEI Press News 24/04, 1 September 2004

§ Extract from FEI Press News 26/04, 21 September 2004

§ CEIOJ** FRA-Pau, 23rd October 2004

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Auchen: 2006 WEG Pre-Ride

Test-Event Endurance: 25.09.2004


Next Saturday, September 25th, the Test-Event Endurance will lead through three countries. The endurance-ride is the first test for the FEI World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006.



60 competitors will go on the 90 kilometre respectively 120 kilometre course through Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Most prominent competitor is the German Champion Melanie Arnold as well as the German Vice-Champion Bernhard Dornsiepen. Sunny Demedy, the bronze medal winner of the World Equestrian Games Jerez 2002, comes from France. Riders from 17 nations will start, among others also three Sheiks from the UAE.

Starting at 7 a.m., the course leads from the Soers to the crew point Vetschau, via Bosrust (Netherlands) and the border triangle it goes to Montzen (Belgium). Via Plombières and again the border triangle, the course leads then via the crew points Lütticher Street and Köpfchen again to the border triangle. Frank Kemperman General Manager of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV), particularly asks the pedestrians for understanding: " Riders and pedestrians will meet each other in the forest. But if the pedestrians show understanding for the riders, we will not have problems. But most importantly, I would like to ask all dog owners to use a leash in the forest." Via Bosrust, Furt Mamelis and Vetschau it goes back to the Soers. As of approx. 4 p.m., the fastest riders will be expected there. The border triangle is already the ultimate destination for the riders going the "short" distance. A detailed course map is at your disposal under www.aachen2006.de/sport/distanzreitenTest.html.

The most attractive point for the spectators is the so-called "Vet-Gate" at the border triangle. There, the first riders will be expected at 8.15 a.m. The course always leads back in loops to the border triangle. "I can only recommend all spectators to come here", says Kemperman. Here, all participating horses will be checked by veterinarians. Only if they attest the health of the horses, horse and rider will be authorized to go on to the next part of the course. At the border triangle, parking lots are at your disposal. Admission to the test-event is free of charge.

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