Canada: Declared Riders & Horses for 2010 WEG

March 19, 2010

The Endurance Canada International Committee is pleased to announce the Declared riders and horses for the World Equestrian Games 2010 to be held in Lexington KY September 2010.

The qualification period for final selection continues to July 15, 2010 after which the Squad and Alternate list will be announced.

A current ranking list will be released shortly, and will be based on competition results to March 12, 2010. Thereafter an updated ranking list will be posted monthly based on the results submitted to that time.

The Declared riders and horses in alphabetical order are:

Rider - Horse
Wendy Benns - Supreme Justice
Patricia Dowling - ZF Mocha
Robert Gielen - FC Galaxy
Lee Hutten - Apache Eclipse
Lee Hutten - Phantom
Kathy Irvine - Nightwinds Savanah
Gail Jewell - A Salisbury Rose
Gail Jewell - Diamond Reo
Gail Jewell - Jolly Holiday
Gail Jewell - Apache Eclipse
Gail Jewell - NL Temptation
Elroy Karius - Apache Eclipse
Elroy Karius - NL Temptation
Elroy Karius - A Salisbury Rose
Elroy Karius - Diamond Reo
Elroy Karius - Jolly Holiday
Carol Lewin - Queen's Legacy
Tara MacLeod - Driftwoods Bellanca
Tara MacLeod - Driftwoods Zorro
Tara MacLeod - Cairos Summer Romance
Leanna Marchant - Samsons Fire
Jan Marsh - Morning Line
Terre O'Brennan - Koszaar
Carol Steiner - Jumpin Jax
Ruth Sturley - RBF Super Sport
Yvette Vinton - Teese
Caroline Williams - Perpetual Bliss

More information at Endurancecanada.ca

American Endurance Ride Conference Names Hall of Fame, Pard'Ners Winners

Les Carr
photo by Steve Bradley


USEF Press Release: March 25 2010
Author: By Troy Smith

Dr. Les Carr accepts the equine Hall of Fame trophy for his endurance half-Arabian gelding, Tulip.
Amid the hoopla of its annual convention last month in Reno, NV, the American Endurance Ride Conference’s (AERC) Dave Rabe was inducted into the nonprofit organization’s Hall of Fame, along with Tulip, the ultra-long distance half-Arabian gelding owned by Dr. Les Carr.

Also winning one of endurance’s top prizes, the Pard’ners Award, was Robert Ribley and his endurance horse, Tari.

Hall of Fame Person: Dave Rabe
Dave Rabe, a retired postmaster from Carson City, NV, is currently third on the list of high-mileage riders in the organization’s 38-year history, with 46,512 miles through 2009. Those numbers include 862 ride finishes—200 of them in the top 10, with 55 completions of 100-mile, one-day rides.

“I guess I like to ride more than most of you,” said Rabe to the hundreds of endurance riders assembled at the national awards banquet, held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno.

Rabe is as well known for his typical riding outfit—a tank top and cut-off jean shorts—as he is for the miles and miles of trails which he marks before most rides. “Dave is the only person I know that will get to a ride early to mark trail for the ride managers, ride the ride, then go around helping people and filling water troughs in camp, then go out and mark more trail for the next day of the ride,” said Stephanie Palmer-DuRoss of Queen Creek, AZ, one of the many people who nominated Rabe for the Hall of Fame award.

An exemplary rider, Rabe is often trusted to ride other people’s horses. As the award presenter, Ride Manager Dave Nicholson, DVM, said, “He’ll ride anything.” Rabe answered back, “I like a horse to buck and run away once in a while.”

“Dave is one of the few people I will trust with one of my own horses,” said rider Karen Chaton of Gardnerville, NV. “I know that Dave will always have the horse’s best interest at heart. He can take horses that nobody else can even stay on and turn them into incredible athletes.”

He is also known for helping out riders along the trail, even risking his own placing to do so. “On the trail during a ride he slows to help any lost, beginning, wayward or worried riders and horses,” said Kevin Waters of Rimrock, AZ.

Hall of Fame Equine: Tulip
The invincible Tulip, Dr. Les Carr’s half-Arabian gelding, finished the 2009 endurance ride season with 21,155 miles. As the first endurance horse to surpass 20,000 miles, the 21-year old equine athlete’s Hall of Fame induction was well deserved.

Since Tulip’s first endurance ride in 1993, he has averaged more than 1,200 miles of sanctioned endurance rides every year, an incredible average considering the minimum length of these rides is 50 miles. More than 25 different riders have contributed to Tulip’s mileage, although Dr. Carr, of Somerset, CA, has taken over exclusively since 2001 (except one ride where Dr. Carr’s wife, Jill, rode Tulip).

“Tulip shows no sign of aging when I see him on the trail and looks like he will go on forever,” said John Parke, who nominated Tulip for the year-end award. “Tulip is amazingly tolerant of quirky people and ponies, and is a true character in his own right. We have ridden so much together that I always relax a little riding next to him out of some inner recognition that I am really out on the endurance trail where I belong.”

Pard’ners Award: Robert Ribley and Tari
A coveted AERC award, the Pard’ners award, named in honor of the late Mae Schlegel and her horse Pard, honors the horse-and-rider team that exemplifies friendship, enthusiasm and sportsmanship. While Tari is now deceased, he and Robert Ribley, a longtime endurance rider from Grass Valley, CA, had a long and storied career together that made them deserving of the award.

Tari, a ¾-Arabian, ¼-Standardbred gelding, started 116 rides with Robert between 1985 and 1994, and finished 116 times, an amazingly difficult feat. Of those, 25 rides were 100-mile, one-day rides.

Tari’s last ride was the 20 Mule Team 100, when Tari was 27 years old. “To get a 27-year-old horse through a tough 100-mile takes teamwork. That’s why Robert and Tari are Pard’ners,” said nominator Mike Tracy of Hollister, CA. “However competitive they were, they always had good sportsmanship. As a rookie myself, back in 1989, I was always asking Robert questions during a ride. Even though we were competing against one another, he never failed to give me good advice.

“Tari was much more than an endurance horse,” said Tracy. “Robert used him for bow and arrow hunting. On one such trip in the mountains they got lost. They kept going around in circles until about midnight. Robert decided to drop the reins, and Tari found their way back to camp.”

The AERC convention focused on a theme of “Preserve Our Trails” which emphasized the importance of trails to distance riding. Along with speakers who spoke on horse health and anatomy subjects were trails specialists Mary Hanson and Rick Potts, representing the National Park Service. “Preserve our trails was a great theme to help bring our trail issues to the forefront," said AERC member Connie Creech, of Carson City, NV. “The talks highlighted the importance of preserving our trails for endurance riding, which we all must appreciate and work with.”

Endurance riders are currently midway through the 2010 ride year, and look forward to the 2010 convention, which will be held next March, again at the Grand Sierra in Reno, NV.

To join AERC, or for more information about endurance riding, please contact the AERC office, located in Auburn, CA, at (866) 271-2372, email aerc@foothill.net, or visit www.aerc.org.

Portugal: Alentejo Nations Cup

www.endurance.net/international/Portugal/2010AlentejoNationsCup

Starting on the 15th of June 2010, the Alentejo Nations Cup in equestrian endurance is a Raid competition with a maximum distance of 160 km and a CEI*** category. Its Prize Money is a total of 75,000 Euros.

The Nations Cup Concept:
By having a high and demanding technical level the endurance Nations Cup guarantees a significant increase on the attractiveness to all participants if compared to other events in the same sport. This will contribute to the high prestige and media attention given to the event.

Mainly organized in Europe, every country is given the right to stage one cup per year. For this the event needs to follow the rules and demands staged by the Federation Equestre Internationale - FEI.

Under the Federation Equestre Internationale - FEI supervision, this trophy will be part of the Nations Cup circuit a prestigious competitiion that is the most important event in this kind of sport right after the World and European cups. However the Nations Cup has a difficulty level that doesn't stand behind these two major competitions.

For more information Contact:
portugalnationscup@yahoo.com

Guatemala: The Magdalena Endurance Challenge, 4th Edition

Guatemala-times.com - Full Article

Tuesday, 23 March 2010 12:22 Barbara Schieber

Guatemala will host the 4th Edition of the Magdalena Endurance Challenge on 24th of April 2010. Magdalena is a giant sugar mill in La Gomera, Escuintla. This event is the most challenging endurance event in Guatemala. According to Fernando Paiz, President of Jinetes de Aventura Endurance (Endurance Adventure Riders) and President of the Organizing Committee of this international competition, the race will be very exciting and very tough.

The race will demand a lot of technical expertise from the riders and horses because it will be held at night, to reduce the effect of the extreme heat of the coast area where Magdalena is located. The route of the competition will go through roads and paths of tropical forest, sugar plantation, rivers and irrigation channels.

The President of the Organizing Committee expressed his excitement and satisfaction that Sugar Mill Magdalena is opening their doors for the fourth year in a row to provide their adventurous terrain for one of the most important competitions of the year. Family Leal, the owners of the Sugar mill have been of tremendous help to support the logistics for such a complex event. The event is called: Magdalena Endurance Challenge, in their honour.This event will is a classifying event for the FEI World Endurance Championship held in Kentucky USA, this year.

Read more here:
http://www.guatemala-times.com/sport/guatemala/1472-guatemala-the-magdalena-endurance-challenge-4th-edition.html

Qatar: Al Shaqab Team Wins Double Gold at HH Emir Endurance Cup

(Doha, Qatar – March 21, 2010)

Al Shaqab Endurance Team, member of Qatar Foundation, swept the gold medals in the junior and senior races in this past weekend’s HH Emir Endurance Cup at Qatar Endurance Village in Mesaieed, Qatar.

Three members from Al Shaqab's Endurance Team, member of Qatar Foundation, racing in the HH Emir Endurance Cup, which was held Friday at the Qatar Endurance Village near Sealine. From right to left are team members: Nawab Ali, Atta Mohammed Beer and Mohammed Tahous Saif Al Nuaimi. Atta Mohammed Beer, pictured center, won the Gold medal in the Senior 120km race.

In the 120 km Senior race, Atta Mohammed Beer won the gold medal with a total time of 5:21:32 hours on board In Situ. Mohammed Tahous Saif Al Nuaimi came in only four seconds behind to receive the silver medal in the senior race, riding Hidalgo. Abdulrahman Saad A Al Sulaiteen came in fifth on Love and Love and Nawab Ali finished in sixth on Henham Cactus Jack. Sajid Khan, Mohammed Sanad Al-Nuaimi and Abdulla Mohammed Abdulla Al Amri rounded out the top ten with 8th-10th place respectively.

In the 100km Junior race, Saad Sinan Al Kaabi secured the gold medal for Al Shaqab on Aloha Zelus with a time of 4:00:53 hours. Fourth through eight place were all captured by Al Shaqab riders. Essa Mohammed Al-Sulaitin came in fourth on Idaho Champ, fifth went to Mohammed Ali Mohammed Al Marri on Idaho Roxette and Khalid Sanad finished sixth aboard Parlour Mountain JOF. The race for seventh and eight place was only a four second margin between Ali Mohammed Ali Al Hammadi and Salem Rashid Mohammed Al Marri.

H H, The Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani founded Al Shaqab in 1992 to preserve and further develop the Arabian horse in Qatar. The organization is led by H E Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and encompasses a Breeding and Show division, Riding Academy and Endurance Team. In 2004, Al Shaqab proudly became a member of Qatar Foundation. Al Shaqab’s mission is to promote the highest standards in the breeding and showing of Arabian horses and provide innovative, educational and competitive opportunities in all of the equestrian arts.

UAE: Al Beloushi rewrites world record

Image Credit: AHMED KUTTY/Gulf News

Gulfnews.com

M. Satya Narayan,Senior Reporter
March 21, 2010

Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Cup winner led from first stage of 160km event

Dubai: Yousuf Ahmad Al Beloushi extended his red-hot form to rewrite another world record while Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, finished a steady second in yesterday's Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Cup, 160-km FEI-Three star ride at the Dubai International Endurance City.

Al Beloushi, riding 11-year-old grey gelding Jayhal Shazal, led from the very first stage in the six-stage 160km ride to register another victory for the Al Reef Stables. Al Beloushi and Jayhal Shazal completed the ride in five hours 45 minutes and 44 seconds to break the world record held by a horse trained by the rider himself. The horse was ridden by his younger brother Sultan Ahmad Al Beloushi in the President's Cup earlier this year. Sultan on Charlandre El Sharif broke his own world record for a 160km ride by more than seven minutes when he had clocked 6 hours 21 minutes and 12 seconds.

Final loop

Yousuf, who averaged 27.77kmph for the 160km ride, unleashed a terrific speed of 35.53kmph on his horse in the final loop. "This is one of my greatest wins and I am very happy that the world record stays in the family," said Al Beloushi, who has been one of the most consistent riders on the UAE circuit. He also holds the record for 120kms.

Shaikh Hamdan used to ride as a preparation for the World Endurance Games to be held in Kentucky later this year when he kept himself in the leader group for most of the race, finishing the last two stages behind the winner.

Riding Hattam, Shaikh Hamdan completed the ride less than six minutes behind the winner with all three top finishers breaking the world record.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, also took part in yesterday's ride.

Two more rides were held by the Dubai Equestrian Club as the curtains came down on the endurance season here at this venue.

Harmke Margreta Westervest of The Netherlands won the Dubai Crown Prince Cup riding EDL Agbahr. She completed the 120-km distance in 4hrs 04mins and 17 seconds to finish ahead of Emirati pair Abdullah Thani Bin Huzaim and Mansour Ebrahim Al Salman. In the national ride over 100 kms, Abdullah Ahmad Al Shaikh finished on top riding M. Calfio.

Results

The Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Cup, 160km FEI-Three star ride:

1.Yousuf Ahmad Al Beloushi (Jayhal Shazal) 5 hrs 45 mins 44 secs;

2. Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Hattam) 5:51.32; 3. Thani Mohammad Al Muhairi (Maquarie Park Sedition) 5:53.24.

Dubai Crown Prince Cup, 120-km FEI Two Star ride:

1. Harmke Margreta Westervest-NED- (EDL Agbahr) 4:04.17; 2. Abdullah Thani Bin Huzaim (Skyros DE Peyrols) 4:07.39; 3. Mansour Ebrahim Al Salman (Redah) 4:09.03

Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Al Maktoum Challenge 101km CEN Ride:

1. Abdullah Ahmad Al Shaikh (M. Calfiao) 3:27.01; 2. Aliya Ali Al Marzouqi (The Rockets) 3:27.03; 3. Hamad Ebrahim Al Marzouqi (Churrasquito) 3:27.46

Spain: Modification in the Stages of Kaliber V Raid Tierras de al-Andalus

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Antes las dudas surgidas a las modificaciones que en el V Raid Kalber Tierras de Al-Andalus se han producido, tratare de aclararlo.

10/04/2010 SEVILLA--EL ROCIO: IGUAL, NO SE MODIFICA NADA
11/04/2010 EL ROCÍO--EL ROCIO: ETAPA MODIFICADA. ETAPA A REALIZAR INTEGRA EN EL ROCIO, DOS FASES CON SALIDA Y LLEGADA AL ROCÍO, 70 KM. SE INTERCALA ESTA ETAPA.
12/04/2010 EL ROCÍO--SANLUCAR DE BARRAMEDA: SE ATRASA UN DÍA PERO ES LA MISMA ETAPA DE 70 KM.
13/04/2010 ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA -RONDA: IGUAL, NO SE MODIFICA NADA
14/04/2010 RONDA--ANTEQUERA: IGUAL, NO SE MODIFICA NADA
15/04/2010 LOJA--GRANADA : IGUAL, NO SE MODIFICA NADA
16/04/2010 DESCANSO
17/04/2010 GRANADA--GUADIX: IGUAL, NO SE MODIFICA NADA
18/04/2110 POZOALCON--CAZORLA: IGUAL, NO SE MODIFICA NADA


10/04/2010 SEVILLE - THE DEW: SAME, NO CHANGE
11/04/2010 THE DEW - THE DEW: STAGE AMENDED. INTEGRA STAGE TO PERFORM IN THE DEW, TWO PHASES WITH THE DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL DEW, 70 KM.
12/04/2010 THE DEW - Sanlucar de Barrameda: BE BACK ONE DAY BUT IT IS THE SAME STAGE OF 70 KM.
13/04/2010 ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA-ROUND: THE SAME, NO CHANGE
14/04/2010 RONDA - ANTEQUERA: SAME, NO CHANGE
15/04/2010 Loja - Granada: SAME, NO CHANGE
16/04/2010 REST DAY
17/04/2010 GRANADA - GUADIX: SAME, NO CHANGE
18/04/2110 POZOALCON - Cazorla: SAME, NO CHANGE