Australia: Enduro riders to saddle up

Batemansbaypost.com.au - Full Article

April 4 2014

NELLIGEN will be the site of an endurance ride in July, taking in scenic Clyde River bushland.

The South Coast Zone ride will be held on July 5 and 6, with 80km, 40km and 20km options.

Organiser Jenny Shepheard said two previously successful rides in the area had presented access problems, so the ride base would be located 40 metres off the Kings Highway.

“It is very easy to get to,” Ms Shepheard said.

“The ride base is on the outskirts of Nelligen, off the River Rd (Shallow Crossing Rd).

“There is a flat paddock we have kindly been given permission to use.”

Ms Shepheard said the legs of the ride would follow some trails familiar to Eurobodalla riders...

http://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/story/2196005/enduro-riders-to-saddle-up/?cs=12

Is global unity still possible in the world of endurance?

Horsetalk.co.nz - Full Article

By Neil Clarkson on Apr 03, 2014 in Comment, Featured, News

The endurance juggernaut grinds on, with only optimists still believing a solution is within reach at this month’s FEI Sports Forum in Switzerland.

The much-publicised issues centre on several Middle Eastern nations within the FEI’s Group VII.

The wider endurance community has grown increasingly vocal over the number of doping infractions, excessive fracture rates, wider horse welfare issues, and what many consider to be some Middle Eastern competitors’ cavalier attitude to the rules...

Read more here:
http://horsetalk.co.nz/2014/04/03/global-unity-endurance/#ixzz2xpvVkcRo

More rule breaking in Middle East endurance

Horseandhound.co.uk - Full Article

3 April 2014

Riders from stables owned by members of the ruling Maktoum family of Dubai received 3 of the 4 yellow warning cards handed out in Dubai (21-22 March). This comes as the FEI clamps down on rule-breaking in Middle East endurance.

2 broke multiple rules and administered unauthorised fluids and were also disqualified. 2 others showed “incorrect behaviour” towards officials...

Read more at http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/maktoum-family-riders-receive-3-yellow-cards-endurance/#iyrbyXwQQOfUKPHV.99

Proposed rule changes spelled out for endurance

Horsetalk.co.nz - Full Article

By Horsetalk.co.nz on Apr 02, 2014 in News

Proposed changes to the rules of endurance spell out more clearly the responsibilities of riders and trainers, and explains potential conflicts of interest for event officials.

The proposals will be put to FEI member nations at the endurance roundtable talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, late in April on the second day of the world governing body’s Sports Forum.

The proposed rule changes are the result of a months-long consultation process, sparked by growing concern among some FEI nations centred on welfare issues in endurance in the Middle East...

Read more here:
http://horsetalk.co.nz/2014/04/02/proposed-rule-changes-endurance/#axzz2xjmojZmD

Australia: 90-year-old Sensational Senior Endurance Rider

April 1 2014

"I know if a horse likes me or not - it's just a feeling," says 90-year-old Ken Hobday, Australian endurance rider featured on "Today Tonight's Sensational Senior."

Ken's love for horses and his love for endurance riding shine in this short but heart-warming documentary piece about this member of West Australian Endurance Riders Association.

[video here]


or link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLYltZqK8EM&feature=youtu.be

France: Géraldine Brault riding Pomoska du Barthas wins 160km Endurance at Fontainbleau

Horsereporter.com - Full Article

Pamela Burton

28 March, 2014, France ~ French rider, Géraldine Brault, 29, riding her own Pomoska du Barthas won the 160km course, the first CEI 3* of the year in France. Brault led the course from the first to the sixth loop and finished 3:49 minutes ahead of Germany’s Sabrina Arnold on Wamid. In spite of a fall after arriving at the finish line, Dominique Payen (FR) made it onto the podium in third place after finishing the ride on her horse, Naelle du Fonpeyrol...

Read more here:
http://www.horsereporter.com/2014/04/01/geraldine-brault-riding-pomoska-du-barthas-wins-160km-endurance-at-fontainbleau/

Great Britain: Timeform lambast BHA over handling of Godolphin steroids scandal

Theguardian.com - Full Article

British Horseracing Authority urged to widen drug testing and seek greater control over vets

Tony Paley - theguardian.com
Tuesday 1 April 2014

British racing's rulers have come in for stinging criticism from the respected Timeform organisation over their handling of the Godolphin steroids scandal last year.

The comments are made in the latest edition of Timeform's Racehorses annual covering the 2013 Flat racing season and will make for uncomfortable reading for the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).

Timeform argue that the damage caused by the Mahmood al-Zarooni case will take "years to repair" and call on the BHA to widen the scope of its drug testing and seek greater control over vets involved with racing stables. "Any sport that fails to police its doping problems with the utmost rigour pays a heavy price," they conclude...

Read more here:
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/01/timeform-godolphin-steroids-scandal