Uruguayans Pairs Selected for World Raid in Normandy (FRA)

El Raid Blog

June 5 2014

My Uruguayan friend Oscar Ricca and I provide the list of Uruguayans pairs selected for the next World Raid 2014, to be held in August in Normandy (FRA). Among these selected riders is Oriana Ricca, who with encouragement, love and suffering has achieved in the last classification of Castelsafrat CEI *** (FRA) on the back of the Spanish mare Jon Fernandez "Talita Kumi 50%," with which she will participate in the World.

Oriana Ricca with "Talita Kumi 50%."

Jorge Martinez with " Nagfour ".

Veronica with Koncke "Pharaoh of the Soul ".

Isha Judd "JQ Zarial ".

Federico Garcia with " EO Rabbis ".

Good luck to our Uruguayans in the coming World Raid 2014 friends.

Greetings from Gabriel.

The FISE announces the names of the Italian competitors chosen for the European Championship selections

Italiaendurancefestival.com
29/05/2014 - evento sportivo

Excitement and adrenaline are growing by the day In Italy, host of the next 2014 European Championship Juniors and Young Riders.

The event takes place for the first time in our country and the blue team do not want to make a bad impression during this outstanding international appointment in which we definitely play the leading role as the host nation.

The Endurance Department of the Italian Federation of Equestrian Sports (FISE) has already prepared a list of pairs which will participate in the selections for the European Championships.

The selectors have chosen:

- Laliscia Costanza with Cold Ayre, Medusa del Ma and Pallas

- Leone Simonetta with Dolby Surround

- Marcucci Michela with Cherra

- Mariotti Elena with Palkaline d’A., Shaolin Roc’ H. and Zagara della Bosana

- Mandelli Federica with Ninfa di Chia

- Roghi Marina with Lellera

- Serioli Daniele with Pika de Cardonne

- Tavassoli Asli Carolina with Cold Ayre, Pallas and Soraya du Barthas

- Zappettini Luca with Sassifraga della Bosana and Vitex della Bosana

The competitors who have been chosen received the program of withdrawal from FISE and will have to confirm their participation in the selections by 9 June by sending an e-mail to the Federation at endurance@fise.it

41 Riders Entered for Mongol Derby

Theadventurists.com

41 riders from 15 countries have entered August's Mongol Derby, known as "The Longest Horse Race on the Planet" and "the longest, toughest horse race in the world," across the wild and remote steppes of Mongolia.

Riders race 40 km at a time over 1000 km from urtuu to urtuu where they change horses, imitating Genghis Khan's postal system. The Monogolian horses are "semi-wild", and riders negotiate their routes by map and GPS.

Last year's Mongol Derby provided terrific drama:
http://www.endurance.net/international/Mongolia/2013MongolDerby/

Great Britain: Ro Al Lisain triumphs in Endurance Festival Cup

Khaleejtimes.com - Full Article

Hisham Al Gizouli / 3 June 2014

Al Marri rides to victory as five-day extravaganza concludes

UAE riders continued their splendid performance with Ghanim Al Marri easing his horse Ro Al Lisain to a convincing win in the 100-km Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Endurance Festival Cup on the final day of the Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival’s five day extravaganza came at the King’s Forest in Tetford, UK on Sunday.

While Al Marri topped the pack of riders competing in the Purebred Arabian endurance horses’ category, the Spanish duo of Alejandro Dachs Izquierdo and Nuria Serrabassa Fabre made it a 1-2 in the category for Purebred Arabian horses that have earlier in their careers races in flat races.

Alejandro on Zen Al Maury and Nuria on Tidjari, two flat-race horses now in endurance, did very well to win the 100-km One Star which was run in four stages of 32kms, 32kms, 20kms and 16kms.

“All three of us in fact did an extra 12kms as we got lost in the forest,” said the 26 year old Alejandro. The winner of the 120-km Catalunya Championship in Barcelona last year, Alejandro is keen to fight and get a place in the strong Spanish national team...

Read more here:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/sport/inside_sport.asp?xfile=/data/horseracing/2014/June/horseracing_June1.xml§ion=horseracing

Thin Horse Uproar Adds Fuel To Endurance Welfare Fires

Chronofhorse.com - Full Article

June 2 2014

By: Pippa Cuckson

Shakla's Sudden Impact was allowed to start the Compiegne, France, 160-kilometer CEI despite his thin body condition. He was vetted out at the second gate for lameness.

The Fédération Equestre Internationale’s campaign to clean up endurance has suffered a setback due to an escalating outcry over a “skeletal” horse at the 160-kilometer CEI in Compiegne, France, on May 23.

The FEI has defended officiating veterinarians for allowing Shakla’s Sudden Impact, an entry from Bahrain, through the first horse inspection, but other experts have described the 12-year-old Arabian’s condition as “disturbing” and “disgusting” as debate still rages on social media 11 days after the event...

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