Spain wins Individual and Team Gold in European JYR Championship

July 12 2014

Spain's Gil Berenguer Carrera won the FEI European Junior Young Rider Championship in Verona, Italy today. Riding the 12-year-old mare Nina Bin Menfis, the duo completed the 120 km championship trail in 5:49.40, averaging 21.277 km/h. The silver medal went to France's Nina Lisssarrague aboard Ainhoa Catharissime in 5:52.09. Bronze went to Spain's Paula Muntala Sancez riding Shagya Irisz in 5:53.40.

Spain took home the Team Gold medal with a total team time of 18:06.12. Belgium took the Team Silver in 18:09.02, and the home team Italy took the Bronze medal in 18:26.57. Russia was the only other country to finish a team. Their time was 24:25.39.

28 of 57 riders completed the ride.

For complete results see:
http://www.endurance-timing.net/event_news.php?id=198

Italian race for young rider

Salisburyjournal.co.uk - Full Article

11 July 2014
By Joel Holt

EAST Grimstead’s Alice Loten will be waving the Great Britain flag when she competes at a horse riding event in Italy.

The 21-year-old, and her horse Warrens Hill Kizmet, have already set off for Verona to take part in the European FEI Endurance Championships for Young Riders on Saturday.

The 124k race consists of competitors doing five loops of various lengths through Parco di Pontoncello in temperatures of about 31 degrees.

After a loop is completed, each horse is subjected to a thorough veterinary inspection to ensure that it’s fit to continue in the race...

Read more here:
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/sport/11329628.Italian_race_for_young_rider/

Endurance racing community descends on Verona, Italy

Gulfnews.com - Full Article

Mansour Global Arabian Racing Festival supports two-day event in Italy this weekend

Staff Report
Published: July 11, 2014

Dubai: Nearly 60 riders and horses representing 16 countries will be in action in the Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported Italia Endurance Festival, which takes place in Verona, Italy, this weekend.

Saturday’s highlights include the European Championships for Juniors and Young Riders and the HH Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup.

Apart from the riders competing for individual honours, many countries will also be taking part in the team championship. Riders will represent Belgium, Slovakia, Denmark, Spain, Britain, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Switzerland...

Read more here:
http://gulfnews.com/sport/horse-racing/endurance-racing-community-descends-on-verona-1.1358560

South Africa: Saddle up in the Swartberg

Iol.co.za - Full Article

July 10 2014 at 06:00pm
By Myrtle Ryan

Cape Town - South Africa’s famous horse endurance event, an eye-watering, bum-numbing ride of over 210km, takes place annually in Fauresmith in the southern Free State.

Not for me, thanks. I would probably fall off long before the nether regions became even remotely uncomfortable. Still, riders often travel considerable distances to participate in qualifying events for this bone-cruncher, which challenges both horse and rider.

One such qualifier is the De Zeekoe Meerkat Challenge, organised by Saddlebag Horse Events on behalf of the Winelands Endurance Club.

For those who might be champing at the bit to get the De Meerkat Challenge under their saddle blanket, SM Travel sussed out the terrain...

Read more here:
http://www.iol.co.za/travel/south-africa/western-cape/saddle-up-in-the-swartberg-1.1717733#.U8BHc41dWnk

India: Giddy up, how about some endurance riding?

Mydigitalfc.com - Full Article

By Yana Bey
Jul 10 2014

Endurance horse riding, though a developing and little-known discipline in India, has a national champ-ionship in our country. A charming adventure sport, it is yet to get its fair share of public, media and sponsor attention. Hopefully, that will change with the holding of an event — Kross Terrain Endurance Ride 2014 — on the outskirts of Jodhpur in the second week of October this year. Those who are riders, or interested in equestrian sport, should begin preparing to attend this event.

Though it is competitive, endurance riding is a world away from conventional horse racing — and truly rewarding for those with an attachment to animals. It is far removed from the first-past-the-post-at-any-cost aggression of traditional races. Over the course of the long ride (there are events of 120, 100, 80, 60 and 40 km), there are periodic veterinarian checks at ‘vet gates’ to ensure that the animal is in good enough condition to carry on. For instance, a pulse rate over 64, dehydration level over 3, a gait that is not smooth, gut sound that is not normal and any bruise, swelling or wound on the legs, girth, back, withers or anywhere else can see a horse eliminated from the competition...

Read more here:
http://www.mydigitalfc.com/leisure-writing/giddy-how-about-some-endurance-riding-035

France Haras sires up for lease not sale

Bloodstock.racingpost.com - Full Article

BY ALASTAIR BOND 11:29AM 7 JUL 2014

NETWORK, the sire of Champion Chase hero Sprinter Sacre, will be available for lease – not for sale – following a change of heart by the French government.

It was announced in June that Network and his fellow French National Stud stallions were to be offered at the Arqana December Breeding-Stock Sale as part of a complete dispersal of the France Haras stock, but after negotiations between breeders’ representatives and minister for agriculture Stephane Le Foll, the state has decided to remain owner of the stallions but offer them for lease...

Read more here:
http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/bloodstock/france-haras-sires-up-for-lease-not-sale/1685440/top/

Italy: No investigation into endurance horse death

Horseandhound.co.uk - Full Article

The Italian Horse Protection Association (IHPA) is “upset” that there will be no further investigation into death of a Maktoum-owned endurance horse after a ride last August.

The Italian Equestrian Federation (FISE) — which IHPA first approached 9 months ago — has finally advised no federation rules were broken.

Sonny Richich of the IHPA asked both FISE and the state authorities to intervene after Django De Vere died in a clinic in Sardinia...

Read more at http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/no-investigation-into-endurance-death/#m9bJYO5v89xDV7L3.99