Great Britain: SUCCESS at Haywood Oaks

Endurancegb.co.uk

08 April 2015)

Tricia Hirst won the FEI 3* 160km endurance race at Haywood Oaks, Nottinghamshire last weekend. Tricia was riding her 12 yr old part bred Arab mare Vlacq Bronze Image.

The race started at 6am in the dark and Tricia crossed the finish line after a gruelling long day at 8.30pm beating the second placed combination Katie Bedwin by 15 minutes. Katie, taking time off from her studying, was riding her own Elayla. Both horses and Katie were contesting their first 160km. Both horses completed at Championship qualifying speed.

Imy joined Tricia Hirst's endurance team after her vet daughter Georgina found her on a dealers yard in Leciestershire and recognised that she was a full sister to Tricia's International horse Vlacq Diamond Sparkle. Imy was still unbroken as a 9yr old so Georgina bought her for £450!

Tricia had success with Imy last year coming 2nd in the two day 160km race at the Red Dragon ride, Builth Wells. However, after that Imy underwent major surgery at the end of October as she had a very large cyst growing in her sinus. She recovered exceptionally well and restarted her training in December in preparation for the race at the weekend.

Since the ride she has been enjoying the sunshine, what a star!

Chief of Business Development & Strategy announces departure from FEI

FEI.org

8 Apr 2015

Lisa Lazarus, FEI Chief of Business Development & Strategy, has announced that she will be leaving the organisation at the end of May 2015. Lazarus is moving to Singapore with her family.

Lazarus was FEI General Counsel from May 2009 to August 2013, before taking up her current post overseeing the FEI’s commercial activities, including broadcast media distribution and sales, partnerships, branding, licensing and merchandising.

“While I am of course very sad to say goodbye to my talented colleagues at the FEI, and to the FEI Family as a whole, I am proud of the recent accomplishments that have been made in growing the value of the FEI’s media rights and partnerships”, Lazarus said. “Equestrian sport offers so much to its partners with the unique bond between two athletes, human and horse, a demographically compelling fan base, and men and women competing as equals.”

Prior to joining the FEI, Lazarus was Senior Director of Partner Development for NFL International in London.

“Lisa Lazarus has made a huge contribution to the FEI over her six years with us. She has shared a wealth of expertise and knowledge, and built partnerships that have greatly enhanced the income streams of the FEI and helped to fund the ongoing development of the sport,” explained Sabrina Zeender, FEI Secretary General.

“We are now looking to build on this success, as equestrian sport experiences huge global growth and moves to the next level commercially.”

The FEI has exclusively appointed the global executive search firm Korn Ferry to recruit Lazarus’ replacement.

Tersk Stud Spring 2015 - A conversation with Sergey Ivanov, Tersk Stud Director

Horsereporter.com - Full Article

by Pamela Burton

6 April 2015, ~ Horsereporter recently caught up with Tersk Stud Director Sergey Ivanov in Qatar. He was happy to tell us of some of the exciting advances of breeding at Tersk and that the Stud is looking forward to the spring and summer Shows and Open House where these special horses are presented to the world.

There are 86 babies expected from 90 broodmares for the 2015 Tersk foal crop. As of February there were 46 babies already on the ground.

Tersk Stud is located in the Caucasus Mountains in southern European Russia. Babies come early in Russia and are generally born from 1 January to 1 April. As Russian winters can be quite cold, the mares all have stalls but are turned out each day to roam the steppes. In good weather from May until October the horses enjoy the tall grasses and wander naturally to drink the clear waters.

Tersk Stud is now standing 16 stallions, and horses are both live-bred and inseminated, depending on the need and stallion chosen.

Breeding from deep frozen semen

Of premier importance is the blood of the Tersk Stallions, Mashuk, Aswan, *Muscat, and *Moment, all now deceased. With methods recently developed, the use of deep frozen semen of these top horses is able to be used and breedings are carefully chosen...

Read more here:
http://www.horsereporter.com/2015/04/06/tersk-stud-a-revival-in-excellent-bloodlines-through-deep-frozen-semen/

Remembering Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka

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by Pamela Burton

April 2015, Poland ~ Leading Arabian horse breeding authority and world ambassador of the Arabian horse, Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka, passed away after a long illness on 28 March 2015. Known as the First Lady of Polish Arabian horse breeding, she had a great influence on every aspect of the breed. A gentle, caring person, she had a great following in the community of the Arabian horse.

Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka was breeding inspector at the Polish Horse Breeding Department of the State Stud Farm Managing Office, supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture. Very soon she was also asked to be in charge of the Arabian State Studs...

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http://www.horsereporter.com/2015/04/02/remembering-izabella-pawelec-zawadzka/

Australia: Marathon effort at Far-A-Way Easter Endurance Festival

Gympietimes.com.au - Full Article

7th Apr 2015 5:00 AM

DESPITE wet weather threatening a wash out, the Far-A-Way Easter Endurance Carnival went ahead, ending with the marathon yesterday at Imbil Showgrounds.

After heavy rain on Thursday evening, Friday's 80km, 40km and Mini Marathon were cancelled.

Organiser Ken Moir said they were looking at a washout but the sun came out on Saturday to bring home remaining competitors.

The weather did dampen the event though, as of an expected 390 riders, only 150 competed...

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http://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/a-marathon-effort/2598382/

Great Britain: Walsall horse rider wins top title on one-eyed stallion

Walsalladvertiser.co.uk - Full Article

By Walsall Advertiser | Posted: April 05, 2015
By Lee Kettle

A HORSE rider from Walsall is jumping for joy after winning a top accolade with her one-eyed stallion who was originally destined for the slaughterhouse.

Julie Griffiths won the Sport Endurance National Championship on Cannon, a 16-year-old standardbred trotter.

The championship – which tests the fitness of horses and their riders – was awarded after the horse rider bettered around 60 other competitors.

Julie and Cannon both went through a series of competitive and pleasure rides over a period of 12 months, which were scored on points.

"It's been a long road but we've finally done it," said Julie, aged 47.

"We've been doing this for 10 years and it's something that has really got under my skin...

Read more: http://www.walsalladvertiser.co.uk/eyed-horse-wins-accolade-retirement/story-26270130-detail/story.html#ixzz3WXkujYqH

Valiant Boy Sbfar wins Darley Horse of the Year Award

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UAE Endurance Team honored with the Best Spirit Award; endurance rider Marijke Visser from Netherlands earns Best Endurance Rider Award

April 5 2015

Los Angeles, California: Top French-bred Arabian horse Valiant Boy Sbfar was named the 2014 Horse of The Year at the 28th annual Darley USA Awards sponsored by the HH Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival late on Friday.

Raced by Shaikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the seven-year-old son of Darweesh was unbeaten in four US starts before finishing a close second in the $1m (Dh3.67) Dubai Kahayla Classic (G1) at Meydan on Dubai World Cup night on March 28.

Valiant Boy Sbfar also topped the Best Older Horse category, with Ms Dixie claiming the Best Older Mare trophy for Quarter Moon Ranch at a gala ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.

RB So Rich claimed the three-year-old colts and geldings award for owner Garrett Ford, with Love To Dance winning the fillies’ equivalent for owner Mark K. Powell...

Read more here:
http://gulfnews.com/sport/horse-racing/valiant-boy-sbfar-wins-darley-horse-of-the-year-award-1.1485508