UAE’s Saif Ahmed Al Mazroui wins the Royal Windsor Endurance race

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Mike Starling | May 14, 2016

UAE rider Saif Ahmed Al Mazroui claimed top spot in the Royal Windsor Endurance ride on Friday when his 12 year-old gelding, Ramaah was the runaway winner of the CEI2* event over 120km of Windsor Great Park in England.

Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum was third on 2012 World Chamoion horse, Intisaar.

Both horses were prepared by dual code-trainer, Mohammed Ismael, with Ramaah coming back into full health having been unable to race during the UAE winter season following a set back.

The ride, which is part of the five-day Royal Windsor Horse Show in England, was held at Windsor Great Park and proved a truly Royal affair with members of the ruling families of Dubai, Great Britain and Bahrain in attendance...

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Kyrgyzstan takes part in endurance riding in Turkmenistan, timed to 5th Asian Games

06/05/16 12:31, Bishkek – 24.kg news agency, by Kanykei MANASOVA

The delegation from Kyrgyzstan took part in the endurance riding in Turkmenistan, timed to the 5th Asian Games. The Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.

According to it, the riding started in the historical and cultural natural reserve "Nisa" on May 5. Representatives of the Kyrgyz Republic and other countries got acquainted with the construction of the Olympic Village for the upcoming games.

The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games will start in Ashgabat on September 17, 2017.

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UAE: Mohammed forms Equestrian Club board

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Princess Haya will chair the board

By Staff
Published Monday, May 02, 2016

In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE, has issued Decision No. 3 of 2016 pertaining to the formation of the Board of the Dubai Equestrian Club.

According to the Decision, Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will chair the Board of the Dubai Equestrian Club...

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Mass Resignations from 2018 WEG Bromont

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April 30 2016

Horse Sport has confirmed that five members of the board of the 2018 Bromont WEG (COJEM) have resigned en-masse including: Luc Fournier, CEO; François Duffar, chair of the board, Julie Payette, Rene Perreault, and Linda Heathcott.

A press release issued by COJEM stated:
“Faced with a number of issues since the beginning of their respective mandates, the two leaders came to the conclusion that, without major changes and the reiteration of their strong support from all partners and stakeholders, they will not be able to deliver and to stage the Games as planned in two years. They therefore resigned from their positions, both for professional reasons and in the hope of delivering a necessary wake up call. The resignation of the Board’s Chairman is effective immediately; as for the CEO’s, it will become effective in three months-time. The organization also accepted the resignation of two other Board members, Ms Julie Payette and Mr. René Perreault.”

In a frank interview with the regional newspaper La Voix de L’Est, Fournier was quoted as saying that he realized this week that the organizing committee would not be able to deliver a quality product and that it would take somebody better equipped than him to make it work...

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Bromont 2018: A (sort of) Progress Report

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Written by: Karen Robinson

With a little over two years to go until the World Equestrian Games in Bromont, QC, the wheels are finally starting to turn.

In just over two years, the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) are scheduled to take place at the Parc Équestre Olympique in Bromont, QC. One would naturally expect the venue in Bromont to be a beehive of construction activity, and the internet to be peppered with promotional communications about the largest equestrian sporting event ever on Canadian soil.

But very little has progressed with Bromont 2018 since the bid was won, other than a turnover in CEOs last summer when Paul Côté departed less than a year after he was hired. He was replaced in September 2015 by Luc Fournier, who was persuaded to leave his post as Quebec’s Deputy Minister for Sports and Recreation. Fournier brings a strong, relevant background to the job of running the 2018 WEG project, having been at the helm of several major annual sporting events in Quebec. The 2018 WEG will almost certainly be the biggest challenge of his event management career, not least because he inherited a project that had been both stagnant and badly deficient in funding...

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Ana Grande Wins 2016 Young Rider Spanish Championship

May 1 2016

With a sprint of 6 horses to the finish line, Ana Grande Avila, riding Jaleo RD 50%, won the 120-km Young Rider Spanish Championship near Badajoz, Spain, on May 1. Paula Mental Sanches was second on Akthara, and Naroa Calvo Ibañez was third aboard Tra Felic. Finishing time was 5:35.13. Seventeen finished out of the 38 starters finished the race.

The Young Rider Championship came the day after Alex Luque won the senior Spanish Championship.

For more information on the Spanish Championships, see:
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Hungary: Okorn shines on Ebla

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May 1 2016

Slovenia's Helena Okorn was in a class of her own as she stormed to victory in the Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival-supported FEI Central European Endurance Cup 2016 international 120-km endurance ride held in Babolna, Hungary, on Saturday.

Riding HS Ebla, a horse she has owned for 9 years, Okorn made it a winning debut in this historic Arabian horse breeding town while Polish rider Wojciech Heliasz on Sinda finished second and French rider Marion Wasilewski took third place on Quernika Du Cade.

Earlier in the morning, competitors took off in five different competitions, all international FEI rides with riders from France, Poland, Austria, Czech Rep, Romania, Croatia, China, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Serbia and the host country Hungary in action.

All five rides were held as part of the festival under directions of Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.

Okorn and HS Elba almost made it a start-to-finish affair as they led in three of the four stages though before the final stage of 20-kms, just a minute separated the winner and the second-placed Polish rider...

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