New Zealand: ESNZ addresses “complicated circumstances” around Endurance

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May 7, 2017
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The governing body of horse sport in New Zealand appears confident that Endurance in the country will not be at a standstill for the next few months, following ructions at board level.

Resignations have left the New Zealand Endurance Board unable to muster a quorum. There are no plans to hold by-elections before the next endurance board is elected at the discipline’s annual general meeting in July.

Equestrian Sports New Zealand (ESNZ) released a statement on Friday in which it addressed the “complicated circumstances” around the discipline.

It said the ESNZ Board had sought expert advice to guide the management of the sport in the next few months, given that the discipline no longer had what it called a functional board.

The ESNZ Board had agreed to revoke the delegation of the Endurance Board until a new panel was elected. This, it said, was fully supported by the remaining members of the Endurance Board.

“ESNZ does not intend to take over the running of Endurance,” it said. “It has been agreed with the Endurance Board that it would continue with the day-to-day running of the sport in conjunction with ESNZ when formal decisions were required to be made.”

The move is the latest development following several months of controversy within the upper levels of the discipline in New Zealand, and a series of events at board level that appeared to have their roots in a “swell of unrest” within the discipline...

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New Zealand: Endurance Camp for Juniors

02 MAY 2017

ESNZ Endurance Junior Camp, 2017

3-4th June, National Equestrian Centre, Taupo

This camp is open to all junior/youth riders who have completed at least 1x40km ride. They will participate in a range of workshops focusing on:

Riding Skills
Strapping
Vetting procedures
Pre and post ride care
Rider fitness/nutrition
Competition strategies
Team building
Goal setting
There will be dinner, fun and games on Friday night for those wishing to camp over.

Lessons will start at 9.00am on Saturday.

If you are interested please contact Chris Enstrom (enstromendurance@gmail.com) or EmmaTylee (missemmaleeanne@gmail.com) with the following information by May 12th.

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Raid de Tordera crowns Paula Muntalà as new Spanish Champion

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by Admin
Tordera, Barcelona, Spain. 1 May 2017

This past weekend, the eighth edition of Raid de Tordera Meydan SportHG was held in the town of Tordera, near Barcelona, Spain. This edition saw the presence of the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, whose name was used to name the races of the weekend.

In addition, the main race of the Raid, the CEI3* 160km, served as the 2017 Spanish Championship. In total, more than 130 participants came from 14 different countries.

Thus, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Endurance Cup Festival gathered in Tordera the best riders in Spain and a good amount of foreign riders. Among the favourites, there was the UAE’s M7 Team, owned by Sheikh Mohammed as well as the Catalans from Juma’s Team, led by the world champions Jaume Puntí and Maria Alvarez. The members of Juma’s Team are very used to win in other editions of the Raid de Tordera.

On Friday, Tordera held the shorter races: CEI*83km and CEI**120km, and also the CEIYJ2*120km race...

Read more here:
http://endurance-world.com/raid-de-tordera-crowns-paula-muntala/

Strategies to modernise and promote endurance to be discussed at international forum

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May 5, 2017 Horsetalk.co.nz

Strategies on how to modernise and promote endurance will be discussed this month at an FEI forum dedicated to the discipline.

“There has been a lot of concern on the state of endurance recently,” FEI secretary general Sabrina Ibáñez says. “In order to instil and drive change, we need to work together and be united in our goals for the sport and the future of the sport...”

Read more at http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2017/05/05/strategies-modernise-endurance-forum/#GzYCOi7mCmd7gtKD.99

GB: Rider who jumped 1m course after 20 lessons takes on international event

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Sarah Radford 07:06 - 5 May, 2017

A non-rider who learned to jump a 1m course in just 20 lessons has set himself a new challenge for 2017 — to compete in the 40km endurance class at Royal Windsor.

Novice horseman Peter Wilkes, who is managing director of equestrian manufacturer Vale Brothers, took up the reins last year after being inspired by a talk on participation at the British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA) conference.

After the talk, he approached riding instructor Kay Scott-Jarvis to ask how long it would take to learn to jump a 70cm track.

“I asked her how long it would take at one lesson a week and she wouldn’t give me an answer,” said Peter, who was 53 at the time. “She said the worst case scenario would be 18 months. I said ‘I’ll give you ten weeks.’”

After successfully negotiating the first challenge, Peter was keen to up the stakes and after a further ten sessions tackled a 1m course.

“I fell off at the fifth fence so in some respects I don’t feel I completed it, as I need to do a clear round,” he said. “I made the statement beforehand ‘how hard can it be?’ I meant how hard can the ground be when I hit it!”

Not perturbed by his tumble, Peter summoned a new ambition for this year, and decided to confront the international endurance at the Royal Windsor Horse Show (May 12)...

Read more here:
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/rider-jumped-1m-course-20-lessons-takes-international-event-619617

Punta del Este in Uruguay. Pan-Am Championship try-out

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May 4 2017
Race report made with the assistance of Lucia Olascoaga

Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay. 28, 29 and 30 April 2017.

The schedule of international races in Uruguay has eleven dates and last weekend was the fourth one with very pleasant weather conditions and unusual high temperatures entering the fall.

The activity began on Friday with the vet checks, the official inauguration of the new venue of Uruguay and a horses auction.

Riders from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Netherlands, Slovakia, Italy and Uruguay were competing.

Endurance World Punta del Este. Rider leaving for the next loop.On Saturday, 160km CEI3* and 80km CEI * in Senior and Young Riders categories were ran. Winner of the 160km Senior was Pilar Saravia (15) ; “It was a nice race, the first time I ran Che Niebla over that distance. We all had a lot of confidence in the horse. She always knows what she has to do and what is coming which helped me a lot to get a little off my nerves. It was a quiet race, until the penultimate stage we ran together with Alvaro Garcia, both horses were comfortable and between us we helped each other. Nevertheless, the last loop I left alone and tried to raise a little the average speed...”

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http://endurance-world.com/punta-del-este-uruguay/

Dubai ruler attends Spain's endurance horse race

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By Staff writer
Sunday, 30 April 2017

UAE riders prepare for Italy’s FEI World Endurance Championship

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Saturday attended the VIII Raid De Tordera CEI3* 160 endurance challenge in Spain.

He followed the performance of the UAE riders at Spain’s most important endurance event, where they joined an elite group of European riders to prepare for the FEI World Endurance Championship for Young Riders and Juniors 2017, which will be held in Verona, Italy, in late September, according to state news agency WAM.

Four races were held during the two-day Tordera competition with Paula Muntala Sanchez of Spain winning the title finishing the four-stage 160-km race in 7:38.24...

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http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai-ruler-attends-spain-s-endurance-horse-race-672365.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter