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ILLYA MCLELLAN
Last updated 14:18, August 8 2017
Fancy getting up at midnight to ride 160 kilometres on horseback? Not many would, but for some people, it's just the ticket.
Wairarapa's Jenny Champion is one of them, recently winning the Equestrian Sports NZ Endurance Championship Series for 2017 and her 10th and 11th endurance riding commemorative buckles.
Champion said she was a bit of a horse fanatic but some people could not get their heads around endurance riding.
"You tell people you are going to start riding at 1am and travelling 160 km on horseback and they look at you like you're crazy. It can take between 8½ to 17 hours to complete.
"My last time was 11 hours, so it's a long time riding. You have to look after your horse and adjust the way you ride to your horse's strengths to make the distance..."
Read more here:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/95548813/selfconfessed-horsefanatic-a-champion-endurance-rider
Tuesday, August 08, 2017
Anya's Road to Italy

My name is Anya Leverman and I am sixteen years old. I live in 100 Mile House, BC and my passion is endurance riding.
Endurance racing is long distance horse race where the distances can vary from 40km to 160km, with mandatory vet examinations for the horses .
I started endurance riding when I was six years old and over the last ten years I have worked hard to further my abilities. This year I was fortunate to finally receive elite status ( ie 10 X 100 Federation Equestre International races) and was thrilled to be chosen to represent Canada in the upcoming FEI World Endurance Championships for Juniors and Young Riders in Verona, Italy. On September 23rd, I will be the only Canadian riding 120km on Kataki, a ten-year-old chestnut mare provided for me from Vladimir Pazitny from Slovakia.
It will be my responsibility to pay for accommodations and transport for myself, the horse and its owners, as well as for for flights and other expenses for the team vet , Chef d’Équipe (Team Leader) and support crew.
For more information see:
https://www.gofundme.com/anyas-road-to-italy
Saturday, August 05, 2017
Canada: Olivia Wood gives new meaning to a whim

Former Cambridge resident makes late-night decision to go in Mongol Derby
Aug 05, 2017 06:00 by Bill Doucet Cambridge Times
When most people do something on a whim, they make a non-essential purchase, take a day off work or maybe even join a casual sports league.
Olivia Wood raised the bar on whims.
Hearing “a friend of a friend” had started a GoFundMe page to raise money after being accepted for the annual Mongol Derby — a 1,000-kilometre horse race across the Mongolian Steppe to recreate Genghis Khan’s famous postal route — the 25-year-old former Cambridge resident said she read up on the race and made a late-night decision to apply.
Thinking she would never hear back about her application, she was shocked to be called for an interview and was offered a spot.
“So I was like, ‘Well, I guess I have to do it now.’ It was a fluke, but I’m happy it happened,” Wood said on the phone from Beijing earlier in the week prior to her trip to Mongolia.
The race begins on Wednesday (Aug. 9).
Of course, it’s not like Wood is going in oblivious. The reason the derby piqued her interest is because she’s ridden horses since she was a youngster and considers herself a competent rider. Plus, she’s a bit of a thrill seeker, much to the chagrin of her mother — a joke she felt necessary to put in her derby bio.
“I love anything to do with horses, so there was that aspect, but also the fact that it’s so mentally, physically, emotionally exhausting, I just wanted to see how much I could push myself. I like doing those things as well. To me it’s the most epic challenge,” she said.
But Wood realized casual riding would only get her so far, so she spent a month training with gold medal endurance horse rider Darolyn Butler at Cypress Trails Ranch in Texas to get her ready for long distances on a horse.
“If I had not done that, I probably wouldn’t survive,” Wood said with a laugh...
Read more here:
https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/sports-story/7487925-olivia-wood-gives-new-meaning-to-a-whim/
Malaysia: TIEP among world's five best endurance horse riding venues

NST.com.my - Full Article
By Bernama - August 5, 2017 @ 6:37pm
SETIU: The Terengganu International Endurance Park (TIEP), the venue for endurance horse riding events in the 2017 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games (KL2017), is among the best five such venues in the world.
“It can accommodate 320 horses at any one time,” KL2017 (Endurance Horse Riding) Local Organising Committee’s (LOC) Technical Committee and Volunteers Committee chairman Che Mohd Apandi Muhamad told Bernama during an interview here.
He said the size of the park located in Lembah Bidong, here was 33ha.
“TIEP has eight stables and each can accommodate about 40 horses. It became an international championship location when we organised the World Endurance Championship in 2008 involving 146 riders from 42 nations.
“Among the countries with equally good venues (for endurance horse riding) are the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Abu Dhabi,” he said...
Read more here:
https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2017/08/264439/tiep-among-worlds-five-best-endurance-horse-riding-venues
Friday, August 04, 2017
Australia: Local riders to tackle Gobi Desert Cup
Northernstar.com.au - Full Article
Marc Stapelberg | 4th Aug 2017 7:00 AM
THE desert in Mongolia conjures vivid images of a foreign culture and harsh conditions.
For Horsetalk Riding Farm owners Steve Clibborn and Joyce Corbett it will be their personal battleground for a week as they strive to conquer exhaustion, heat, cold and mental fatigue while participating in a 480km race through the unforgiving desert.
The inaugural Gobi Desert Cup will take place in September and is a 480 kilometre endurance ride starting 160km outside UlaanBataar, the capital of Mongolia.
Riders will ride a new Mongolian horse especially trained for The Gobi Desert Cup everyday for 80km.
There will be two vet checks daily at about 40km and at the end of the 80km course.
The veterinarians will check the horses heart rate, gait and general condition to be deemed fit to continue.
Horsetalk Endurance team member Joyce Corbett is a national champion in endurance riding with seven Quilty Buckles and eventually winning the coveted Tom Quilty Gold Cup in 2004 which is Australia's most prestigious endurance horse race...
Read more here:
https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/local-riders-to-tackle-gobi-desert-cup/3208628/#/0
Marc Stapelberg | 4th Aug 2017 7:00 AM
THE desert in Mongolia conjures vivid images of a foreign culture and harsh conditions.
For Horsetalk Riding Farm owners Steve Clibborn and Joyce Corbett it will be their personal battleground for a week as they strive to conquer exhaustion, heat, cold and mental fatigue while participating in a 480km race through the unforgiving desert.
The inaugural Gobi Desert Cup will take place in September and is a 480 kilometre endurance ride starting 160km outside UlaanBataar, the capital of Mongolia.
Riders will ride a new Mongolian horse especially trained for The Gobi Desert Cup everyday for 80km.
There will be two vet checks daily at about 40km and at the end of the 80km course.
The veterinarians will check the horses heart rate, gait and general condition to be deemed fit to continue.
Horsetalk Endurance team member Joyce Corbett is a national champion in endurance riding with seven Quilty Buckles and eventually winning the coveted Tom Quilty Gold Cup in 2004 which is Australia's most prestigious endurance horse race...
Read more here:
https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/local-riders-to-tackle-gobi-desert-cup/3208628/#/0
Uruguay: High Speed Competitive races in Trinidad, Flores
Endurance-world.com - Full Article
4 August 2017
Race report made with the assistance of Lucia Olascoaga
Trinidad, Flores, Uruguay. Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July.
This was the seventh race on the Uruguayan endurance calendar with 11 CEI races in the year, including the Pan American Games next October.
Trinidad received at this race track a big number of the country’s endurance community. Competitions of CEI2* 120km and CEI1* 80km were held out both in senior and junior categories.
The CEI2* 120km was divided into four stages of 38.5km, 34.5km, 28km and the last loop of 19km. In senior category, Isha Judd – URU (Ashva Fire Fly) came first. Second place was for Nicolas Stirling – URU (LG Lejamsi) and third place finish went to Pilar Saravia – URU (Che Niebla).
In the third loop, we saw the elimination of Martin Stirling – URU (Naranjito), he arrived in this stage in first position, followed by Monica Pinto Lima – URU (Himalala da barra). It was a very strong race from the start onwards with an average speed of 23.63km/h for Monica Pinto Lima – URU (Himalaia Da, Barra) who maintained the first position from the beginning and almost won, but the horse didn’t pass the last trot...
Read more here:
http://endurance-world.com/high-speed-competitive-races-trinidad-flores/
4 August 2017
Race report made with the assistance of Lucia Olascoaga
Trinidad, Flores, Uruguay. Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July.
This was the seventh race on the Uruguayan endurance calendar with 11 CEI races in the year, including the Pan American Games next October.
Trinidad received at this race track a big number of the country’s endurance community. Competitions of CEI2* 120km and CEI1* 80km were held out both in senior and junior categories.
The CEI2* 120km was divided into four stages of 38.5km, 34.5km, 28km and the last loop of 19km. In senior category, Isha Judd – URU (Ashva Fire Fly) came first. Second place was for Nicolas Stirling – URU (LG Lejamsi) and third place finish went to Pilar Saravia – URU (Che Niebla).
In the third loop, we saw the elimination of Martin Stirling – URU (Naranjito), he arrived in this stage in first position, followed by Monica Pinto Lima – URU (Himalala da barra). It was a very strong race from the start onwards with an average speed of 23.63km/h for Monica Pinto Lima – URU (Himalaia Da, Barra) who maintained the first position from the beginning and almost won, but the horse didn’t pass the last trot...
Read more here:
http://endurance-world.com/high-speed-competitive-races-trinidad-flores/
Thursday, August 03, 2017
Marahau, NZ kindergarten teacher ready for Mongol Derby adventure
Stuff.co.nz - Full Article
JESSICA LONG
Last updated 11:52, July 31 2017
A 22-year-old Marahau-based kindergarten teacher leaves next week to take part in the world's longest, toughest horse race – the Mongol Derby.
The starting gun will sound on August 9 and Marahau adventurer Marie Palzer will start her ride alongside 40 others in a race that traces a path of military leader Genghis Khan.
"I'm ready. [I'm] definitely nervous but I'm super excited. I just can't wait to get over there."
Palzer has spent the last four months training and prepping herself for the "exciting" and "scary" adventure, knowing only a third of the riders will make it to the finish line before the 10-day deadline.
The time had "come along so fast" and on Tuesday Palzer will be on a plane to Mongolia with nothing but her saddle and riding supplies...
Read more here:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/95144296/Marahau-kindergarten-teacher-ready-for-Mongol-Derby-adventure
JESSICA LONG
Last updated 11:52, July 31 2017
A 22-year-old Marahau-based kindergarten teacher leaves next week to take part in the world's longest, toughest horse race – the Mongol Derby.
The starting gun will sound on August 9 and Marahau adventurer Marie Palzer will start her ride alongside 40 others in a race that traces a path of military leader Genghis Khan.
"I'm ready. [I'm] definitely nervous but I'm super excited. I just can't wait to get over there."
Palzer has spent the last four months training and prepping herself for the "exciting" and "scary" adventure, knowing only a third of the riders will make it to the finish line before the 10-day deadline.
The time had "come along so fast" and on Tuesday Palzer will be on a plane to Mongolia with nothing but her saddle and riding supplies...
Read more here:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/95144296/Marahau-kindergarten-teacher-ready-for-Mongol-Derby-adventure
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