Friday, May 11, 2018

Endurance in Casablanca, Chile

Endurance-world.com - Full Article

8th May 2018
Race Report made with the assistance of Andre Alvarez and Ivan Nunez Prado

Casablanca, El Cuadro, Region Valparaiso, Chile. Saturday 28 April. Internationally renowned for its vast wine production, the Casablanca Valley is nestled between the coastal mountain range and the Pacific Ocean in the valleys of central Chile.

Just 45 minutes from Santiago and Valparaíso, this fertile valley is characterized by a refined production of white wine and its Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc varieties.

The races, from 40 to 160 km, were carried out near the Perales dam, a natural source of water for the wildlife of the area and for our horses; a magical rural setting surrounded by vineyards and native trees such as Maiten (Maytenus magellanica), Quillay (Quillaja saponaria), Peumo (Cryptocarya alba) and Boldo (Peumus boldus)...

More story and photos here:
http://endurance-world.com/endurance-in-casablanca-chile/

Thursday, May 10, 2018

New Zealand: Weber horse trek helps pave way to Mongol Derby adventure

NZHerald.co.nz - Full Article

10 May 2018

The hills of Kereru Farm will echo to the clip clop of many hooves this weekend, as a two-day horse trek takes in the sights of the area.

Alongside the trekkers will be Levin-based grandmother of four Trudi Thomas-Morton, who is in training to ride in the Mongol Derby - said to be the world's longest, toughest horse race - in August this year.

The trek - on the Hales family's Weber farm - is to raise funds for international charity Cool Earth . . . as part of the conditions of Trudi's Mongol Derby entry...

Read more here:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=12048041

Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Australia: Missing horse rider, Narelle Davies found alive, along with horse, after four nights

Heraldsun.com.au - Full Story

CASSIE ZERVOS, Herald Sun
May 8, 2018

A WOMAN who went missing after she set out for a solo horse ride near Mount Buller on Saturday was today found safe and well.

Narelle Davies spent four nights lost in rugged, freezing conditions and was forced to use her horse’s blanket to keep warm as temperatures dipped below zero.

The experienced horse rider lived off minimal food, including muesli bars and other items in an emergency pack.

The 52-year-old was last seen on Saturday by fellow campers at a campsite on Howqua Track, Howqua Hills when she left for a horse ride.

Ms Davies was riding her horse, Depict, in the area — about 220km from Melbourne, near Mount Buller — when she failed to return to the campsite.

The alert was raised and local police, air wing and SES crews started their search.

At 8.30am, volunteers found Ms Davies, along with her horse, Depict, close to the camp site where they went missing.

Senior sergeant Damien Keegan said police were investigating whether Ms Davies had a fall and hit her head causing her to be disorientated...

Read more here:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/missing-horse-rider-narelle-davies-found-alive-along-with-horse-after-four-nights/news-story/3f0db3339e21024c52d3d206bd5892cb

Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Cheryl Van Deusen's Long Road to Glory

FEI.org - Full Article

4 May 2018
Text by Stacey Stearns
Images by Favio Lorenz

Cheryl Van Deusen and Hoover The Mover have a busy Endurance year in store...
This year’s FEI World Equestrian Games™ may seem a long distance away, but it’s much further for some riders than others.

Endurance riders and their horses take on courses of up to 160km in one day, and they’ll be putting in the miles in the lead up to Tryon and during the North Carolina event in September itself.

One of the stars of the discipline is Cheryl Van Deusen, a professor at the University of North Florida who began in Endurance in 2000 after years competing Arabian show horses, and at 60 years of age, still going strong!

We spoke to Cheryl about this fascinating discipline and Hoover The Mover, one of the incredible horses that she partners with in these epic long-distance races...

Read more here:
https://www.fei.org/stories/cheryl-van-deusen-endurance-profile

Australia: Search for horse rider missing for three nights in Victorian mountains

ABC.net.au - Full Article

May 8 2018

Concerns are growing for an accomplished horse endurance rider from Victorian who has been missing for three nights after setting off for a weekend of riding in the mountains around Howqua Hills, north-east of Melbourne.

Narelle Davies, 52, left home in Mansfield, about 200 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, on Saturday.

She had planned to camp overnight near her car and horse float, which were found at Tunnel Bend, an area where people often camp when they're riding in the mountains...

Read more here:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-08/woman-missing-three-nights-while-horse-riding-in-victorian-moun/9739738

Monday, May 07, 2018

Italy: Third Trofeo Bassa Padovana

Endurance-world.com - Full Article

6 May 2018
Race Report made with the assistance of Valentina Raisa

Vighizzolo d’Este, Padua, Italy. 29 April 2018. During the Third Trofeo Bassa Padovana, the fresh and dynamic Soleada Endurance Team in Northern Italy, organised for the first time an FEI event, a CEI1* of 82.2 km, along three other categories on Sunday 29 April as well as pony classes on Saturday 28 April.

The weather conditions remained optimal during the whole day, sun covered and ventilated so as to guarantee the ideal temperature; and just a light drizzle during the awards ceremony.

The Trofeo Bassa Padovana event took place inside the sports complex and a car cross tracks of the small town of Vighizzolo d’Este, the race route was entirely flat and ran most of the 27km alongside the river.
More than 70 entries were on the starting line, 15 horses and riders in the CEI1* coming from all over Italy, Switzerland and Germany...

Read more here:
http://endurance-world.com/third-trofeo-bassa-padovana/

Saturday, May 05, 2018

Tryon International Equestrian Center Hosts Endurance Test Event in Preparation for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

USEF.org

by US Equestrian Communications Department | May 4, 2018, 9:43 AM EST

Mill Spring, N.C. – Last weekend, the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC), host of the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018, welcomed top endurance riders from around the world as they hosted the WEG Test Event CEI2*, TIEC’s first-ever endurance ride. Nearly 75 horse-and-rider combinations contested the 120 kilometer distance, with 24 combinations completing the race.

Of the combinations that completed, four were Americans, including Heather Reynolds (Dunnellon, Fla.) and Dublin Hart’s 11-year-old Arabian mare RTR Rimfires Etta; Ellen Olson (La Motte, Iowa) and her seven-year-old Arabian gelding Noslos Tuff Enuff; Kelsey Russell (Williston, Fla.) and Wendy MacCoubrey and Valerie Kanavy’s eight-year-old Arabian gelding Fireman Gold; and Melody Blittersdorf (Morriston, Fla.) and her 18-year-old Arabian gelding Synthetic. Full results can be found here.

“The venue is wonderful and a lot of forethought has gone into the planning for our discipline,” said U.S. Endurance Team Chef d’Equipe Mark Dial. “We know aspects of the endurance portion [of WEG] will change between now and September, but we look forward to seeing those improvements. For being a new course, it is extremely doable, but the degree of difficulty will be affected by the weather and the footing.”

The sport of endurance, including the WEG Test Event CEI2*, focuses on ensuring that the equine athletes are sound, healthy, and able to compete following each of the four loops contested in the race. A vet check at the end of each loop ensures that the horse trots sound, his metabolic functions are responding properly to offered food and water, and close attention is paid to how quickly the horse’s heartbeat returns to normal. The U.S. Endurance Team applicants for WEG are conditioning and preparing their horses for the Games’s 160 kilometer race.

“Our horses are used to terrain that is similar to what we rode here at the test event,” said Dial. “We have been working with the WEG applicants to identify areas near them to train. The applicants will continue to train on similar terrain in an effort to prepare and condition their horses for WEG. We want to make sure that these horses are sound and properly prepared to compete come September – our goal is to finish as a team, with the welfare of these horses as a top priority.

“We are looking forward to the Games and being able to compete at home,” continues Dial. “Thank you to the organizing committee, the officials, Jan Stevens, Sue Phillips, and their team, as well as all of the volunteers for putting on a great test event!”

The final observation event for the U.S. Endurance Team applicants will take place during the Biltmore Challenge, May 3-6. Combinations will have the opportunity to attend Ft. Howes in Montana, June 8-11, through a waiver process, if additional qualification is needed. View the complete list of selection requirements for the U.S. Endurance Team.

The U.S. Endurance Team will be named no later than July 13, 2018.

Stay up to date on the U.S. Endurance Team by following USA Endurance on Facebook and US Equestrian on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Use #USAEndurance and #Tryon2018.

The USEF International High Performance Programs are generously supported by the USET Foundation, USOC, and USEF Sponsors and Members.

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