Endurance-world.com - Full Article
16th July 2019
Race Report made with the assistance of Manie Ward
Fauresmith, Frees State Province, South Africa. Fauresmith 2019 was run from Tuesday 2, Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 July 2019.
This years’ Fauresmith race, as was for the last 46 years, run in the small little town Fauresmith being the second oldest town in the Orange Free State. After Bloemfontein, Fauresmith was the most important town in the Free State. The first House of Assembly had to choose between the two to determine which would become the capital of the Free State. On 30 August 1851, the vote went to Bloemfontein with a two-vote majority.
Fast forward to July 2019, the temperatures dropped below zero and a rainy cold front swept over the pre-vet check on Monday, which forced the official to halt the proceeding for close to an hour. After completion of this process, 306 horses were given the go ahead to start the race on Tuesday morning at 07:00am...
Read more here:
https://endurance-world.com/cold-temperatures-didnt-interfere-successful-fauresmith-2019/
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Sunday, July 14, 2019
France: Inaugural international races in Fougères
Endurance-world.com - Full Article
12th July 2019
Race Report made with the assistance of Antoine Helleux
Fougères, Brittany, France. Saturday 29 June 2019. It was the first time the association Cheval Endurance Fougeraise organised a CEI1* and CEI2*.
38 riders took off for the CEI2* 120km and another 39 riders for the CEI1* 90km ride. Due to the heat wave in France (35°C at the maximum) and in order to protect the horses, the ground jury and veterinary team decided to change the heart rate and speed rules. The maximum heart rate to enter the vet gate was decreased to 60 in 15 minutes, the minimal speed was lowered to 11 km/h.
The track ran for partly through the forest and on the little hill around Fougères.
First vet check was located in the place of « Rocher Portail » 15 km of Fougères. After the first 35km only six horses were stopped thanks to good management of the riders, and limited speed of only 15 km/h...
Read more here:
https://endurance-world.com/inaugural-international-races-in-fougeres/
12th July 2019
Race Report made with the assistance of Antoine Helleux
Fougères, Brittany, France. Saturday 29 June 2019. It was the first time the association Cheval Endurance Fougeraise organised a CEI1* and CEI2*.
38 riders took off for the CEI2* 120km and another 39 riders for the CEI1* 90km ride. Due to the heat wave in France (35°C at the maximum) and in order to protect the horses, the ground jury and veterinary team decided to change the heart rate and speed rules. The maximum heart rate to enter the vet gate was decreased to 60 in 15 minutes, the minimal speed was lowered to 11 km/h.
The track ran for partly through the forest and on the little hill around Fougères.
First vet check was located in the place of « Rocher Portail » 15 km of Fougères. After the first 35km only six horses were stopped thanks to good management of the riders, and limited speed of only 15 km/h...
Read more here:
https://endurance-world.com/inaugural-international-races-in-fougeres/
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Australia: Kaylea Mahera Takes Out 2019 Tom Quilty Gold Cup
TomQuilty2019.com.au - Full Article and Partial Results
Local endurance rider Kaylea Maher got to fulfil her dream of holding up the most coveted prize in the sport of endurance ― the Tom Quilty Gold Cup ― when she crossed the line ahead of 298 other riders from across Australia and abroad in the iconic 160km endurance race.
Kaylea completed the ride, which was hosted at the Stirling’s Crossing Equestrian Complex in Imbil Queensland, in ten hours and eight minutes after setting off on the ultimate endurance challenge at midnight last night.
She said she was hopeful of taking out the win but there were many factors that influenced the end result.
“Every ride you just take as it comes as you never know what the end result is going to be,” said Kaylea.
“You always have to have hope in your horse and believe in your horse and that’s what we did today. We believed in each other and we worked through all our challenges and he came home really strong. I’m really happy with his achievement today.”
“Credit goes to the people at home in our stable, they do a fantastic job of looking after him and yes, it’s a lot of hours and a lot of time; a lot of tears and sweat that go into getting a horse to the condition they need to be in to perform on the day. And that’s what we’ve seen, the hard work’s definitely paid off and I want to thank everyone who’s helped me get there today.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re at home or away, the competition is still there but to actually pull it off on home ground with the support from all my family, my friends and my team, I guess that’s where it comes down to feeling good about having this win on home ground.”
Kaylea also gave credit to her horse, Matta Mia Dimari, a locally bred Arabian with a feisty spirit.
“The first time I saw this horse I had a connection with him and I always believed from the first time I rode him that he could take home the Gold Cup,” said Kaylea.
“I worked with him from day one on our farm and I had the goal set in my mind that I was going to work towards getting him ready for this 2019 Tom Quilty Gold Cup...”
Read more here:
https://www.tomquilty2019.com.au/tom-quilty-gold-cup-2019-results/
Local endurance rider Kaylea Maher got to fulfil her dream of holding up the most coveted prize in the sport of endurance ― the Tom Quilty Gold Cup ― when she crossed the line ahead of 298 other riders from across Australia and abroad in the iconic 160km endurance race.
Kaylea completed the ride, which was hosted at the Stirling’s Crossing Equestrian Complex in Imbil Queensland, in ten hours and eight minutes after setting off on the ultimate endurance challenge at midnight last night.
She said she was hopeful of taking out the win but there were many factors that influenced the end result.
“Every ride you just take as it comes as you never know what the end result is going to be,” said Kaylea.
“You always have to have hope in your horse and believe in your horse and that’s what we did today. We believed in each other and we worked through all our challenges and he came home really strong. I’m really happy with his achievement today.”
“Credit goes to the people at home in our stable, they do a fantastic job of looking after him and yes, it’s a lot of hours and a lot of time; a lot of tears and sweat that go into getting a horse to the condition they need to be in to perform on the day. And that’s what we’ve seen, the hard work’s definitely paid off and I want to thank everyone who’s helped me get there today.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re at home or away, the competition is still there but to actually pull it off on home ground with the support from all my family, my friends and my team, I guess that’s where it comes down to feeling good about having this win on home ground.”
Kaylea also gave credit to her horse, Matta Mia Dimari, a locally bred Arabian with a feisty spirit.
“The first time I saw this horse I had a connection with him and I always believed from the first time I rode him that he could take home the Gold Cup,” said Kaylea.
“I worked with him from day one on our farm and I had the goal set in my mind that I was going to work towards getting him ready for this 2019 Tom Quilty Gold Cup...”
Read more here:
https://www.tomquilty2019.com.au/tom-quilty-gold-cup-2019-results/
Australia: Taroom's Sally Conway one of 45 entrants in 2019 Mongol Derby
Queenslandcountrylife.com.au - Full ArticleSally Cripps
12 Jul 2019,
A year ago Taroom's Sally Conway was full of dreams of riding in the Mongol Derby and raising awareness of mental health in rural Australia - in another few week's time it won't be a dream but reality.
The 22-year-old is one of six Queenslanders in a pack of 45 competitors from around the world that will be on the ride of their life in the 11th annual Mongol Derby starting on August 7.
Sally had originally planned to take on the world's longest and toughest horse ride last year but realised she needed time to both do a good job of the ride and to honour her desire to make a difference with a suicide awareness message, so she postponed.
She was also in year three of a farm business management degree.
Now she says she's ready for the Mongolian adventure and has a great plan in place to help a cause close to herself and others...
Read more here:
https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/6271674/sal-saddles-up-for-mongol-derby/
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Middleburg woman trains to compete in Mongol Derby
News4jax.com - Full Story
The Mongol Derby is one of the most difficult horse races in the world
By Jamal St. Cyr - Sports anchor & reporter
Posted: 4:01 PM, July 09, 2019
JACKSONVILLE, Fla - A local woman is going to compete in one of the most difficult horse races in the world.
Abbi Bell is a Middleburg resident and has been riding since she was 5. But she’s never attempted anything like the Mongol Derby.
Now, she is preparing to take on the race in Mongolia that recreates Genghis Khan's mail postal system routes.
Bell says that "He was the first to have an official mail route. They could move letters from point A to point B in messages in absolutely no time. The race recreates it with a different route every year just to keep it changed up."
Riders will ride for 13 hours a day for up to 10 days...
Read more here:
https://www.news4jax.com/sports/local-woman-trains-to-compete-in-mongol-derby
The Mongol Derby is one of the most difficult horse races in the world
By Jamal St. Cyr - Sports anchor & reporter
Posted: 4:01 PM, July 09, 2019
JACKSONVILLE, Fla - A local woman is going to compete in one of the most difficult horse races in the world.
Abbi Bell is a Middleburg resident and has been riding since she was 5. But she’s never attempted anything like the Mongol Derby.
Now, she is preparing to take on the race in Mongolia that recreates Genghis Khan's mail postal system routes.
Bell says that "He was the first to have an official mail route. They could move letters from point A to point B in messages in absolutely no time. The race recreates it with a different route every year just to keep it changed up."
Riders will ride for 13 hours a day for up to 10 days...
Read more here:
https://www.news4jax.com/sports/local-woman-trains-to-compete-in-mongol-derby
Australia: Krambach's Karen Anderson to ride in the 2019 Tom Quilty Gold Cup horse endurance race
GloucesterAdvocate.com.au - Full Story
Anne Keen
July 11 2019
For Krambach's Karen Anderson, taking part in the annual 24 hour Tom Quilty Gold Cup horse endurance race is all about the buckle.
In fact, she has left a spot for the 2019 one in her vast collection which already includes two from this epic 160 kilometre event.
"It's like the Melbourne Cup of the endurance world. It attracts the best riders and best horses from around the world," Karen smiled. "It's an iconic Australian event that celebrates the historical bond between human and horse."
And this bond is crucial to this event, with horse and rider taking off at midnight to complete five legs of roughly 40 kilometre stints.
"It's just me, a headlight and my horse," she said. "There will be many hours where I won't see anyone else."
But it's this aspect of the event that she loves - riding a horse in the Australian bush. It's a far trot from the city of Newcastle where she lived most of her life, growing up with parents who had no experience living life on the land...
Read more here:
https://www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/6258962/just-me-a-headlight-and-my-horse/?cs=435
Anne Keen
July 11 2019
For Krambach's Karen Anderson, taking part in the annual 24 hour Tom Quilty Gold Cup horse endurance race is all about the buckle.
In fact, she has left a spot for the 2019 one in her vast collection which already includes two from this epic 160 kilometre event.
"It's like the Melbourne Cup of the endurance world. It attracts the best riders and best horses from around the world," Karen smiled. "It's an iconic Australian event that celebrates the historical bond between human and horse."
And this bond is crucial to this event, with horse and rider taking off at midnight to complete five legs of roughly 40 kilometre stints.
"It's just me, a headlight and my horse," she said. "There will be many hours where I won't see anyone else."
But it's this aspect of the event that she loves - riding a horse in the Australian bush. It's a far trot from the city of Newcastle where she lived most of her life, growing up with parents who had no experience living life on the land...
Read more here:
https://www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/6258962/just-me-a-headlight-and-my-horse/?cs=435
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Australia: Three Ararat riders to tackle 160 kilometre Tom Quilty Gold Cup event
Araratadvertiser.com.au - Full Story
Lachlan Williams
July 10 2019
Ararat will be well represented when Australia's most prestigious endurance horse ride takes place this weekend.
Simon and Kasey Thomas and Shannon Decker are among more than 300 riders who will participate in the 2019 Tom Quilty Gold Cup at the Imbil State Forest in Queensland from midnight on Friday.
The cup is the pinnacle of endurance riding in Australia, with riders tackling a 160 kilometre course over a 24 hour period.
The riders have all participated in and completed the event multiple times, but Simon Thomas said competing again is as exciting as ever...
Read more here:
https://www.araratadvertiser.com.au/story/6266259/ararat-well-represented-at-australias-top-endurance-horse-ride/?cs=1642
Lachlan Williams
July 10 2019
Ararat will be well represented when Australia's most prestigious endurance horse ride takes place this weekend.
Simon and Kasey Thomas and Shannon Decker are among more than 300 riders who will participate in the 2019 Tom Quilty Gold Cup at the Imbil State Forest in Queensland from midnight on Friday.
The cup is the pinnacle of endurance riding in Australia, with riders tackling a 160 kilometre course over a 24 hour period.
The riders have all participated in and completed the event multiple times, but Simon Thomas said competing again is as exciting as ever...
Read more here:
https://www.araratadvertiser.com.au/story/6266259/ararat-well-represented-at-australias-top-endurance-horse-ride/?cs=1642
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