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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Top riders to battle for honours at Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Cup

February 23 2021

The 120km Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline, will be the final ride in a week-long Endurance Festival named for Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and Chairman of the Executive Council.

Hosted by the Dubai Equestrian Club, the festival will be held from Feb.24-27, 2021, and comprises a total of four rides, catering to a wide range of riders and horses—including female riders and mares—adding variety to this celebration of endurance riding. The festival is sponsored by Pillar Partner Emirates Airline, and held at Dubai International Endurance City, a purpose-built, state-of-the-art endurance facility...

Monday, February 22, 2021

Blue Wolf Totem Expedition in Mongolia August 7-17, 2022

HorseTrekMongolia

August 7-17, 2022

Experience Mongolia like no one has since the time of Chinggis Khan!

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Join international endurance rider, Heidi Telstad, the first and only Canadian winner of the 2016 Mongol Derby and 2022 Blue Wolf Totem Expeditionist for 11 days of soul fulfilling experiences while riding Mongolian horses and participating in the highlights of her recently completed 84 day, 3,600 km Blue Wolf Totem Expedition.

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Saturday, February 20, 2021

Bahamas: Pagliaro And ‘Beau’ Get Set For The Endurance Worlds

Tribune242.com - Full Article

February 19 2021

THE FEI Endurance Young Rider World Championships are rapidly approaching. As the first ever to represent The Bahamas at this event, Reine Pagliaro and her mount Beautiful Knightmare (known as Beau) are training, refining, and doing all the research necessary to represent The Bahamas to the best of their ability.

The competition is scheduled for September 6-10 in Ermelo, The Netherlands.

To put it simply, Endurance is a cross-country marathon on horseback. An FEI 2* event, the Young Rider World Championships distance is 75 miles (120 km).

The qualification process has been gruelling: first Pagliaro and Beau had to complete a certain number of qualifying races before moving up to the International, or FEI, level.

After achieving FEI status, the pair then had to finish two 120km races which was accomplished in March 2020. Reine rides with the Stiyu Endurance Team at Muscogee Farms in Eatonton, Georgia. The Stiyu research team has been scouting competition venues with weather and footing similar to that of The Netherlands. Luckily, the weather in middle Georgia where the pair train is almost identical to the weather in Ermelo...

Bahrain: Al Nuaimi steals the show at endurance race

GDNOnline.com - Full Article

20 February 2021

Al Raud team rider Ahmed Saleh Al Nuaimi dazzled in the King’s Endurance Festival Cup, winning the 120km race for youth and U-16 contenders.

Al Nuaimi clocked four hours, 19 minutes and 4 seconds, followed by Zaim’s Sultan Abdulaziz Al Rumaihi (4:46:49) and Al Fursan’s Hamad Helal Al Taheri (4:50:53).

His Majesty King Hamad’s representative for humanitarian work and youth affairs, Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (Breef) honorary chairman Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa followed up the race.

The stage is set for 160km race for the King’s Cup, which will be held today...

Friday, February 19, 2021

Bahrain: Zaim’s Al Balooshi wins 100km race

GDNOnline.com - Full Article

Fri, 19 Feb 2021

Al Zaim Team’s Nasser Nayef Al Balooshi has won the 100km race at the annual King’s Cup Endurance Festival, clocking three hours, 59 minutes and 20 seconds.

Hassan Essam Fardan (Al Zaim) came second at 4:08:31 and Mohammed Ammy (Ahmed Al Fateh Stables) third at 4:48:20.

In the 80km race, Victorious Team rider Ahmed Abdulwahab Al Barri was the winner (5:06:01).

He was followed by Sarra Ahmed (Al Shawamekh Stables) at 5:07:25 and Al Shawamekh Stables’ Ali Ahmed Shakeeb (5:07:25).

The races were held at the Bahrain International Endurance Village...

Sunday, February 14, 2021

Top prize for Perthshire adventurer whose life changed after epic trip with her horse and dog

DailyRecord.co.uk - Full Article

Karen Inkster- whose ‘The Deaf, the Daft and the Ditsy’ journey round the Outer Hebrides captured the imagination of animal lovers in 2017 - won the ‘international equine travel award’ at the Equus Film Festival

By Douglas Dickie
4 FEB 2021

In 2017, Perthshire ’s Karen Inkster went on a 300km journey in a final desperate bid to save her horse, Connie.

Little did she know that, four years later, that trip would see her recognised at a worldwide awards ceremony.

Karen’s ‘The Deaf, the Daft and the Ditsy’ journey round the Outer Hebrides captured the imagination of animal lovers across Perthshire and beyond.

And it continues to inspire today.

A diary she compiled was made into a book, and has helped her raise thousands of pounds for animal charities.

And late last year it was named the winner of the ‘international equine travel award’ at the Equus Film Festival...

Bahrain: Endurance Festival set to kick off

GDNOnline.com - Full article

14 February 2021

His Majesty King Hamad’s four-day Endurance Festival will open on Wednesday and run until February 20, announced the King’s representative for humanitarian work and youth affairs Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

He directed Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (Breef), chaired by Shaikh Isa bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, to hold the event at the Bahrain International Endurance Village.

Shaikh Nasser, who is also Breef honorary chairman, praised the King’s royal care which put Bahrain on the world map of horseracing, making it a capital of equestrian event in the Arab World.

The main endurance on the Cup of the King will cover a distance of 160km...