28 August 2014, Sartilly, France ~ The endurance race at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games kicked off at 7:00 a.m.local time on Friday, as 165 horse-and-rider combinations headed out on the five-loop track, all hoping to be the first to finish at the end of the day. A sloppy trail from rain all…
HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Wins WEG Endurance Gold Riding Yamamah
28 August 2014, Sartilly, France ~ HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum took the 2014 World title with the 15-year-old mare, Yamamah (Kurrajong Concorde), bred by FEI Award Winner Meg Wade of Australia) in a ride time of 8:08:28. Silver on the podium was Marijke Visser from the Netherlands on Laiza De Jalima with the ride time…
Montashir Crowned Champion of Aseel International Cup in Germany
27 August 2014 Kassel, Germany ~ The three-day Aseel International Purebred Arabian Horse Cup Germany 2014 held in Kassel, Germany, from August 22 to 24 has now been taken under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed al Nahyan. The three day event included a Purebred Arabian horse show with the addition of demonstrations of the versatility…
WEG U.S. Endurance Riders Ready to Go After First Horse Inspection
27 August, 2014, Sartilly, France ~ After today’s first horse inspection, U.S. Endurance horse-and-rider combinations are poised and ready for the start of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games endurance race on August 28, 2014,. Setting out over the picturesque 100 mile (160km) track stretching from the Lucerne Forest to the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel…
Scouting Trail – Scenes from the WEG Endurance Competition
26 August 2014, Sartilly, France ~ “It probably will be very wet,” said USA Chef D’Equipe, Emmett Ross, of the Endurance Championship course for 28 August. Normandy has vibrant green grass due to an abundance of rain, and the week of the World Equestrian Games Endurance venue has been no exception. After the deluge on Monday,…