Planning endurance competition ...

Terasa lama menunggu adanya kompetisi endurance di Indonesia....mungkinkah..
Try....mencoba untuk berangan-angan....menyelenggarakan kompetisi ini....barangkali ide ini dimunculkan karena adanya kevakuman kegiatan ini....sekalian menjadikan ajang ini sebagai silahturahmi dua kubu yang masih belum menemukan kata SEPAKAT...You Know...
Endurance adalah salah satu sarana mempertemukan dua organisasi yang sedikit berjauhan tapi dekat ... di Indonesia...sudah lama saya mengenal PORDASI, induk dari cabang olahraga berkuda di Indonesia yang salah satunya mengurusi masalah equestrian dan didalamnya ada komisi endurance...tetapi di Indonesia lebih menonjol Pacuan yang dibawah naungan Pordasi ....kemana Equestrian ??? oh..equestrian katanya berjalan sendiri...bagaimana dengan endurance??? seperti apa?? ... antara endurance dan pacuan korelasinya sangat berdekatan...sama-sama racing melawan waktu, disinilah bisa mempertemukan ..yang berpihak pada pordasi dan berpihak pada equestrian....bagi orang equestrian dan orang pacuan dapat bergabung sekaligus mengguluti olahraga ini... Setuju...
Dalam waktu dekat, saya dan teman-teman akan mencoba mengadakan event ini, barang kali dapat dapat dilaksanakan pada pertengahan januari...

Dimana Lokasinya??? ..mencoba daerah baru...Padalarang dan Kota baru Parahyangan...medan relatif datar...

pada tahap perencanaan ini, kami mencoba untuk mencari sponsorship....karena sukses penyelenggaran tidak lepas dari peran sponsor..

event yang akan dilombakan terdiri dari kategori prestasi dan FUN...
untuk prestasi...menempuh jarak 35 km dan 80 km (*)
untuk FUN ... jarak 15 Km dengan optimum time...bagi pemula dan kuda tradisonal..

Event ini terbuka umum...

Mudah2an...sesuai planning...
Yess...panitia kecil menentukan nama kejuaraan ini adalah Endurance Indonesia Open 2011..memperebutkan Piala Danpussenkav

Selamat berlatih dan bersiap untuk mengikuti kejuaraan ini...thanks..

Aussie link to WEG endurance win

By Jenny Sheppard


AUSTRALIAN riders may not have starred in the 100-mile endurance at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, but there was one link to Australia in the championship.

Silver medallist Sheikh Mohammed, of the United Arab Emirates, riding Ciel Oriental, owns the global Darley Stud, which has four Australian properties, one at Seymour and three in NSW.

He also heads his family's Godolphin Racing operations in NSW.

Gold went to Maria Mercedes Alvarez Ponton, from Spain, riding Nobby, and bronze to Sheikh Mohammed's son Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, riding SAS Alexis.

Although thrilled with the victory, Ponton also credited Sheikh Mohammed.

"It's really a strange feeling because I really wanted Sheikh Mohammed to be the world champion," Ponton said at the press conference.

"I think he deserves it. He's the person doing more for this sport in the world."

Sheikh Mohammed's second-place finish helped the United Arab Emirates team to a gold medal in the Endurance Team World Championships.

Silver went to France and bronze to Germany.

Penny Toft, from Marburg, in Queensland, was the only Australian to finish. She was placed 44th, riding Don.

Other team members were Norbert Radney, from Perth, whose horse was eliminated at the gate 3 vet inspection with metabolic problems, and Matt Sample, from Imbil, in Queensland, who was eliminated at the gate 5 inspection when his horse, Tarrangower Crescendo, was lame.

Aussie reining riders qualify

TWO Australian reining riders, Warren Backhouse and Martin Larcombe, qualified for the individual reining final but missed out on medals.

Backhouse finished 13th riding Wiza Bronze Star, with a score of 216.5 and Larcombe finished 19th, riding Top Prize Prince.

The individual gold and silver medals went to the US, with Canada winning bronze.

Australia did not qualify for the teams final, won by the US from Belgium and Italy.

WEG horses test negative

ALL blood and urine samples taken from horses at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky were negative for all prohibited substances.

A total of 140 samples were taken from 82 or 11 per cent of all competing horses, with blood being taken from all 82, plus urine where possible.

All individual medal horses were tested, as well as one member of each medal winning team.

"This is a great success for everyone involved in equestrian sport and is the best possible endorsement of the FEI's Clean Sport Campaign," FEI president HRH Princess Haya said.

"It also proves the value of the FEI's educational program." (enduranceriding.news)

Technology at WEG Endurance Event

thehorse.com
by: Marsha Hayes

GPS Tracking and Swipe Card Accuracy


Cutting-edge GPS technology will provide real-time tracking of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Endurance competitors as they race tomorrow in Lexington, Ky.

"Anyone with a laptop will be able to track the horses, at the event, or at home, around the world," explained Emmett Ross, endurance discipline manager for WEG. Ross also noted the system will be in place in the staging area to alert crews when their horses are coming into a vet check and allow them to adjust race strategy based on knowing competitors' positions.

For equine enthusiasts on site at the Kentucky Horse Park, several large viewing screens will be stationed around the park in the trade show and hospitality areas, and perhaps other sites to enhance viewing of the lengthy WEG event, projected to last around eight hours.

Announcements will also be broadcast on site alerting spectators when horses will be arriving in the vet-check staging area.

The GPS system initially will be set to "ping" or update data every 30 seconds. Ross plans to lower the update rate to six seconds near the finish, where at that time, "You will be able to really see that little icon move along."

Because the Kentucky course does not allow spectators on the trails, public roads, or private lands where horses are competing, "This system will be a way to allow everybody to view the event," said Ross.

Swipe cards will also be added to enhance efficiency at the games. According to Becky Hart, chef d'equipe of endurance Team USA, the cards have been used in the Middle East and Europe and furnish valuable time-tracking data to crews and event veterinarians. Ross also noted a back-up system is in place, should electricity fail.

When a horse comes into a vet check, a crew member swipes that rider's card which records that horse's number, team, and logs the time of when the horse entered vet check. When the horse is presented to the vet to determine if his or her heart rate has dropped to the required rate to allow the horse to continue, the card is swiped again. After a set number of horses have swiped a computer printout is generated.

Because the time between check in and pulse down can be indicative of a horse's fatigue, Hart explained print-out access allowed one to, "keep an eye on the competition" by watching for an increase in pulse-down time. "It also allows me to keep track of each loop time, for my team and [their] competitors," Hart continued.

According to Ross, the computer print-outs assist event-monitoring veterinarians in awarding Best Conditioned awards by providing a summary of pulse-down times over the 100 mile race. Soundness after the event will also be keenly scrutinized, but the swipe card's fast, accurate analysis of each horse’s pulse rate data is a valuable veterinary analysis tool.

During the vet checks, hand-held heart rate monitors will connect to large viewing screens, allowing spectators to see for themselves the equine athlete’s moment of reaching the criteria needed to start another loop

Big Money Bolsters Equestrian Endurance Race

By KATIE THOMAS

The 100-mile endurance race is easily the most romantic of the eight horse disciplines on display here at the World Equestrian Games, evoking Bedouin desert races or the nostalgia of the Pony Express.
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Sunday’s race, won by María Mercedes Alvarez Pontón of Spain, took 100 horses and their riders across a Kentucky landscape of tobacco and thoroughbred farms as competitors tested the stamina and grit of their prized Arabian horses.

Much is made of the long ride, but seasoned competitors know the race is often won or lost when horse and rider are not on the course. The endurance competition is as much a Nascar race as it is a horse marathon: a winning strategy often plays out in the rest period between the race’s six loops, when riders cool and relax their horses so they can pass a range of medical tests and advance to the next stage as quickly as possible.

Teams left little to chance during Sunday’s race, which is on a par with the Olympics among endurance riders. As soon as riders pulled their horses into a cooldown area, grooms worked in tightly choreographed motions, yanking saddles and dousing the animals with buckets of ice water. Horses cannot move to the mandatory veterinarian check until their heart rate drops below 64 beats a minute.

“The more quickly he passes through, the faster he will leave,” said Jean-Louis Leclerc, the chef d’equipe, or team leader, for the French team. If a horse does not cool down quickly enough, “you can lose four or five minutes and then you have to make up the time later.”

Maintaining such expert crews takes deep pockets, and for several top competitors, that is not a problem. The modern-day sport of endurance riding began in the 1950s in California, but an influx of money from Arab royalty in the last decade has transformed it into a pastime of kings and sheiks. The royal families of Qatar, Bahrain and Dubai maintain vast stables of horses that have been bred and conditioned for the epic rides as well as high-performance centers devoted to the sport.

Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, took second place for the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, followed in third by his son, Sheik Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum.

Another son of Sheik Mohammed’s, Sheik Majid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, finished in sixth place. The son of the king of Bahrain also competed, finishing in 13th place.

In a news conference Saturday, Sheik Mohammed said Arabs had a powerful cultural connection to the sport. In the desert, owning a well-conditioned horse can be a matter of life or death.

“Horses can save you,” he said. “With the Arabs, they love the horse, and the horse is in their blood.”

The royals do not pack lightly. In what has become a tradition in international endurance races, Dubai, Qatar and Bahrain erected semipermanent “chalets” near the venue at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The tents were outfitted with crystal chandeliers, white tablecloths and oriental rugs and featured catered buffets throughout the day.

The influence of Arab royal money has also been felt on the course. After the French team won gold at the last World Equestrian Games in 2006, many of the team’s best horses were purchased by Arab buyers. Leclerc said the team made the best of it. “We have other horses in France,” he said. The French won silver in the team competition, behind the United Arab Emirates.

Still, many endurance enthusiasts seem to appreciate the presence of the Arab teams, which helps drive global interest in the sport — and can help pay their bills. Alvarez Pontón, whose husband, Jaume Punti-Dachs , is a trainer for Sheik Mohammed, thanked the sheik in remarks after her win.

“I think he deserves to be the world champion,” she said. “He is the person who has done more for this sport in the world. This sport is what it is now because of him.”

But the 34-year-old Alvarez Pontón acknowledged she was not willing to trade medals with him — not after having taken first place seven weeks after giving birth to a daughter. “Now, I cannot change,” she said with a laugh.

Alvarez Pontón finished the race in 7 hours 35 minutes 44 seconds, which was 55 seconds ahead of Sheik Mohammed.

But financial backing was only half the battle Sunday. The cooldown area, particularly during the early legs, became a center of activity as crews rushed to prepare their horses, sometimes pushing others out of their way. The commotion can spook a horse and drive its heart rate up, so teams will often desensitize the animals to loud noises or quick movements ahead of time.
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The United States placed its horses in the middle of a circle of cars and honked the horns to get them accustomed to the atmosphere.

“You need a horse with a really good mind, that’s not going to get excited,” said Becky Hart, the chef d’equipe for the American team and a three-time world champion.

Her team did not fare well Sunday. All but one of the five Americans were eliminated during veterinarian checks, with Heather Reynolds finishing fourth, only to be eliminated for a lame horse.

Jeremy Reynolds, Heather’s husband and an endurance rider, said the United States team closely studied the work of the United Arab Emirates crew, reviewing film of the grooms’ movements in the cooldown area for hints about picking up crucial seconds.

“You can see how they kind of devise a pattern so they don’t get jumbled up,” he said.

Sometimes, however, the grooms can do nothing but wait. Sheik Mohammed entered in first place through the gate at the end of the fourth leg. But his horse took nearly five minutes to cool down, and he fell to fifth place as he entered the fifth loop.

Once a horse’s heart rate has fallen, veterinarians check for lameness, listen to its gut for signs of trouble and look for other injuries.

If the horse passes the examination, it continues on to the rest period, which can range from 30 to 50 minutes.

The rest period is “where all the key things go on,” said John Yeoman, who assisted his wife, Christine. “We’ll all have masseurs, we’ll be feeding them, we’ll be giving them electrolytes,” he said.

During the rest period between the second and third loop, the horse belonging to the American rider Lindsay Graham, Monk, received a new shoe while others massaged his hindquarters. Nearby, a team of grooms from the United Arab Emirates walked a horse between the stalls while feeding him a basket of hay.

Simply finishing a race is an accomplishment. Only about 40 percent of riders typically complete endurance races, and Sunday was no different. By 9:30 p.m., with riders still on the course, 42 competitors had been pulled from the race.

Graham’s horse was disqualified after completing the third leg when his heart rate was too high. Graham said she was surprised.

“He wanted to go faster the whole time, was always asking to do a little bit more,” she said. “But stuff happens.” (endurance.net)

Peningkatan kualitas genetika kuda Kavaleri TNI AD

Upaya peningkatan kualitas kuda kavaleri TNI AD tentunya harus selalu mengacu kepada visi dan misi satuan kavaleri berkuda dalam menjamin keberhasilan penyelesaian tugas dan kesinambungan produtivitas kuda2 tunggang KAVAD yg berkualitas. Satuan Kavkud akan berperan sebagai penanggung jawab tehnis terhadap upaya tercapainya peningkatan kualitas kuda2 tungang Kavad ini, secara bertahap harus segera menentukan langkah2 kegiatan sesuai arah pembinaan yg telah ditetapkan. Program pengembangan kuda kavaleri nantinya harus diarahkan pada peningkatan kualitas genetika kuda tunggang kavad minimal mencapai 150 cm tinggi pundak kuda. Semakin tinggi pundak kuda akan diperoleh postur tubuh dan performance kuda yang baik sekaligus mempunyai daya tahan endurance yang tinggi.
Pengembangan kuda Kavad melalui program perkawinan silang (cross breeding,merupakan alternatif upaya yang dilaksanakan untuk mendapatkan keturunan kuda yang mempunyai karakter/sifat yang jauh berkualitas dari masing2 induk atau pejantan.
Metode cross breeding merupakan alternatif pilihan yang paling murah dan menguntungkan. Kita bisa melihat keberhasilan peternak2 di Tompaso, Minahasa yang sudah melakukan croos breeding dengan melakukan kawin silang antara kuda manado dan kuda jenis thorougbred luar negeri 10-15 tahun silam dan saat ini telah menampakkan hasilnya dengan performance kuda lebih baik, apakah dari tingginya, daya tahan, kecepatan..tergantung kuda jenis apa yang diinginkan.

Bagaimana melakukannya?

Mulanya disiapkan beberapa ekor kuda betina lokal/luar antara umur 5-8 tahun dan disebut sebagai generasi 0(G), kemudian dikawinkan dengan pejantan unggul/kuda luar yang telah disiapkan. Hasil dari persilangan tersebut kan menghasilkan kuda generasi kesatu (G1)dengan kandungan darah berbanding sama 50% baik lokal dan pejantannya dan tinggi pundak bertambah lk 5 cm . Pada proses selanjutnya kuda betina generasi 1(G1) setelah berumur 3-4 th dikawinkan dengan pejantan unggul lainnya, untuk menghasilkan kuda generasi 2 (G2)dengan kandungan darah lokal tinggal 25% serta pertambahan tinggi pundak lk 5 cm,...kemudian kuda betina yg sudah berumur 3-4 dari generasi 2 dikawinkan dengan penjantan unggul yang lainnya untuk mendapatkan keturunan generasi 3 (G3) dengan kanduangan darah lokal menjadi 12,5%. Kuda hasil kawin silang generasi ketiga (G3) sudah akan mewarisi sifat-sifat/darah unggul dari darah pejantannya sebesar 87,5% dan darah dari induk aslinya tinggal 12,5% dengan pertambahan tinggi pundak lk 5 cm lagi. Kuda G3 ini nantinya yang akan menjadi standar Kuda Kavaleri, karena kuda jantan atau betina pada generasi ketiga (G3) sudah dianggap cukup baik dan layak untuk dijadikan bibit induk. Program kawin silang yang dilaksanakan sebaiknya dibatasi sampai generasi ke empat (G4) karena prosentase darah dari pejantan sudah mencapai 93,7% dan sudah cukup mewarisi sifat2 pejantan dengan estimate pertambahan tinggi pundak mencapai 15-20 cm pada kurun 12-15 tahun... demikian pula pada G3 dan G4, kuda-kuda tersebut sudah dapat menyesuaikan dengan iklim dan alam Indonesia.....selamat mecoba.