France: New International Endurance Event at Fontainebleau

Welcome to Fontainebleau !

The Grand Parquet Endurance association is happy to present you with a new event happening in France: an International Endurance Ride Competition taking place in Fontainebleau on Saturday, April the 2nd 2011.

The event is hosted on the Grand Parquet spot, one of the most beautiful equestrian sites in France, very comfortable, as well for the horses as for the rider:

*Very easy to access : located 60 km south of Paris on the A6 Motorway, Exit No 14
*Many hotels situated around Fontainebleau
*230 permanent structure horse boxes
*Many horse shower areas
*Concrete grooming area
*Large consolidated parking area
*Exhibitors and caterer on the premises

On the programme:
*CEI** - 121 km in 4 loops (33km, 36,5km, 30km and 21,5km) – 1450 meters difference in height
*CEI* - 91 km in 3 loops (33km, 36,5km, and 21,5km) – 1100 meters difference in height

The courses are displayed in daisy shape around the site, in the magnificent Fontainebleau Forest, on excellent quality grounds (almost no asphalt).

Electronic timing will be applied to the riders.

Agenda
Monday, March 21st

closing date for final entries (through your federations)

Wednesday, March 30th (2 :00 pm) to Friday, April 1st (12 :00 pm) : Riders and Horses arrival

Friday, April 1st, 2 :30 pm : initial veterinary control

Saturday, April 2nd : 7 :00 am : CEI** start – 8 :00 am : CEI* start

Saturday, April 2nd : 8 :30 pm : Gala Dinner.

And thanks to our partners we will have a very nice award ceremony !

We are awaiting you all for this first edition !

To contact us
cg.cabardos@club-internet.fr (Endurance Riding: News)

Rally Competition

Rally 10 KM boleh dikatakan sebagai baby endurance... pada Cavalry Intern Friendly Competition 2011 dalam rangka HUT Kavaleri tahun 2011,.... Rally sebagai cara baru sebelum berlanjut dengan endurance sesungguhnya.....Rally pada kali ini tidak dengan melawan waktu tetapi mengikuti Optimum Time atau waktu yang terdekat yang ditentukan adalah pemenangnya....dengan demikian kecepatan kuda tidak menjadi prioritas tetapi pada kesenangan penunggang, penunggang mengatur sendiri dengan limit waktu yang ada..dengan Rally semacam ini bisa diikuti oleh kalangan mana saja senior atau junior sekalipun karena memang tujuan Rally 10 km ini untuk FUN ... mudah kan? kuda jenis apa saja bisa ikut tidak dibatasi ... kuda lokal, ok juga... anda penasaran ...hari Sabtu 5/2/2011 bertempat di Pusdikkav Padalarang,, acara ini akan digelar... CP kapt kav Jefri Hanok hp 085225013382

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