WEG 2014 endurance ride test a success
The exam events for side past times side year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games opened alongside endurance inwards the Basse-Normandie hamlet of Sartilly on Friday, as well as it was Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum as well as Nikos who took the honours for the United Arab Emirates.
Bahrain’s Raed Mahmood, deputising for Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa who was sidelined past times injury, was 3 minutes 28 seconds behind for the runner-up spot alongside Sandine Phoenix, spell Oman’s Ahmed Al Hamdani as well as Raffale de la Fageole were some distance behind the 2 leaders to claim third, fractionally ahead of Spain’s Jaume Punti on Ramses de la Rotja.
A total of 58 horses representing 35 countries laid upward out at 6.30am on the four-loop 129.3 kilometre course of didactics designed past times Jean-Louis Leclerc (FRA), who skilfully incorporated the naturally occurring challenges of the Normandy countryside, including hills, forests as well as beaches. The scenic rails injure past times iconic landmarks, including the isle commune at Mont Saint-Michel as well as the beautiful Abbaye de la Lucerne.
Sheikh Hamdan, who was a fellow member of the golden medal winning squad at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games inwards Kentucky (USA) as well as at lastly year’s globe championships inwards Euston Park (GBR), was inwards the leading pack throughout the ride. Team mate Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum as well as Yamamah headed the front-runners until the Australian mare was vetted out for lameness at the terminal vet gate, leaving Sheikh Hamdan out on his ain to claim a classy victory alongside the 12-year-old gelding, Nikos, returning to the dry reason of his nascency later preparation inwards Dubai for the summer.
“It was a really practiced course”, Sheikh Hamdan said later his win. “It was technically challenging as well as needed an experienced passenger who thinks, as well as that’s what volition live needed for side past times side twelvemonth too.”
Bahrain’s Raed Mahmood took over the ride on the Australian-bred Sandine Phoenix next the injury to Sheikh Nasser at Argentan (FRA) lastly calendar month when the eight-year-old gelding fell, leaving his possessor alongside a fractured wrist. But Sheikh Nasser was on mitt inwards Sartilly to run into his Equus caballus challenge for the Pb as well as eventually claim second.
“It was definitely a technical course,” Sheikh Nasser said, “and nosotros knew it wouldn’t live a fast track, but that’s what Endurance is all about.”
Ahmed Al Hamdani, a fellow member of the Omani bronze medal squad at lastly year’s globe championships, was also riding a French-bred gelding, Rafale de la Fageole. The pair led the 2nd grouping of horses across the complete business for tertiary place, almost 45 minutes behind the winners, but but 2 seconds divided Al Hamdani as well as Spain’s Jaume Punti Dachs as well as Ramses de la Rotja inwards fourth.
The Castilian passenger is celebrating later his married adult woman Maria Alvarez Ponton gave nascency to the couple’s tertiary nestling lastly Saturday. The babe daughter is called Anna, as well as her woman raise is hoping to defend her European entitle at the championships inwards Most (CZE) side past times side calendar month if she is check enough.
The Endurance contest was the starting fourth dimension inwards a serial of exam events that volition live staged past times the organising commission inwards the build-up to side past times side year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Eventing also started on Fri alongside dressage, as well as continues alongside the cross-country at Haras du Pin today, spell driving takes pump phase at the Hippodrome inwards Caen side past times side calendar week (August 23-25).
“The exam events are designed to exam both the sport as well as the logistics as well as today has given us lots of valuable feedback,” said Fabien Grobon, CEO of the Organising Committee.
“For endurance it is of import to render a practiced course of didactics that tests the horses as well as riders, but keeps the welfare of the Equus caballus to the fore. We know that in that location are some things that nosotros volition take away hold to alter for side past times side year, but nosotros volition function closely alongside the FEI as well as the National Federations to brand certain everything is correct for 2014.”
FEI Endurance Director Ian Williams was also pleased alongside the effect of the competition.
“It was a really practiced exam lawsuit as well as did precisely what a exam lawsuit should do, which is to highlight some of the really practiced aspects of what volition live inwards house for the 2014 endurance event, every bit good every bit position aspects that request some work. Overall it has been an extremely practiced twenty-four hours that was really much appreciated past times everyone here.”
CEI2* Sartilly (FRA) exam event – 1, HE Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum (UAE), Nikos, 6:14:34; 2, Raed Mahmood (BRN), Sandine Phoenix, 6:18:02; 3, Ahmed Al Hamdani (OMA), Rafale de la Fageole, 7:02:28; 4, Jaume Punti Dachs (ESP), Ramses de la Rotja, 7:02:30; 5, Brigitte Pinto (POR), Nita Lotoise, 7:09:51; 6, Mahmood Al Fori (OMA), Osmos, 7:09:54.
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