The 2013 FEI Pony World Driving Championships came to a conclusion Sunday, Nov. 3, with the cones phase and saw the United States secure a seventh place finish on a total of 452.1. The Netherlands earned team gold on a score of 332.3, with Germany claiming silver on 365.9. Hungary cruised to a bronze medal on a score of 388.3.
A poster of Esther Stace clearing 6’6” sidesaddle with the caption “Are You Brave Enough?” likely caused many riders to think, “No, I'm probably not.” But Susan Oakes had a very different reaction.
“I took that as a personal challenge,” said Oakes, who set out to break Stace’s unofficial 1915 record after seeing the poster and caption.
"Don’t let go of the rope!" This command flashed in my head like an alarm clock as I tumbled into the mud. I rolled, gripping that rope. The donkey’s momentum pulled me back onto my feet, and we were off again, chasing the rest of the field. Not my idea of a good start.
Fédération Equestre Internationale Secretary General Ingmar De Vos has dismissed remarks by Belgian national coach Pierre Arnould that endurance riding could become a banned sport if the FEI cannot end the escalating crisis about doping and horse welfare issues in the Middle East.
On Day 2 of the Retired Racehorse Training Project's Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, held Oct. 6 at Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore, Md., you could almost forgive spectators for being a little ho-hum about seeing yet another attractive, talented, and workmanlike green Thoroughbred, going about his or her job with poise on the track's homestretch.
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