[RC] Fw: [AussieEndurance] Pierre Cazes with missing text this time - Tom Sites
Another Post said he died from a crushed thorax, which means a kick to
the throat, if i'm not mistaken. Its sad. I've witnessed a
death of this nature and it still haunts me. My Best to his Family and the
entire French Team. ts
Hi All
the death has been confirmed today of Pierre Cazes, the
result of an accident involving the loading of horses, as I
understand.
the AES extend our deepest sympathy to the French Federation,
Endurance internationally and especially his family.
Thanks to Chris
Gates for this information
Barb Timms
Pierre Cazes - the Heart of
French Endurance Born: 1950, married, 2 children. A veterinarian, Pierre
Cazes has been in charge of the Selection process for the French National
Endurance team since 1991. He was named National trainer in 1994 and
continues in that position to this day. Under his leadership, French riders
have accumulated 26 medals for European and World Championships, 9 of which
were Gold medals. These medals include:
1992, Barcelona, Team Gold,
Silver Individual 1994, The Hague, Team Gold / Silver & Bronze
Individual, 5 horses in the first 6 places
1997 Rome, Championship of
Europe ? 5 top placces and Team Gold
2000 Compiegne, Gold, Silver,
Bronze, Individual
2002 Jerez, Team Gold, Bronze Individual
In a
training course in 1998, these were some of his points of recommendation, in
translation, of course, for choosing the endurance horse. For the endurance
horse, one is not necessarily looking for the traditional gates as in more
structured disciplines. You do not need a trot with action or a rounded and
collected gallop, which use too much energy. The good paces of endurance are
horizontal, relaxed and slow. We can see these paces develop the more the
horse is worked. However, if it is the horses? natural inclination to be
collected in it?s gates, it will be difficult to dissuade the horse from his
natural inclination. As far as cardiac, a powerful horse has a good recovery.
Certain horses have this naturally but it is primarily a question of work and
one cannot give measurable criterion on a horse that is not in condition.
There will be some indices of the cardiac quality of recovery only after the
first months of work. The heart rate at rest is not a good index. As far as
the mental aspect of the horse, champions are relaxed and educated and work
well with their riders, but they may not be horses that may be ridden by
everyone. They all have a great force of character and each one has its
characteristic of behavior, its small touch of madness.
Much can be
found out by observing the arrivals from a race. No horse is perfect, and
even the best have their weak points. The significant thing is to know your
horse and to be able to manage the weak points as well as possible. When one
buys a horse for endurance, the surest solution is obviously to look at its
record in endurance. It should be known that the best horses were bought by
chance before they were ever run for reasons as simple as color or looks, or
because nobody wanted it, or the stockbreeder sold it in a batch. Finally let
us not forget the genetic references: certain lines prove to be stable in
their quality for the endurance." A la prochaine fois,
Pamela
