[RC] what is World Breeding Endurance Championship for - Pvan19
for foreign horses/riders both must be qualified under FEI rules
for this distance (not necessarily together) - so
this depends on your country/federation
and ofcourse your horse must be 7 or 8 years old
As Leonard said this ride is really the final step of a selection process
of young endurance horses which starts when they are 4 years old and they
do their first 20 or 30 km (set speed) ride and ends with 90 km's when they are
6
The great thing about this is that the rides for young horses are not
subject to a ranking (1st, 2nd etc.) but use a grading system based
on how close the horse came to the maximum set speed and how fast it
recuperated ( for example a horse pulsing down within 10 minutes after the ride
instead of 30 gets awarded an extra point) Grading ranges from
Excellent to Qualified
These rides are great - the babies are learning and mostly all over the
place and the vets & volunteers work with this...
The Compiègne ride is altogether a different story where the real stuff
starts - yes it is very tough - but than these horses have come thru the system
and proven that they should be up to it
Fantastic ride to watch - all this potential!! And ofcourse a good place to
look for a horse..which ofcourse is the whole point as it encourages
breeders and develops the market...
