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[RC] WEG Endurance Test Event Needs Volunteers - Kristen A Fisherby: Erin Ryder, TheHorse.com News Editor
September 04 2009, Article # 14843 Want to spend a Kentucky autumn day watching some elite equine
athletes and riders do their thing against a backdrop of Bluegrass? How about
getting an inside view of the veterinary work behind the scenes at an
international endurance event?
The organizers of the endurance portion of the 2010 Alltech
FEI World Equestrian Games are looking for a few good volunteers--160, in
fact--to assist at their Kentucky Cup Endurance test event Oct. 14. The
available positions include vet scribes, trail stewards, road crossing marshals,
training trail marshals, stables stewarding, hospitality assistant to officials,
and food runners. Some positions require a full day commitment, while others are
broken into sessions.
Most of the jobs don't require specialized knowledge about
endurance competition, explained Discipline Manager Emmett Ross. Those with some
experience working in equine health might be most suitable for the veterinary
scribe positions.
The Kentucky Cup Endurance will feature both a 75 mile (120
km) race, and a 100 mile (160km) race. Both races will start at the same time
the morning of Oct. 14. Riders from 18 countries are expected to compete,
including current and past national and world champions. The base of operations
is the Kentucky Horse Park, with the course stretching out into surrounding
property.
The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are the world
championships of the eight equestrian disciplines of the Fédération Equestre
Internationale (FEI). The competition is held every four years, and the 2010
edition will be the first hosted in the United States. The games will run Sept.
25-Oct. 10, 2010. Tickets go on sale Sept. 25,
2009.
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