Internet Coverage
by Mike Maul
Internet coverage of the 1996 World Equestrian Games
in Manhattan, KS by Steph Teeter and Mike Maul
The following material was provided live over the internet
to the worldwide audience following the games. These
results were also e-mailed and faxed to others in the
world endurance community by readers of the internet
postings. It was an exciting time for all of us and
we(Steph and I) hope to cover it again from Ireland
in 1998.
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Subject: Kansas update
Latest news from the site of the WEG on Friday Sept. 20.
Mike Maul/Steph Teeter reporting for the Endurance Listserv
Today at 1 pm - its a cool day with clouds. almost perfect
for the ride. yesterday this time - it was raining hard and
lots of wind. The only difficulties for Sat are the possibility
of showers and somewhat slick conditions. the equestrian
demonstrations today are rapidly turning the field into mud
from the water in the ground. it is low 50s at night with
a high of 75 in the day.
driving out from kansas city this morning - it was about 2 hours
on a straight highway gradually rising thru the rolling flint hills
that the ride will take place in. the ride site is the start and
finish of the competition - the rock springs 4H camp. it's
a very nice site - with horse barns, corrals, a 600 person
auditorium, and cafeteria. and as we quickly found out -
all the ammenities of home,,, cappucino(sp?), some gourmet items
like bagels|-) etc.... but you can't have everything.
the food in the cafeteria is straight out of highschool.
the praire is beautiful - you can see for miles from the tops
of the hills. the ride takes place almost all on private land.
i don't know what it looked like before the indians and buffalo
left - but if i had to guess - this would be it.
a quick trip thru the vendors area showed a lot of the ones we
know are here. from the listserv - we have teddy lancaster
of running bear and roger rittenhouse(vmax heart monitors and
more). there is also a western theme arts and crafts show
on the grounds.
the competitors and their horses are all getting ready - the
trot-outs for the team are this afternoon. steph and i plan to
cover that later in the day. it's neat seeing all the
international competitors at the ride. you hear all sorts of
accents at the barn and the vendors stalls. and we see the
US team getting ready - people taking pictures - videos,
and everyone having a great time. we are both seeing people
from all over the US that we have not seen for a while.
the teams that brought their horses include the french, the swiss
(possibly), the canadians, and possibly italy. brazil has
a leased horse from texas and some they brought. the
australians and the chileans leased their horses from darolyn
butlers barn in houston - with the exception of brook sample
from australia(previous quilty winner) who is leasing from
lari shea.
stay tuned for more as we upload it to the listserv and the web
page. we are going to try to give the info as the riders
leave each vet check during the ride.
our apologies for the webpage we had on the kansas ride linked
from the endurance page disappearing 2 days ago. we had the ride
route in map form, the list of horses(will be updated to be the final
this afternoon at 3 p), all the committes... and a technical
"glitch" at the homepage site caused it to vanish into the
black hole of UNIX systems... we hope to have the map back up
soon.
we do have the list of horses, riders, teams etc on it now
but it needs updating.
more as the ride time approaches. apparently some of our european
readers have set up fax and email feeds from our endurance
coverage.
Mike and Steph - your internet reporters...
ps - all typos and errors are the responsibility of your
2 fingered typist.
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Subject: news from the WEG trot out
bad news for the US team when chris kochs horse saxx did not show
up for the trot out. apparently the decision was made not to do
the trot out since he was off. apparently none of the US alternates
ar e able to replace him so the US will be short one of its best
team members.
as far as we could tell - all other horses from all the teams
were ok at the vet in. the announcement said this was an extraordinary
situation and an example of the high quality of the entrantants.
rio - becky harts 3 time world champion - about 19 years old -
is competing for sweden.
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 96 22:32:55 CDT
Subject: latest on the WEG as of fiday eve
Following is the latest list of the horses and riders for
the start. we have been told there may be some changes
yet in the morning. the format below is rider number, horse
name, rider, country abbreviation - then team number.
as i mentioned earlier - US rider chris koch and saxx are out.
saxx showed up lame prior to the trot out and did not go to the
vet in. no alternates for the US were able to replace saxx in the
ride. the alternates at the ride were riders carrie miracle(SW) and
cleydea hastings(?)(NW). the reasons for this are complex and
i will wait for a US team reason before posting.
The ride will start at dawn - 7 AM here. Everyone is getting ready
for the ride tonight and the early start. at least it is not
the normal 4 AM start the US riders have.
more on the start in the morning. we plan to give updates to
the listserv and the web page thru out the day. we had a very brief
shower go thru and a nice double rainbow afterwards but the sky is
clear now with a beautiful moon over looking the ride headquarters
and the stalled horses.
mike maul and steph teeter
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:59:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stephanie Teeter
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: protests
6:30 Kansas time. Still no final starting list.
Unnoficial word is that a team has filed a
protest regarding a leased horse and whether
they mus be bound to the lease. I'll get back tonight and
see if the list has been released yet - the
protest must be resolved first.
Steph
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 96 22:11:04 PDT
From: Pete LaBerge
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: USA Team (Unofficial) for World Championship
This just in from a well-placed mole who is on-site in Kansas :
The (unofficial) USA Team for tomorrow's World ChampionshipEndurance Ride
Danielle Kanavy - Pieraz (Cash)
Shirley Delsart - KJ Destination (Dusty)
Marcia Smith - On A High (Elvis)
Steve Rojek - WS Peregrine (Hawk)
Three of these riders must finish for the team to be eligible to medal.
All other USA riders will ride as individuals.
Looking forward to Mike and Steph's net coverage tomorrow.
Go USA!!!!
Pete LaBerge
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From: Bulte <100450.2125@CompuServe.COM>
To: "INTERNET:ridecamp@endurance.net"
Subject: Kansas
Hi all,
>All the communications logistics have been worked out and Mike and I should
>be able to send regular status updates throughout
>the day on Saturday
Thank you steph, we are listening to you in Europe all night long...
and forward faxes to Belgium and France
Pierre Bulte
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 96 08:16:43 CDT
Subject: the start of the weg
the start was on a beautiful day. the sun came up just at 7 am
as the group called out their starting numbers and prepared to
start. it was a slow controlled start with teams usually leaving
as a group.
the night before had been cloudless - with the night skies above
the praire showing thousands of starsandthe milky way - something
we never get to see in the large cities. the traffic to the ride
site started to build up at 5 am as crews and rides came to support
their teams.
there were a very large number of greys - sort of what you would
expect in a mostly arabian entry field.
there were several hundred people cheering on the start for
their teams. a short time after the start - wecould see the
riders and horses crossing the near hills with the sun behind them.
the winners are expected to be in around 3:30 pm for a ride time
slightly less than the winning time of 9:41 including holds
from last septembers ride.
mike maul and steph teeter reporting
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Subject: Vet Check 1
Date: 1996/09/21
the first pull of the day - at about 1 hour into the ride -
is number 43 on the hungarian team. the rider and horse
are
aranka hornyeki - hungary - my trade secret
the first check is at 26 miles into the ride. and the first riders
may make it into this point by 1:45 to 2 hours. this was a very
fast part of the ride in september but the conditions were better.
but then - this is the world competition...
mike maul and steph
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Subject: commentary and all the info on vet check 1 now
While we have a break -i would like to add a little commentary.
also at the end - we have all the times for the first vetcheck
now.
the pull at vet check 1 for brook sample and his horse caradeno - leased
from lari shai - is a tough one. brook is a previous quilty winner
in australia - the US equivalent of either the old dominion or tevis.
i believe caradeno is one of laris better horses and brook is
certainly an excellent rider. he would have been one of the
better prospects for a top ten placing. if my memory is correct -
brook did well in the netherlands 2 years ago.
the day is bright and sunny. not warm yet but with the prospect
ofhitting the mid to high 70s. i don't have infoyet as to how the
rain of a few days ago is affecting things.
the listing of another web page covering the ride is from a local
elementry school here in junction city. they have a search engine
for horses names etc... also lots of "real audio" if your pc
can handle it.
we are having some troubles with my modem so the postings may
be coming from jc.net but it is still steph and mike
mike and steph
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 11:35:37 -0500
Subject: times into check point 2
first horses into vet check 2 are 70 84 77 78 1 83 29 85 4 2 3 6
5 75 8 65 9 32
77 shirley 78 danielle 1 val kanavy 83 steve rojak of the US
85 unser of US - sorry if this seems US oriented but we know the
numbers better...
a correction on the expected time in for the winners. the
ride time including holds for sept 95 was given to me as 9:41
for the winner. that can't be correct so we think the time
is really the riding time. expected finish more like 7 pm local.
the holds are 30, 30, 40, 30, 20, 20 for a total of 170 minutes -
almost 3 hours.
we have one additional pull now #53 - ramegwa shandy with rider
sheik a.a. humedi
mike and steph
from steph who was at vet check 1 - it was an absolute zoo. for
the non english speaking - it means that there was a lot going
on and extremely busy.
the US team is looking very good and riding intelligently -
note that the last listing showed vcp1in and vcp1vg
in means they checked in and vg means they passed the pulse
and respiration. vg is farther along than in. the out times are below
1,TK Fire N Gold,Valerie Kanavy,US,16,,21.0000,VCP2in,11:16:00,9/21/96,6
2,Horla,Hugo Kerneur,FR,6,,21.0000,VCP2in,11:17:00,9/21/96,9
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 12:14:37 -0500
Subject: more pulls at vet check 2 and some background info
latest pulls are 87- dennis sommers(us), 15 parra(brazil), and 74
sheik maktoum(qatar)
some background info for the folks that cannot access the web page
is :
km miles hold time
trot by 24.8 15.5
vc1 42.1 26.3 30 ave speed front 13 mph 21.7 kph
vc2 70.0 43.8 30 ave speed front 10 mph 16.0 kph
vc3 100.2 62.6 40
vc4 118.1 73.8 30
vc5 134.4 84.0 20
vc6 148.8 93.0 20
total 160.0 100.0 170
btw - we apologize to those that are going to get large digests
from the ride but - its a once in 2 years sort of thing...
steph is out at the checks with a cell phone calling in local
items of interest. we are getting the listings from the local
amateur group that is handling the communications and giving
us floppies.
these is a tremendous amount of volunteer work going into this
and we all - world wide - need to give them a lot of credit for doing
this.
mike and steph
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Subject: WEG update as of 1 pm saturday
following is the latest update as of 1250 saturday sept 21.
note the additional pulls of
48,Gonzin,Luigi Mazzarella,IT,9,,10.0000,Pulled,00:00:00,9/21/96,73
38,Voltano,Grabriela Forster,DE,7,,10.0000,Pulled,00:00:00,9/21/96,77
previous pulls
11,Caradeno SO,Brook Sample,AU,1,,10.0000,Pulled,00:00:00,9/21/96,78
15,Enm Jadwiga,Carolina Parra,BR,2,,10.0000,Pulled,00:00:00,9/21/96,75
14,Faarytron,Eric Strauss,BR,2,,10.0000,Pulled,00:00:00,9/21/96,76
43,My Trade Secret,Aranka
Hornyeki,HU,8,,10.0000,Pulled,00:00:00,9/21/96,74
53,Ramegwa Shandy,Abdulrahman Al
Humedi,AQ,10,,10.0000,Pulled,00:00:00,9/21/96,72
74,Habad'h,H.H. Sh. Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum,AE,15,,10.0000,Pulled,00:00:00,9/21/96,71
87,Tony Baloney,Dennis Summers,US,16,,10.0000,Pulled,00:00:00,9/21/96,80
dennis summers was riding as an individual for the US so the team is
still going with 11 of 12 riding.
the leaders seem to be shirley delsart(us), jacques david(france),
chris unser(us), marcie smith(us), marcial taverne(chile), and
val kanavy(us) with less than 30 seconds separating them.
the horse that the rider from chile is riding(bashhari) is a leased
horse from the US alternates list(linda corry).
the remaining 4 top ten riders are 2 US and 2 france in the next
4-5 minutes. the frontrunners are pretty well bunched up with
6 of the top 10 US and 3 french.
all four of the US team members are in the top 10 at this point.
3 of the french team are in the top 10 with the 4th french team
horse at 11.
both the us and french teams seem to be riding together. if this
keeps up - it should be a tremendous finish.
mike and steph
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Subject: first riders into vet check 3
note in the pulls that rider 35 denmark - gint brint - mister
shadrack - was by rider option. we also have pulls on horses
26 chile r. cruzat and AK, and numbers 61/62 from sweden -
riders carlson and jonsson on rushcreek rawhide and fadwahs
sonrisa.
the first horses are now into vet check 3 at 1:35 pm at 62.6
miles 100 km. they are
1 val kanavy US
84 marcie smith us
83 steve rojak us
77 shirley delsart us
4 benedicte atger france
78 danielle kanavy us
5 stephane fleury france
3 jacques david france
85 chrise unser us
the distance was 18.8 miles - 30.2 km in about 1:45
for an average speed of 10.7 mph - 17.3 kph.
this is about the speed of the second leg for the ride
so the riders are keeping a consistent pace after a fast
first loop.
at this same 10 mph rate plus the holds - we may expect the
front runners in around 6:30 to 7 pm this eve.
its a very tight race.
mike and steph
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 15:36:56 -0500
Subject: weg info out of vet check 3 as of 2 pm
ride info as of 2 pm saturday sept 21
as the french and US teams leave vet check3 - the combined
times of the teams differs by only 2 minutes - with the US team
ahead at this point. note that this is an artificial calculation
at this point where we take the 4 times - throw out the longest
time and add the 3 best.
below is the latest info at vet check3. using this as an estimate
for the finishing times - i have around 7:15 pm for an estimated
finish with about 9:15 to 9:30 riding time compared to the 9:41
of the september 95 pre-ride.
we have a total of 15 pulls so far. no idea of the distribution
of reasons. number 12 albanet for australia derek armitage
was also pulled
mike and steph
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 16:13:08 -0500
Subject: weg info going out of vet check 4 at 4 pm
ride info as of 4pm sat september 21
the front runners are just now leaving vet check 4 with the
US team leading france by a little less than 4 minutes.
the pace was a little slower this leg as the heat of the day
builds and the 60-80 mile "i'm getting tired of this"
sets in...
the leading riders are
78 danielle kanavy us
1 val kanavy us
83 steve rojak us
5 stephane fleury fr
65 rubin sweden - rio is doing very well...
77 shirley delsart us
84 marcie smith us
85 chrisie unser us
3 jacques david fr
4 benedicte atger france
2 hugo kerneur fr
the top ten are still just a few minutes apart.
mike and steph
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 17:14:04 -0500
Subject: latest WEG info as of 5 pm and vet check 5
4:45 - Crowds are starting to form at the finish line.
Apparently they were anticipating a 5:00 finish. They
were informed that it's going to be more like 7:00 -
now they're asking where the beer and wine tent is :)
Vetcheck 5 arrivals :
78 - Danielle Kanavy US
20 - Barb Cameron Canada
83 - Steve Rojek US
77 - Shirly Delsart US
5 - Stephane Fleury FR
4 - Benedicte Atger FR
85 - Chrisie Unger US
65 - Eva Rubin (R.O. Grand Sultan!) Sweden
3 - Jacques David FR
16 - Eliana de Rocha Leao BR
6 - alin possas - FR
5 more horses pulled:
21 - Canada, Christine Janzen, Ciara County
24 - Canada, Joan Spiker, Gallegher
30 - Chile, Jose Ignacio Urenda, Durango Kid
28 - Chile, Alvaro Llompart, Gandi
80 - US, Ona Lawrence, Dandy McCoy
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Subject: weg standings at 89 miles between vc 5 and vc 6
weg report as of 5:15 pm saturday september 21
here is the latest out of vetcheck 5 plus. valerie and her daughter
have a substantial lead on the rest at this point and it may be hard
for the others to catch her. we expect the last 7 mile leg to be
fast. it is coming back in the way they went out - the finish
line is also the start line - and the pace on the out loop was fast.
it's starting to get cooler and everyone is picking up the pace in
front. rio is still holding out well for sweden with the french and US
still
dueling for the team gold. at the out point of vc 5 - the US team
is leading by 11 minutes overall.
yours truely and steph are going to stop reporting soon and go watch
the finish. we will report the finish shortly after the first
group of riders comes in.
at a gate half way between vc5and vc6 - the order is
1 val kanavy - us
78 danielle - us
3 jacques david - fr
4 b. atger - fr
65 ava rubin sweden - rio
83 steve rojak US
77 shirley delsart US
85 chrisie unser US
5 steph fleury fr
16 eliana da leao BR
2 hugo kerneur FR
mike and steph
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Subject: latest breaking WEG news
alright - guys and gals - its getting close to the finish time.
val and danielle kanavy just got into vet check 6 - 7 miles from
the finish a- t 6:03. they have a 20 minute hold.
steph and i are getting "antsy" - untranslatable american slang -
and want to head off for the finish line.
this is the last you will hear from us until sometime after the
exciting finish. we are guessing as whether there will be a race
to the finish between mother and daughter - or if they have time -
whether they will come across holding hands as they tried to do at
the recent race of champions...
stay tuned...
mike and steph
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 19:51:07 -0500
Subject: It's Danielle over Valerie by a nose for WEG
we just got back from the finish. it was a race at the end
between danielle and her mother valerie. the times were 7:22 pm
for a total ride time of about 12:22 minus 170 hold for 9:32.
vals horse spooked at the end and went wide but came back in
for a race at the finish. both looked excellent at the finish.
jacques david for france was in third at 7:37 pm for a ride time
of 9:47. he looked very good at the end.
the next horses 15-20 minutes back still include Rio for sweden,
the two french riders, steve rojack and more.
next ride summary to follow almost immediately.
it made for a great finish as they rode in down a long gentle
sweeping hill into the sunset at the finish line. there was a crowd of
about 1000 cheering them on to the finish.
mike and steph
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 19:58:52 -
Subject: WEG fourth place is Savaq for Brazil - Da Rocha leao - 5th Rio !!
Savaq - with Eliana da rocha leao - for brazil is now in with a time
of 7:47 pm or a ride time of about 9:57 savaq is patti pizzos horse
from the new england region.
the great Rio came in 5th with a time of 7:56 pm or about 10:03
for sweden with eva rubin.
just great for a 3 time world champion of 19. we can only hope
to do so well.....
mike and steph
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 20:19:26 -0500
Subject: the top ten are in at WEG
note that all these still need vet completition.
and the following have also come in -
2 hugo kerneur for france at 19:59:48 for 7 th
83 steve rojak for us at 20:07:01 for 8th
77 shirley delsart for us at 20:07:08 for 9th
76 melissa crain for us at 20:10:16 10th
4 benedicte atger for france at 20:17:19 for 11th
this is the top 10 - at least prior to vet out for completion
more soon,
mike and steph
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 20:32:50 -0500
Subject: the Amercan team wins the Gold - France Silver
assuming all the horses vet out OK at the end - the US team wins
the Team gold by 17 minutes over the French for the silver.
Congratulations to both teams for a super competition.
And now we look forward to .... Ireland in 1998.
see you there...
we don't have a clue as to who will get the bronze.
mike and steph
updates will come a little less frequently now but we will get
the info out.
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Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 00:39:42 -0500
Subject: status 12:30
Winding down ... down ... down. Still 15 riders out, the last
few may not make the 18 hr cutoff time. Canadian rider #22,
Carol Steiner and #59, Daniel Garcia Escandell were pulled
at the finish.
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Subject: some reflections on the WEG at the end of the day
i had to leave early before the awards ceremony was over but
know steph stayed to post the BC results. the group there
had a great banquet this evening with michael murphy as the
entertainment - with music like wildfire and some of the
horse related music he has done
some clarifications - the ride was officially 19 hours - not
the 18 reported earlier. why 19 rather than the normal 24
in the US you may ask... at the ride meeting the leaders
of the teams were informed by the officials that this was a
world class compeition and that horses that could not complete
in less than 19 hours should not be there.
in some senses this is not unreasonable - especially with conditions
so good that the winners had ride times of 9:32. the officials were
also somewhat flexible in that several horses with times exceeding
the 19 hours(up to 12 minutes) were allowed completitions but not
rankings. this last little detail had some implications in determining
the winner of the bronze team metal - sweden vs switzerland. this was
the "unofficial " info i heard.
the awards were great - and the victory for the 3 individuals was
celebrated by a fast cantar aound the other horses in the presentaion
ring. we had all the obligatory introductions of the local "brass"
down to the army group at ft. riley but all in all - it was a wonderful
celebration of what the sport is all about - there were the front runners
going all out to win - down to the riders coming in at 2 am with "
to finish is to win".
and what was nicest of all - there were still quite a number of people
out there at the finish line at 12 midnight to give each rider coming
in a cheer and applause. this is worth thinking about - that each one
of us gets something different out of the sport - and gives it back
to others. to see riders coming in at high 20s positions - and still
holding hands as they crossed the finish line together so that after all
that time together - they would be a "team" even though from different
countries.
it was a chance for many people to see friends in the sport - and to make
new ones. to see some of the greatest horses in the world compete in a sport
we all love - to learn from crewing and volunteering for the top
competitors in the world.
and for something to reflect upon as well - our horses. they are
athletes - the best in the world - and what we ask of them
takes a toll - sometimes a very large one. they give it to us because
we ask - and they want to as well. one of the competition horses -
a very good competitor - was doing well thru much of the race.
toward the end - the horse just appeared tired but all vet signs
looked reasonable. the horse was hand walked in the last 7 miles
and completed. nothing extraordinary seemed to be happening other
than being very tired.
the horse was later treated at the kansas state vet clinic and is in serious
condition. we all hope the best for the horses recovery. my point here is
that we should all do the best we can for our horses - and even then
things can happen.
mike maul signing off as your internet reporter at the 1996 WEG.
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