Pony Club embraces endurance riding to celebrate 80th birthday
The Pony Club is set to launch endurance as one of its official disciplines in 2009 to coincide with the organisation’s 80th birthday.
Endurance GB
Endurance GB is the national governing body for endurance riding in the UK and any international competitor competing under the British flag needs to be registered with the body.
It encompasses 23 groups in England and Wales which organise social events and rides from non-competitive 8km (5 mile) rides to competitive 160km (100 miles) rides.
The domestic sport in Scotland is run by the Scottish Endurance Riding Club (SERC), which is independent but affiliated to Endurance GB, which represents SERC’s endurance riding interests at British Equestrian. One of SERC’s club management committee serves as a director on the Endurance GB board.
UK citizens living in Northern Ireland who wish to compete internationally in endurance have the choice of affiliating to Horse Sport Ireland or to Endurance GB.
Endurance GB provides over 100 events a year for members of the association on registered horses and ponies, as well as many social and pleasure rides to encourage non-members.
The body describes its mission as follows: “Our mission is to promote and enhance the sport of endurance (competitive long distance) riding within the United Kingdom, by providing competition, training and development opportunities that will appeal to all levels of rider from beginner to world class winner. The society will endeavour to promote and uphold at all times the highest standards of horse welfare.”
There are a number of different paid-for types of membership of the endurance governing body, such as full membership for different age categories, non-riding membership and associate membership, again for different age categories. There are also various free memberships such as for those taking part in sponsored events or pleasure rides and volunteers.
Endurance GB is a member body of British Equestrian (previously known as the British Equestrian Federation and still shortened to BEF), which brings together sport organisations such as Endurance GB and its equivalents in the other non-Olympic and Olympic disciplines, industry bodies such as the British Grooms Association and the British Equestrian Trade Association and charities such as World Horse Welfare, the Riding for the Disabled Association and the British Horse Society.
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Farewell to gold medal-winning endurance horse Hero
Endurance horse Hero, who helped Britain win a gold medal at the 1990 World Equestrian Games, has died at the age of 30
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Golden Horseshoe features on BBC's Countryfile this weekend
Presenters from the BBC's Countryfile programme will report from this year's Golden Horseshoe ride on the show this Sunday
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New endurance rulebook prepared for "modern" sport
A year-long international review of endurance has produced a brand new rulebook for the sport and riders are being invited to have their say on the changes
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Endurance GB donates £1,000 to Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Endurance GB has donated £1,000 to Redwings to help support the animals rescued from Spindles Farm in Amersham
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Britain wins gold and silver in endurance first for India
An all-woman team of British endurance riders won gold and silver medals in India's first 50km International Invitational Endurance Championship
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Open European endurance winner tests positive for medication
Mubarak Khalifa bin Shafya has lost his first place in the Open Qatar Challenge at the European endurance championships after his horse Zakah Zahara tested positive for medication
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New 160km endurance world record set in Dubai
The world record for the 160km Endurance Cup in Dubai was beaten by 13 minutes by Omair Hussain Al Bloushi
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Endurance GB enjoys unexpected profit in 2007
Endurance GB is expected to post a profit for 2007 instead of the £30,000 loss previously predicted following the foot-and-mouth outbreak
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Horse welfare at top of FEI review of endurance riding
A raft of new proposals for the international sport of endurance include a new qualifying system for riders and more specialised training for vets and officials
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British endurance success
British endurance riders have enjoyed some successful trips abroad recently
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Endurance rider died 'accidentally'
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Top endurance horse Vlacq Khamul put down
International endurance rider Tricia Hirst's top horse Vlacq Khamul has been put down after "catastrophic" injury
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Golden Horseshoe Ride
Endurance riders taking on the 2007 Golden Horseshoe Ride faced the very worst of the British weather as well as Exmoor's challenging terrain
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Large entry for Golden Horseshoe Ride
The new 50-mile Exmoor Experience endurance ride has attracted a strong entry with good support for the 100-mile Golden Horseshoe Ride
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Equine physiologist to speak at Marathon conference
Dr David Marlin will speak at the Marathon Medicine Conference about the similarities between human marathon runners and endurance horses
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Death of international endurance judge Marcy Pavord
Former H&H reporter, author, endurance rider and judge Marcy Pavord recently lost her battle against cancer
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Future of endurance to be debated by FEI
The future of endurance riding is to be mapped out at an FEI forum next spring
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Endurance horse dies in Aachen
An Anglo Arab gelding was euthanased earlier today having been taken ill during the first few kilometres of the endurance competition on Monday
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Sheikh stripped of endurance title
Sheikh Majid bin Mohd Al Maktoum has been stripped of his third place in the 2005 European Endurance Championship
