Author's posts
Feb 13 2017
Bahrain Diary – WAHO Conference 2017
The WAHO Conference is always a great opportunity to meet and catch up with friends from around the globe. This year, the conference takes place in Bahrain. Stay tuned, as I take you along with me to get some impressions of Bahrain, it’s horses and the conference! Monday, 13th February 2017 And yet another delightful …
Feb 04 2017
New prohibited substances cases
FEI Press Release dated 3rd Feb 2017 The FEI has announced seven adverse analytical findings involving prohibited substances in UAE Endurance events. The horses were tested at four different events at the Al Wathba venue in Abu Dhabi. All seven horses have tested positive to the same four prohibited substances, the stimulant Caffeine and its …
Feb 04 2017
Overview of measures to address horse welfare issues in Endurance
Press release by the FEI, dated 3rd Feb 2017 The FEI Secretary General has today provided an overview of a series of measures to be implemented by both the FEI and the United Arab Emirates Equestrian Federation to address serious horse welfare issues in UAE Endurance. In view of the deaths of seven horses in …
Feb 02 2017
Über die Regenbogenbrücke – Gandalf VM
Viel zu früh ist der Leistungssportler Gandalf VM Anfang Januar aufgrund einer schweren Kolik über die Regenbogenbrücke gegangen. Gandalf war ein Ausnahmehengst – nicht nur aufgrund seiner Leistung und sportlichen Erfolge, auch durch seine Abstammung: Gezogen wurde er von Melitta Burger aus einer Vollblutaraberstute Ghani Bint Khaled in Anpaarung mit dem Trakehner Konvoi, der seinerseits …
Feb 01 2017
Marek Trela – Off to new Shores!
The Polish Magazine “Araby” just reported that Marek Trela has packed his suitcases to go to Abu Dhabi to work for Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan as manager of his W’rsan Stables. It’s almost exactly one year ago, that Marek Trela, together with Anna Stojanowska and Jerzy Bialobok, have been dismissed as stud directors …
Jan 30 2017
Being there is everything
European Championships for Sports Arabians After last year’s cancellation of the European Champion-ships for Sports Arabians, the riders met this year in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. The event took place in combination with the Austrian and Lower Austrian Championships, what at first sight may be confusing. However, the combination had its advantages: 61 horses from eight …
Jan 25 2017
Königliche Pferde – Das Gestüt Weil unter König Wilhem I.
Dieses Jahr feiert das Königliche Privatgestüt Weil sein 200jähriges Jubiläum. Zu diesem Anlaß wird ein Buch erscheinen, das so umfassend wie noch nie die Geschichte der Zucht arabischer Pferde in Weil und Scharnhausen, den Gestüten der Württembergischen Könige beschreibt. Tausende von Akten aus verschiedenen Archiven wurden dazu ausgewertet und förderten interessante Details zu Tage. Einen …
Jan 11 2017
Merchant and Breeder – Baron von Fechtig (II)
One name pops up again and again, when it comes to the foundation horses of European Arabian horse breeding: Baron von Fechtig. But he did not only import horses, he maintained a stud over many years, where he bred “pure Arabian horses”. Unfortunately, hardly any horse of his breeding can be found in the pedigrees …
Jan 10 2017
The Eye of the Owner Feeds the Horse
Feeding the horse athlete is one of the headaches of many endurance rider. Some horses eat too much, others are fuzzy eaters… but all need some individual adaptation of the “standard food plan” to their individual metabolism and requirements by the demanded effort. That’s where “the eye of the owner feeds the horse”. Let’s have …