Tag: Endurance

Is the FEI finally ready to clean up Endurance Racing?

December 14, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

A temporary committee charged with an urgent review of the FEI’s endurance rules has had its first in-person meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Of course, this has been a long time in the making. Since 2014 there have been scandals in endurance racing revolving around catastrophic injuries and doping that have persisted. […]

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Elmer Bandit still enjoying his rides

September 22, 2009.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Everyone loves Elmer, the 38-year old competitive trail horse. I’m always checking the news to see if he’s competing. This caught my eye today: Mighty Elmer Still Stepping Out.

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Elmer Bandit Continues to Amaze Finishing 2nd in a 60-mile Ride

August 24, 2008.Reading time less than 1 minute.

When I wrote about Elmer Bandit in June, the 37-year-old gelding was on the brink of setting a new record for lifetime mileage for competitive trail rides. Elmer had the summer off, but just came closer to his goal by finishing second in the 60-mile Spotted Rump Ride Competitive Trail Event (St. Louis, Mo.) in […]

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