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CONTENTS 30 DOWNMEMORYLANE My Life in the Bush The early days at Colcheccio Ranch EDITORS NOTE Maintain high discipline in racing 7 9 12 14 15 17 22 28 FEI DRESSAGE Gal makes it a Reem Acra double at Odense COVER STORY Samsung Galaxy are the Nairobi Open champions FEI WORLD CUP JUMPING French cavalry-charge at first Longines leg in Oslo SIDEFEATURE How young Amani Nzomo wowed polo enthusiasts at the kenya International Tournament. NANYUKI SHOW Another resounding success at the Nanyuki Show FEI CLASSICS Michael Jung strikes out in front at Pau FEI WORLD CUP JUMPINGHarrie Smolders claims top honours at the Washington International horse show CELEBRITYPROFILE How I became a top jockey MAMA PUNDA 35 Diseases most 28 common in horses and other domestic animals 39-41 PICTORIAL 26 FEI CLAS- SICS USA’s number one Beezie Madden clinches $150,000 win at the Del Mar International 36- 37 INTERNA- TIONAL NEWS FEI to establish working group to review dressage training methods MY VIEW Horse racing and golf are related The incident that took place at the Jockey Club of Kenya on October 25 was most unfortunate. Five trainers refused to present their horses for racing because they were allegedly refused membership of the Jockey Club of Kenya. Another reason given was that they demanded that prize money be increased from the current Sh25,000 to Sh100,000 in line with the cost of maintaining horses. According to the JCK Chief Executive Officer, Mr David Davies, some trainers sent a request to the Board on October 19 asking to be considered for membership of the club ‘on a waiver of entrance and subscription fees for five years.’ They requested that they get a response from the Board by 23rd October, said Mr Davies. Davies also explained that on 23rd October, the Board informed the said trainers that their request would be discussed on 9th November at the next scheduled Board meeting. Apparently, the five trainers felt they did not get sufficient response from the Board to their request and therefore withdrew their horses from the race. The said trainers, among them, Nunu Nur, Onemus Mutua, Jacob Lokorian and Joe Karari, are household names in local racing. The EA Equestrian wishes to urge for sobriety in finding a lasting solution to a problem like this, which is unprecedented in local racing scene. Racing is a sport of high esteem, a sport of kings, where reasoning and gentility supersedes every other consideration. Where good manners is guarded jealously. For it to have degenerated to a point of boycotting races was as unfortunate as it was a big shame. If this can happen in racing, then the ripple effect to other ‘lesser’ sports will be overwhelming. It must not be allowed to happen again. Not in racing, folks.
EQUESTRIAN ROUND-UP Nissan Dominate EFG Tournament When five trainers almost brought racing to standstill Polo lovers were treated to fast paced action at the recently concluded EFG 4-8 Goal Tournament at The Manyatta Polo club in Gilgil on the october 16-18 weekend. Four teams vied for this hotly contested high goal tournament , namely EFG ( Uday Kalan, Archie Voorspuy, Philip Arungah, Hrishi Madhvani ), JW Seagon ( Mbu Ngugi. Izzy Parsons, Stutti Miller, Kimoi Moi ) , Nissan Kenya (Craig Millar, Gordy Millar, Henry Limb, Harry Griffiths) and Samsung Galaxy (Jamie Murray, Tiva Gross, Joss craig, Nikki Barlow). After three days of fast and furious polo, Nissan Kenya emerged the overall winners having bagged the most victories over the weekend. The subsidiary also featured four teams and was eventually won by the Magadi Team of Megan Griffiths, Ben and a Tom Stonewigg and Harry Stichbury. Polo action continues this weekend at the Manyatta Polo Club. Picture shows Gordy Millar, Henry Limb and Harry Griffiths of Nissan Kenya waiting to receive the ball at the line out. Text by Ashe Ahluwalia Photo courtesy of Kiran Ahluwalia Well, Ngong racing began its season quite early in tepid fashion, then sojourned for a month. Nothing mindblowing occurred until October 25 when five local trainers decided to disrupt proceedings with a boycott. Their amazing reason was none other than that they wanted to become members of the Jockey Club, after nine minutes of holding a license! You have to laugh, because, one of the 'trainer's' has not even produced a winner as yet. It actually causes a mockery intheir own hemisphere, as no-where in the world would such a situation arise. Their grievance is petty to the extreme. Consequently, others reaped rewards, especially in the first three races when only three and two runners were competing. Spectators were obviously disgruntled, but it gave them something to talk about, far from the mundane. On 19th, October some trainers sent a request to the Board asking to be considered for membership of the club on a waiver of entrance and subscription fees for 5 years. They requested that they get a response from the Board by 23rd. October. On 23rd October, The Board informed the said trainers that their request will be discussed on 9th November at the next scheduled Board Meeting. Apparently the 5 trainers in question felt they did not get sufficient response from the Board to their request and therefor withdrew their horses from yesterdays racing. Text by Innocent Emaculate Olympic champion Guerdat cleared of wrongdoing after horses fail dope tests By Nick Butler Swiss showjumpers Alessandra Bichsel and London 2012 Olympic champion Steve Guerdat have been cleared of any wrongdoing by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) after doping failures by their horses were attributed to poppy seed contamination. Samples taken from two of Guerdat's horses during competitions in France in May tested positive for morphine, a controlled medication, and a similar banned substance called Codeine, while one also showed evidence of a second illegal product, Oripavine. The first of these was Nino des Buissonnets, the mount on which he won his Olympic title. Bichsel's horse Charivari KG also tested positive for the same three substances that month, with both riders having used the same feed supplier. The duo were provisionally suspended on July 20, but their bans were lifted a week later, with the FEI admitting there was a high chance of unintentional contamination. All the horses did serve two month bans, but, with those now complete, the governing body have ruled that there will be no further sanctions beyond the automatic disqualification of the horses’ results at the events where they tested positive. Following independent laboratory tests, the FEI accepts how the failures were caused by contaminated poppy seeds. "Both these athletes and the Swiss National Federation have worked in full cooperation with the FEI to secure these landmark agreements," said FEI secretary general Sabrina Zeender. "It’s good to know that since the beginning of this year the FEI processes can facilitate such settlements so that athletes are able to clear their names when contamination is involved. — insidethegames.biz The E.A. Equestrian ■ OCT-DEC-2015 5
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