HORSE TIMES HORSETIMES Issue#18,Sep.2005 EGYPT’SOFFICIALEQUESTRIANMAGAZINE EditorinChief Khaled Assem FromtheEditor [email protected] ManagingEditor NadaH. Abdelmoniem [email protected] Marketing&DistributionManager MohamedHassanHozaiyn [email protected] ExecutiveManager AzzaElSharkawy FinancialConsultants IsmailElSily Mohamed Abdelmawgoud WritersandContributors InaElKobbia NadaH. Abdelmoniem GeneralSamiNigmElDin EmmadZagloul KarimHabashi Medhat Attia Amost spectacular event that took place this year was the Mediterranean Games. Photoghraphy MohamedHemeda You'llfind a dashing review on the history of the games and its founder Mohamed Taher Pasha. On the same note, we congratulate our talented international rider Creative&layoutDesign Karim El Zoghby on winning a bronze medal which is in fact an outstanding achievement for himself and for Egypt as a whole. Reading along, you'll find the results of the Royal International Horseshow at Hickstead with Longines the EhabRamzy [email protected] Swiss watchmaker as an official title sponsor. Longines has presented prizes for Elegance which added new spice to the event. And to complete the tradition, the Publisher PermanentPressLtd. Ferousia Club, headed by the active General Elwy Ghazy, has hosted the annual Nicosia,Cyprus show jumping event in memory of the late ‘Ahmed Mazhar’. HeadOffice:Equicare 2,Bahgat AliStreet,Zamalek More reviews on the History of Show Jumping, Collection in Dressage and Cairo,Egypt Tel&Fax:+(202)7356939 Horses in Movies featuring the rising star Mostafa Shaban. +(202)7354348 www.horsetimesegypt.com Moreover, I would like to congratulate the staff at Horse Times for the hard work HORSE Times is a quarterly magazine founded in 1998 by Khaled & effort put into the magazine Climaxing into its being chosen to cover the Assem. 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Sep.05 4 Egypt’sOfficialEquestrianMagazine HORSE TIMES Issue#18,Sep.2005 NEWS&REGULARS OnTheCover 6 Internationalnews 10 InaInOsnabruekerLand 14 TheBirthOfthe MediterraneanGames 19 CollectioninDressage 22 TheHistoryOfShowJumping 24 LonginesRoyalInternational 16 Horseshow,Hickstead TheBronzeMedalFor KarimElZoghby 10 27 Kasselmmann AhmedMazhar FEATURES 26 The4SeasonsHotelSpa& WellnessCenter 30 HorsesInMovies: InterviewWithMostafaShaban 30 33 TheQuintessentialAhmedMazhar MostafaShaban 5 Sep.05 HORSE InternationalNewsTIMES July8,2005- Bronze medals and the Team Gold 2008Olympic of the Open Championship. Games Belgium missed the double Team Equestrian Gold only because Leonard Eventsin Liessens's horse was eliminated HongKong after the finish line for lameness. Belgium however won both the The equestrian events for the 2008 Individual and Team Gold of the Beijing Olympic Games have been European classification. The young relocated to Hong Kong, President Sheikh HamdanAl Maktoum (UAE), of Beijing Organizing Committee for son of Sheik Mohammed, was the the Games of the XXIX Olympiad first to cross the finish line after an (BOCOG) Liu Qi announced at the incredible final race against Belgian 117th International Olympic Kristel Van Den Abeele and EricNavet Committee (IOC) Session. Based Chanice du Tilleul, to win the Open 1990 Stockholm: Eric Navet on on the best interests of the Championship by the narrowest MalesanQuitodeBaussyforFrance competition and the well-being of margin (1 second). A bit less than a the horses, the IOC, the Federation minute later, Sheikh Majid bin Equestre Internationale (FEI) and Mohammed and Orcara crossed BOCOG agreed on the relocation the line to earn the individual after constructive negotiations, said Bronze. The winning grey mare an IOC statement. BOCOG ridden by Sheikh Hamdan is the believed that the Hong Kong venue renowned Georgat, who finished will enhance the competition and second at the 2004 World the excitement of the 2008 Games, Championship under the saddle of adding that the athletes, officials, Barbara Lissarague (FRA). With a FrankeSloothaak media and spectators in Hong Kong total of 28:35:08, the United Arab 1994 The Hague: Franke Sloothaak are an integral part of the Beijing Emirates won the Team title of the on S.P.Weihawaej for Germany Games. Open classification, ahead of Belgium (Silver) and France (Bronze). August29,2005-FEIEIER OpenEuropean Championships AachenSeptember2005 Showjumping The many, diverse jumping competitions continually provide new challenges for horse and rider. In spite of sometimes breath taking speed, precision is essential. The RodrigoPessoa horse and rider must conquer the 1998 Rome: Rodrigo Pessoa on course with as few faults as Gandini Lianos for Brazil possible. Faults are comprised of 110 horses representing 27 nations lowered obstacles, refusals, or started on the 160 km course of the going over the time allowed. Usually FEI Open European Endurance the winner is decided with a jump Championship in Compiègne off, where the participants go all (FRA). 60 horses completed the out. Depending on the type of championship and passed the final competition, the winner is the rider veterinary inspection. The United with the fewest faults, the fastest Arab Emirates and its team led by time or the most points. Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum DermottLennon and his 3 sons earned the most Past World Champions in Jumping 2002 Jerez: Dermott Lennon on medals: the Individual Gold and since 1990: Liscalgot for Ireland Sep.05 6 HORSE TIMES TFHE EROUSIA A NNUAL SJHOW UMPING E VENT ByKarimHabashi The Ferousia Riding Club held its third annual Show Jumping event over 3 consecutive days from the 8th till 10 th of September. The club has one of the few grass arenas still used for shows as most of the country is slowly shifting to sand surfaces. Thanks EslamEidonPatrick to its central location, the participation of a large number of young riders & the support of the KarimHabashionInshala sponsors, attendance and ambiance are always great Over the 3 days we saw a variety of speed and especially when jump-off classes. The biggest and most exciting compared to the was undoubtedly the 130 class on Saturday and consistently dull official that was won by Alaa Maysara and Eslam Amr shows. Eid. MohamedMansour onAmadeus Under the leadership of Level:70-80cm Gen. Elwy Ghazy, the club RANKING Rider Horse Club is developing its famous First AmrSayedMoawad Cina PoliceUnion riding school to be able to MohamedAlaa Basel Ferousia Second accommodate a larger Abdelkader number of beginners and ShaimaaYaser Chili Ferousia Third young riders as well as Elseouidi upgrading the quality of horses and training. Many Level:90-100cm of those young riders were RANKING Rider Horse Club taking part in their first or First KhaledAdelOmar Bond SuezCanal second competition Second OmarAbuZeid Kariema Ferousia KarimHabashionInshala earlier. Third MohamedEkram Khalif Ferousia Level:110-120cm RANKING Rider Horse Club First IbrahimSami Einstein Ferousia Second AlaaMaysarah Carta PoliceUnion Third MohamedMansour Amadeus Ferousia Level:130cm RANKING Rider Horse Club First AlaaMaysarah Sanchez PoliceUnion Gen.ElwyGhazy Second EslamAmrEid Shahd Ferousia Sep.05 8 HORSE TIMES Inain OsnabrueckerLand; TheworldmettwiceinHagen:KasselmannStableshosted boththeInternationalRidersFestivalHorses& Dreams,aswell asthemuchtalkedabout EuropeanDressageChampionships 2005 ByInaElKobbia,Germany At a very late stage, the International Equestrian Federation had to declare the withdrawal of the European Dressage Championships 2005 from Moscow. The Russian Equestrian Federation and its organising committee ultimately failed to provide the necessary guarantees to host the event. The international horseman Ullrich Kasselmann along with his long-time partner Paul Schockemoehle and their most skilled PSI-Team stepped in and organised the European Championships as scheduled in no more than two weeks! It is said that Fromleft:HubertusSchmidt(GER), Kasselmann Stables presented on its beautiful silver;AnkyvanGrunsven(NED),gold; estate in Hagen in the Osnabruecker Land one of JanBrink(SWE),bronze. Thispicture the nicest championships ever held in dressage. showstheindividualwinnersofthe The powerful Chairwoman of the F.E.I. Dressage EuropeanChampionships. Committee, Mme. Mariette Withages, called it “the wonder of Hagen.” 18 Nations competed in the discipline that started on July 28th with two days Grand Prix qualification rounds out of which the team medalists were established. The results were dramatically close: Germany won the gold medal for the 21st consecutive time, with just 0,541% ahead of a strong Dutch Team, that included the world champion Anky van Grunsven and her Hanoverian EuropeanChampionshipsinHagen;Jan gelding ‘Keltec Salinero'. The Spanish Team took Brinkpreparingforhisperformance. third place and fascinated the audience with its lively performances. The equally strong Swedish