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50 SUMMER 2016 THE LEADING EQUESTRIAN MAGAZINE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OLYMPICOLYMPIC DREAMSDREAMS KARIMKARIM ELEL ZOGHBYZOGHBY Rio 2016 Olympic Edition VIEW POINT FROMFROM THETHE CHAIRMANCHAIRMAN an Olympic medal has a value that the talented Aly Sabbour in our 60 is unmatched. The Olympic medal Seconds article and young rider Amina represents not just an athlete but a Ismail Shaker, both with a common whole nation. Perhaps this profound goal -- the Olympics. feeling of responsibility is what keeps the Olympic Games in a league of its Beyond Mt. Olympus this issue also own and an Olympic medal is truly brings you the French connection the bond between an athlete and his and a bond with UNIC, French trainer people. Minostrande Bruneau, and the prestigious Platinum Club. A polo Dear Readers, And it is with this excitement that we day-out at Abu Sir Farm to honour an present our special Rio 2016 issue Egyptian polo legend Salah Foda. A The 2016 Summer Olympic Games of HorseTimes highlighting Olympic Chinese ‘Leap Forward’ in equine are fast approaching and the world equestrian history, riders, organisation, business, marketing, and know-how in our recurring legal commentary. And is anticipating this spectacular show enthusiasm, hopes and young dreams. of athleticism as never before. We at this issue’s training tips and dressage Read the short history of the equestrian will bring you back to the very basics: HorseTimes are particularly excited; we sport in the Olympic Games filled with learning to walk and learning the pillars will be there in Rio to record and report fun facts and the wishful musings about of performance. After your studies, the equestrian events on social, print a return of polo to the Olympic roster. enjoy the romance of the Arab horse in and video media minute-by-minute as Meet our main feature star, the Olympic Orientalist art by our expert Judith Wick- they happen. We are excited as well hopeful Karim El Zoghby and his mare Wenning and the movingly beautiful to be present and to proudly support Amelia on their way to the Games and equine paintings of James Gillick, our native son, Egyptian show jumper their love story that is filled with sweet followed by a walk down Memory Lane Karim El Zoghby, and other Egyptian dreams. A behind-the-scenes look at with Omar Mamdouh Ismail and his life Olympic hopefuls. the Egyptian Olympic Committee and with horses. its President Eng. Hesham Hatab trying Read and enjoy. See you Rio! Why is an Olympic medal so to make ends meet and raise the bar special? There are so many other when it comes to performance, results Sincerely, Championships and Grand Prix’s, yet and medals. Visit the local scene with Khaled Assem Chairman: Art Director: Publishers: Khaled Assem Salonaz Sakr Permanent Press Ltd. Nicosia, Cyprus [email protected] [email protected] Managing Editor: Graphic Designer: Prepress & Printing: Aya Amr Radwa Saeed Headline Printing & Design [email protected] Photography: Senior Editor: On the cover: Bridget McArdle McKinney Ashraf El Mahrouky [email protected] Aya Amr Karim El Zoghby Cymon Taylor ©Jacques Toffi Writers & Contributors: Jacques Toffi Abdel Rahman Moslem Khaled Assem Aya Amr Mahmoud Ayad Head Office: Bridget McArdle McKinney Catherine James EQUICARE 2, Bahgat Ali Street, Emmadeldin Zaghloul Financial Consultants: Zamalik, Cairo – Egypt Ismail El Sily James Gillick Tel: +2-02-27356939 Judith Wenning Mohamed Mostafa Fax: +2-02-27354348 Khaled Assem Luc Schelstraete Distribution Officers: Omar Mamdouh Ahmed Hifni Enquiries: Piotr Wawrzyniak Hassan Mishabit Sallie Pisch Hossam Rabie [email protected] Sarah Taylor Mahmoud Faheem www.horsetimesegypt.com HORSE TIMES is a quarterly magazine founded in 1997 by Khaled Assem. HORSE TIMES is a pioneer in its field; it is issued for riders, breeders and horse lovers, nationally and internationally. The views expressed by contributors are their own and not necessarily those of the editors. Issues are complimentary and not for sale by any means. Please notify us if change of address occurs. All rights reserved to HORSE TIMES: reproduction is prohibited without the permission of the Chairman Khaled Assem CONTENTS AN OLYMPIC PERSPECTIVE THE SALAH FODA INTERNATIONAL CUP 2016 EQUESTRIAN FACTS AND UPDATES 8 HONOURING ONE OF EGYPT’S POLO LEGENDS 40 OLYMPIC DREAMS LEGAL 8 KARIM EL ZOGHBY 14 CHINESE EQUESTRIANISM - A LEAP FORWARD! 42 A NATIONAL PRIDE TRAINING TIPS THE PRESIDENT OF THE EOC HAPPY HORSE, HAPPY COURSE! 46 ENG. HESHAM HATAB 22 ZAMAN: PART TWO POLO A LOOK BACK AT MY LIFE WITH 14 HORSES 50 SHOULD THE SPORT OF POLO RETURN TO THE OLYMPIC ROSTER? 28 ORIENTALISM AND THE ARABIAN HORSE (PART 2) HORACE VERNET 52 60 SECONDS WITH ALY SABBOUR 32 ART SIHAM MOHARRAM 54 32 YOUNG GOALS THE ART OF CLASSICAL DRESSAGE RIDING AMINA ISMAIL SHAKER 34 THE WALK 56 EQUESTRIAN ART THE FRENCH CONNEXION JAMES GILLICK: PART 1 36 MINOSTRANDE BRUNEAU 58 50 FEI Photos AN OLYMPIC PERSPECTIVE EQUESTRIAN FACTS AND UPDATES By Sallie Pisch 8 9 BRIEF historY OF THE EQUESTRIAN EVENTS IN THE OLYMPICS EQUESTRIAN events have BEEN part OF THE Olympic Games SINCE JUMPING was featured IN THE PARIS games IN 1900; however, THERE WERE NO EQUESTRIAN events IN THE following two games. IT wasn’T UNTIL 1912, IN Stockholm, that EQUESTRIAN events became REGULAR at THE games, AND THE SIX events featured NOW – individual AND team EVENTING, JUMPING, AND Dressage – have BEEN REGULAR SINCE 1964. THE EQUESTRIAN events at THE Olympics IN SOME ways HARKEN back to THE ORIGINAL Olympic Games IN ANCIENT GREECE, WHERE THE events WERE BASED ON military preparedness. Each OF THE EQUESTRIAN events NOW part OF THE MODERN Olympics ALSO have THEIR BASE IN military training: dressage was INVENTED IN ANCIENT GREECE to develop coordination between HORSE AND RIDER, necessary IN battle, AND eventing was developed to TEST THE preparedness OF cavalry HORSES AND to provide A MEANS OF comparing THE training methods OF DIFFERENT countries. INDEED, UNTIL 1951 only military PERSONNEL could take part IN EQUESTRIAN events. PER A 1951 DECISION by THE Olympic committee, CIVILIANS AND WOMEN WERE FIRST allowed to participate IN EQUESTRIAN events IN THE 1952 games IN HELSINKI. THE EQUESTRIAN events AS WE KNOW THEM NOW have remained MORE OR LESS THE same SINCE 1964. The official logo of the 1956 Stockholm Equestrian Olympic Games 10 11 The prize giving ceremony for individual Germany’s Reiner Germany’s Hans medals in the 1952 Finland Olympic Klimke on Winzerin Gunter Winkler Games – individual 18th on Enigk Netherlands’ Anky Van Grunsven on Salinero The Stockholm Olympic Show Jumping stadium Germany’s Isabell Werth on Satchmo Riders of note titles in individual Dressage. a polio attack in 1944, at the sired by Oberst, a Standard The discipline of Jumping was Canadian Show Jumper Ian age of 23, she began a gruelling bred, out of a French trotter mare developed after an English Millar made a record-breaking Reiner Klimke (1936-1999) Hans Gunter Winkler has the programme to regain the use of of unknown parentage named decree saw fences put up around 10th Olympic appearance in of West Germany is the most finest record of any German Show her limbs. When she took home Helene. She and Winkler won 125 farmland, and for the first time London 2012. He competed in decorated dressage rider in Jumper, and holds a number of the silver medal in Helsinki in competitions together, and she foxhunters needed horses that the equestrian competition at Olympic history, with six gold records in the Equestrian Olympic individual Dressage eight years could jump. every Olympics from 1972 to medals. He also won two bronze, Games: he is the only Jumper to lived to the ripe old age of 34. later, she was still paralysed 2012 except for the 1980 Moscow making him one of only three earn five gold medals, has earned below the knees and walked with At the Rome 1960 games, Italian riders to have won at least eight Games that Canada boycotted. more medals than any other Show a crutch. Gold medallist Henri Interesting facts brothers Raimondo and Piero medals. He participated in six Jumper with 7 total, and is the Saint Cyr of Sweden helped her Olympic Games and came home only rider in any discipline to earn Equestrian is the only Olympic D’Inzeo won the gold and silver The horse made its first onto the medal stand, perhaps medals in jumping respectively, appearance at the Ancient with medals from five of them: ’64, medals at six different Olympic one of the most touching scenes sport in which men and women delighting the home crowd. Olympic Games in Greece in 680 ’68, ’76, ’84, and ’88. Games. at the games. compete against each other on a B.C., when chariot racing was level playing field. Anky Van Grunsven of the Lis Hartel of Denmark was the The US and Canada are the introduced. only non-European countries Netherlands has earned the most first woman to win an Olympic Only three riders have earned medals of any Olympic rider: Equestrian medal, at the 1952 to win Dressage medals. The The most remarkable horse 8 or more medals: Anky van she holds 3 gold, 5 silver, and 1 Helsinki games – the first in US has taken home one silver Source of all photos: The bronze for a total of nine medals. which women were allowed Halla, ridden by German Hans Grunsven, Netherlands (3 gold, and seven bronze, Canada one FEI’s ‘Equestrian Sport at the What’s more, at the Beijing 2008 to participate. What is more Gunter Winkler, is the only horse 5 silver), Isabel Werth, Germany bronze. Germany holds the most Olympic Games 1912 to 2008’ games she became the first rider remarkable, though, is the story of to win three gold medals.

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