The Far-A-Way Endurance Riders Association Incorporated are again in 2010 hosting the FEI Australian Championship ride.
This year, there will be three events with the signature ride being the FEI Australian Championship 160km CEI*** ride. There are also two
supporting rides, a 124KM FEI** ride and 124KM AERA affiliated ride. Both the 160km CEI *** and 124km ** ride will have Open and Young Rider divisions, with the 124km event having standard AERA weight divisions.
Nomination Forms
Please email your completed nomination form to mark.grogan@synergy.com.au by 5pm Monday the 30th of AUGUST. We really appreciate receiving these as soon as possible.
This is a 6 leg ride with each leg heading back to the ride base.
Leg 1 - 36km
Leg 2 - 33km
Leg 3 - 30km
Leg 4 - 25km
Leg 5 - 21km
Leg 6 - 15km
Ride Cost: $320 inc Facility fee. Late fee of $30 applies for entries receieved after 5pm Monday 30th September.
Horses must have completed a 2* CEI Endurance ride successfully within the last 24 months and also have their 2010 fees paid. Also, these horses must not have participated in any FEI Endurance event within the last 13 days.
A National Identification Document is required, and those horses with a Passport must use this.
Additionally, all riders must have successfully completed at least a 2* CEI Endurance ride within the last 24 months.
There is a maximum riding time of 15 hours and 30 minutes plus Hold Times between legs.
The minimum riding weight is 75kg for riders in the Open division.
124KM** This is a 4 Leg ride doing the first 4 legs of the 160km event. Once again, the Horse and Rider must both be suitably qualified with the FEI, with the rider having completed successfully a * event, and the Horse also completing (successfully) a * ride within the last 24 months and a AERA Endurance ride within the last 13 months. There is no National Identification Document required for this event, however the Rider and Horse FEI Fees need to be paid and current with the FEI.
The minimum Weight for this ride is 70kg in the open division.
There is a maximum riding time of 12 hours and 45 minutes ride start.
Ride Entry is $240 inc camping and facility. Entries received after 5pm on Monday the 30th of September will incur a $20 late fee.
124KM AERA
This for all intents and purposes this ride is the same 124KM** ride. The event will be run alongside on the same track and vet ring, however competitors are not competing against each another. Standard AERA weight divisions apply. Also, because the distance is over 120KM, all horses MUST be qualified as AERA Endurance Horses and successfully completed their last Endurance ride within 13 months. The rider must also be qualified as an Endurance Rider.
The maximum riding time is also 12 hours and 45 minutes
Ride fee is $145 inc Camping and Facility.
All 3 rides will have FEI VGIH vetting parametres. That is 64bpm within 20 minutes on all legs, with 64bpm within 30 minutes at the end of the ride.
Schedule:
Friday 3rd September : Entries and Vetting approx from Lunch time
Pre-Ride talk in the evening.
Saturday 4th September: 2am: Ride Start 160KM ***
3am: Ride Start 124KM **/ 124KM AERA
Sunday 5th September: Best Conditioned Judging in the morning followed immediately by Presentation.
We have the 4 perpetual awards for the Championship event. The R.M.Williams A.O C.M.G Memorial Trophy s awarded to the Winner
of the event in the open division. Kindly Donated by Mr. Ken Cowley A.O. Also, we have the June Pettersen Best Conditioned award for the Horse in the open ride, kindly donated by June. Supporting the Young Riders division is the Nanango Heritage Endurance Riders Association award for the Young Rider Australian FEI Champion and the No Regret trophy for the Best Conditioned Young Rider.
We have an experienced vetting team from all over with Dr Brian Sheahan, Dr Anne Barnes, Dr Fiona Thompson, Dr Amanda Parry and Dr Judy Law.
Camping allocations are not being taken and it is first in first served as the logistics of a small club organising this are too great. There will be no yard available.
Also, please be aware that as a CEI*** event is in place, there are certain requirements that must be adhered to for those entering the event regarding dress code. All riders must wear the approriate dress code (Riding Johdpurs, Collared Shirt) and we are requesting that because this event is sharing the same event ring as the CEI** and 124km AERA that all riders please dress as per the the CEI*** ride requirements (Collared shirts for all riders, and Enclosed Shoes and Long pants for all persons in the crewing and vetting arena) as there will be media coverage for the sport of endurance. Feel free to bring dogs, but please keep them on a leash. Again, a big thankyou to our valued supporters including Sample and Partners and the Nanango Heritage Endurance Riders Association inc.