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FEI World Championships across all age categories were at the forefront of Endurance in 2023. This section will allow you to dive right in and look back on the laureates in what was another exciting year of fabulous sporting moments.
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The 18th edition of the FEI Endurance World Championship, first held in 1986, featured a remarkably gender balanced field of participants, with 63 female and 66 male athletes entered, representing 37 nations.
Crowned Team world champions for the first time at the postponed FEI Endurance World Championship 2022 held in Butheeb (UAE), Bahrain was subsequently stripped of the title following the post-event disqualification of one of their team horses, leaving them with only two combination results not the three required for the team ranking. Consequently, all the remaining teams on the leader board moved up one place, with France elevated to gold, Portugal slotting into silver and Italy stepping up to bronze.
The individual title went to Bahrain’s HH Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and the 10-year-old gelding Darco La Majorie for their first world championship title. Defending champion, Salem Hamad Saeed Malhoof Al Kitbi from the host nation won silver with the 12-year-old chestnut mare Haleh. The bronze went to Jaume Punti Dachs with the Appaloosa gelding Echo Falls, making this a fifth medal in Endurance World Championships for the Spaniard.
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Salem Hamad Saeed Malhoof Al Kitbi (UAE) & Haleh
HH Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa (BRN) & Darco La Majorie
Jaume Punti Dachs (ESP) & Echo Falls
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The Padise Equestrian Centre (PEC), located near Estonia’s Baltic Sea coast, hosted the inaugural FEI Endurance World Championship for Young Horses, showcasing the PEC’s world-renowned infrastructure and commitment to responsible horsemanship.
The opening ceremony featured representatives from 13 National Federations and the participation of 42 horses from Argentina, Bahrain, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Kuwait, Lithuania, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine and the UAE.
The Championship’s natural and technical track, winding through a forest landscape, provided a challenging ride totalling 120 kilometres over four loops that emphasised both rider skills and stamina for the eight-year-old horses competing. Slovakia’s Dominika Malikova Kleinova (SVK) clinched gold with her mare Molta. Buti Ali Saif Ali Al Nuaimi (UAE) and SW Iskulm claimed silver, and Gil Berenguer Carrera (ESP) took bronze on the stallion Fatal.
SW Iskulm (CDE) & Buti Ali Saif Al Nuaimi (UAE)
Molta & Dominika Malikova Kleinova (SVK)
Fatal & Gil Berenguer Carrera (ESP)
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The FEI Endurance European Championship 2023, in Ermelo was one of the pinnacle events of the season for European Endurance athletes, with many focusing their entire competitive season on it. Sabrina Arnold of Germany rode to individual gold together with Easy El Boheira. While Spain’s María Álvarez Pontón and Bolchoi El Akim were the silver medal winners, a mere two seconds behind them. Philippe Tomas of France and Biwaka De Chalendrat earned the individual bronze medal. Team gold went to France, with the defending champion Spain, winning silver and Germany sealing team bronze.
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María Álvarez Pontón (ESP) & Bolchoi El Akim
Sabrina Arnold (GER) & Easy El Boheira
Philippe Tomas (FRA) & Biwaka De Chalendrat
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Chilean horse and rider combinations showcased exceptional performances at the FEI Endurance Pan American Championships which took place in the Valparaíso region of the country. Out of 31 starters, Martin Garcio Lazo paired up with Si Quililche to take the gold medal on home ground, just ahead of compatriot Lukas Buckel with Chella Angostura. Bronze went to Brazil’s José Caio Frisoni Vaz Guimarães and Stud Brasil Itajara. Chile also secured team gold at this championship.
Lukas Buckel (CHI) & Chella Angostura
Martin Garcio Lazo (CHI) & Si Quililche
José Caio Frisoni Vaz Guimarães (BRA) & Stud Brasil Itajara
The best Endurance youth athletes in the world came together at the Castelsagrat Endurance venue in southern France for the FEI Endurance World Championship for Young Riders & Juniors 2023. The competition saw 70 starters from 25 countries take part in the 120-kilometre ride.
Out of 13 nations, Bahrain secured team gold, with their horses finishing in third, fourth and sixth individually, while France took home team silver and Italy rounded up the podium by taking bronze. The individual world championship title went to the UAE’s Rashed Ahmad Seghayer Al Ktebi and Eddy De Montrozier, with teammate Rashed Mohamed Atiq Khamis Al Mehairi riding Castlebar Cadabra less than two minutes behind. Isa Hameed Dakheel Al Anezi (BRN) and Ermine Dartagnan took bronze.
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Rashed Mohamed Atiq Khamis Al Mehairi (UAE) & Castlebar Cadabra
Rashed Ahmad Seghayer Al Ktebi (UAE) & Eddy De Montrozier
Isa Hameed Dakheel Al Anezi (BRN) & Ermine Dartagnan
Team Brazil took the honours at the FEI Endurance Pan American Championships Young Riders & Juniors, winning gold ahead of host nation Chile. Individually however, Chile secured the first two spots on the podium with Vincente Larrain Arjona claiming gold on HF Eva and Amelia Larrain Arjona taking silver with HC Tia Haydee. Brazil’s Diogo De Oliveira Martins secured bronze with CP Latifa.
Amelia Larrain Arjona (CHI) & HC Tia Haydee
Vincente Larrain Arjona (CHI) & HF Eva
Diogo De Oliveira Martins (BRA) & CP Latifa
