Endurance Nations Cup in Newmarket

On 27 June 2004 the second Endurance Nations Cup Competition for Europe, was organised, taking place at Newmarket, England.

Teams from Bahrain, France, Great Britain and The United Arab Emirates took part as did individual riders from Australia, Italy, Jordan and Qatar.

Newmarket, the Home of Horse racing, situated about 100km to the North of London and close to the University Town of Cambridge, has a three hundred year tradition of hosting some of the world's most competitive thoroughbred horse racing including the Classic 1000 and 2000 Guineas.

The Newmarket Racecourses were the sponsors and, just like for the Classic Races, the finishing line was on the Rowley Mile Racecourse.

With near perfect weather conditions, the leading horses crossed the line just before 6.0 pm in the evening, H.E. Sh. Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum (UAE) riding Falen De La Drome was the individual winner, France taking team first place.

In a unique situation, seven members of Royal families from three countries competed against each other in this competition watched throughout by near record crowds for a competition of this type.