UAE riders take top honours in Euston Park Endurance Ride

suffolk — Riders from the UAE were victorious in each class while Great Britain was also well represented in the first Euston Park Endurance Rides, sponsored by Emirates Airline.

CEI3* 160Km, CEI2* 120Km, CEIYJ2* 120Km ,CEI1* 80Km rides were held on the Euston Park Estate and surrounding land. In fact each winning horse emanated from the same team: Mrm Stables.

Mrm Stables trainer, Ismail Mohammed Al Jeziri, said of the day: “We started our European season last week at Royal Windsor Endurance but this was our first three star ride and it’s just amazing. The horses finished in great condition and it looks very positive for the season ahead.”

One notable British finisher was Nikki Brown (21) from North Yorkshire, who finished third in the CEIJYR2* on Tinkerbell’s Image, a rescue pony who she and her mother have trained. It was their first 120Km ride, and Nikki was overwhelmed with her result: “I can’t believe I did 120Km. It’s a long way! But it’s been an amazing day, and worth the journey to get here. I am so surprised I can’t quite believe we did it.”

In a first for Euston Park Endurance, the day’s action was livestreamed on the website and event Facebook page. They attracted over 4,000 views and the plan is to do the same for the next rides.

Nick Brooks-Ward, Endurance Director at HPower Group Endurance, said: “It was a fabulous start to our ride season today and I am so grateful to our ground staff for the incredible work they’ve put in over the last few months. We had extremely heavy rain in the days prior to the ride but given the long period of dry weather we’d had in the lead-up we ended up with really good going.”

I’m grateful to all our competitors, their teams and the officials and volunteers. And to our sponsor, Emirates Airline.”

Endurance GB also trialled its Good Horsemanship Award, scoring horses against a series of criteria. Further details of the initiative can be found here.

The winners at Euston Park were Saeed Salem Atiq Khamis Almuhairi (UAE) in the CEIJYR2* and Saif Ahmed Al Mozroui (UAE) in the CEI3*.