The 2004 Belgian National Championship was
won by Jacques Boulanger, riding Shannon, an arab-trotter. The L'Ardenaise - CEI
****/***/**/* event was held 27 June at Harre Belgium.
The Harre course
is a very very difficult race, taking place in the hilliest part of Belgium, in
the south, in the region of the Francorchamps F1 Grand Prix. This is also the
region where the famous ?Battle of Ardennes? took place at the end of the WWII.
The course presents an unending up and down with an average altitude
difference of 400 meters each cycle.
The Belgian Enduance squad
continues is preparations for the upcoming 2004 World Endurance Championships in
Dubia next January.
