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Saturday August 11 2007 KREUTH RIDE
A cool gray misty morning greeted 21 riders on the 160 km at 5 AM, and 18 senior riders and 28 Junior riders on the 120 km at 6 AM, 23 riders on the 80 km (3 Juniors) at 7 AM, 11 riders on the 60 km at 8 AM, and also 12 riders on a 39 km ride ? enough to keep any of the veterinarians and stewards very busy!
Despite the fact that the German Championships were held just 2 weeks earlier, it was a large turnout of riders for the Kreuth Endurance ride, part of the 10th Show and Sportevent for Arabian Horses, put on by the ZSAA, the German National Breeding Association. Riders from 13 countries, and multiple champions from many countries showed up for the rides, including Italian Fausto Fiorucci (2001 European Champion), Frenchwoman Barbara Lissarague (2005 World Champion), Netherlands rider Carmen Romer (2007 Junior European Champion), Netherlands rider Yvonne Van Der Velde (2007 Dutch Champion), German Klaudia Al Samarraie (2007 German Endurance Champion, and wife of organizer Achmed Al Samarraie), and multiple German Junior Champion Annette Schwartze. (And I expect I probably left some champions out!)
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RESULTS
CEI*** 160 km | |||
| 1. | FRA | Vincent Dupont | Ulysse De Suleiman |
| 2. | FRA | Ludovic Saroul | Illoco Eldrocol |
| 3. | ITA | Andrea Iacchelli | Djamina |
| 4. | FRA | Guy Dumas | Idryss Du Melay |
| 5. | GER | Sabrina Arnold | Toni Maccaroni |
| 6. | FRA | Barbara Lissarrague | Persiah |
| 7. | NED | Yvonne Van Der Velde | Joy Escobar |
| 8. | FRA | Stephane Chazel | Istanboul |
| 9. | HUN | Jozsef Toth | O Bajan Facer |
| 10 | FRA | . Julien Goachet | Jassan Timothy |
| 11. | OMA | Prince Loay Bin Ghalib Al Said | Hedgard |
| 12. | AUT | Karin Eisl | Farino De Montagna |
| 13. | GBR | Anna Williams | HS Saboteur |
CEI*** J-YR 120 km | |||
| 1. | FRA | Nina Lissarrague | Aicha De Bozouls |
| 2. | FRA | Anne Charlotte | Selik Ibn Shalimar |
| 3. | FRA | Lisa Riou | Laquib Armor |
| 4. | FRA | Clementine Manoha | Khalfa El Derkouch |
| 5. | ITA | Maria Teresa Felice | Haras Ibn Halin |
| 6. | FRA | Jean Daniel Aiello | Charia D'Alauze |
| 7. | FRA | Sylvain Delpech | Le Rafleur |
| 8. | OMA | Prince Khalid Bin Ghalib Al Said | Buddy D |
| 9. | ITA | Alice Spinazze | Shampat |
| 10. | FRA | Marion Valat | Gaicha |
| 11. | ITA | Vittoria Ciuchi | Abisy'ncyzk |
| 12. | ITA | Sara Pellegrini | Giorgia Delle Corse |
| 13. | ITA | Iris Begher | Royal Mare |
| 14. | NED | Jarmila Lakeman | Sattarov |
| 15. | GBR | Charlotte Robinson | Puleski |
| 16. | GER | Rahel Lewin | Ramadan Ox |
| 17. | GER | Anna-Lena Weiershauser | SGW Jaba Ox |
| 18. | GBR | Carri Ann Dark | Elmstead Poloistique |
| 19. | GBR | Abigail Tennant | Chador |
| 20. | ITA | Angelica Angeli | Linus |
CEI*** 120 km | |||
| 1. | - SUI | Sandra Bechter | Kalifa De Flauzin |
| 2. | GER | Klaudia Al Samarraie | Ayman 2 |
| 3. | ITA | Simone Di Battista | Figaro De Murat |
| 4. | NED | Jannet Van Wijk | Latino |
| 5. | AUT | Alexandra Engleder | Huba |
| 6. | ITA | Leonardo Bellaccini | Aklantis |
| 7. | GER | Tanja Prieler | Selma Zett |
| 8. | GER | Jan Oetjen | Ma Dona |
| 9. | ITA | Elena Bertoni | Smooth Talker |
| 10. | ITA | Carletto Bertoni | Fleche Al Maury |
| 11. | GER | Karin Bartscher-Loffler | Kismet Al Thawi |
| 12. | GER | Christiane Herkt | Orbit |
Images of the Day by Merri Melde
 Vetting In |
 The Venue |
 Vetting In |
 The Start |
 The Morning |
 The Afternoon |
 The Finish |
KREUTH: PRE-RIDE DAY- Friday August 10 2007
If you leave the Netherlands at 9:30 in the morning on Thursday, and you drive southeast about 10 hours, you end up in Kreuth, Germany, where you'd find a whole lot of endurance rides going on Saturday: a 39 km, CEI *60 km, CEI** 80 km and CEIJR**80 km, CEI*** 120 km/CEIJYR*** 120 km, CEIOJYR*** 120 km, CEI**160 km, and CEIO*** 160 km. Whew!
I hitched a ride with the Dutch Lamsma family, my hosts in Holland for a few days, and Jarmila Lakeman, Junior rider, and equines Sattarov, who she'd be riding in the 120 km ride, and Sattarov's chaperone, 5-year-old Mini-Shetland pony (and endurance horse, after his first 8 km ride) Panter.
It started raining as we left Holland, and it looks like it will never stop, ever. It will certainly make for cooler conditions for the 137 horses pre-entered in the rides.
The venue is a large beautiful equestrian sport center in Rieden-Kreuth in southern Germany. There are an abundance of stables, outdoor and indoor arenas, extensive riding trails, and hotel and apartments. This is the 10th year of the Show and Sportevent for Arabian Horses, put on by the ZSAA ? the German Arabian breeding association. Competitions include show jumping, eventing, dressage, and Western competition, with endurance as the highlight. Ahmed Al Samarraie is president of the ZSAA and the organizer of Kreuth, and Samarraie has pulled this event off without major sponsorship. He makes it look easy.