Pax Endurance Ride Participation.

25/05/2014

On friday 7 of our riders went to Sondela, with the aim to qualify for

28/04/2014

Organising an endurance ride in a new venue isn't that simple, but thanks to the help of a lot of volunteers the last couple of weeks, our club did a beautiful Job. We are proud that our riders, and the younger people who are learning to ride at our farm, gave the best of themselves, during the preparation days, and on the day of the ride.

On the day of the ride our farm had 16 horse-rider combinations in the ride another 30 friends were their to assist our riders and to assist in the organisation of the ride. At the timekeeping one of our black teenagers surprised us with his knowledge of Afrikaans. Most of the horses and riders, did well during the ride, but two horses, got sick at the end of the ride. The problems seemed to be on the metabolic level. Unfortunately treatment didn't help and the horse died. We are waiting for a full post mortem report. This was a sad ending of a week of us all giving the best of ourselves to help in organising the ride, and a beautiful sunny day, where we enjoyed the riding, and shared so much fun and friendship. The pictures give you a taste of the preparations and of this beautiful day we enjoyed. The loss of the two horses though will stay in our memory. They were loved by our riders and they'll be missed a lot.

13/04/2014

First of all we as young riders of the Pax horse farm like to thank Erasa, and he Fei, for their support, and the riding gear given to us at the Waterberg ride. We brought 16 horses along to the ride. On our way up one of the cars got a technical problem, but once this was solved the trio went on smooth. The rides on Friday and Saturday went well, and we had a great week'end in waterberg. In the last three pictures you find the results of our riders as well as the other riders in the capricorn uithourit club.The results of our riders were also posted on the timeline 0t Pax Karibuni Letlapeng.

10/03/2014

Very bad weather was forecast for this ride: we only participated with two horses this time. We were blessed with very fine weather for teh duration of the ride. Friday afternoon and Saturday morning we had partly cloudy skies. We had no rain until all the ride was over. What a difference compared to the weather driving up to the ride and coming back. Big thunder storms on Friday morning and Saturday in the late afternoon. Streets in Bela Bela were all flooded. We hope you enjoy the pictures of the ride.

02/02/2014

We took 4 horses to the ride, 1 was in the competitive 80 km,and 3 were doing an 8o as novice horses. W***y Oosthuizen did very well as a child rider and got first place and best
condition with his horse Veldsman. His time 4h 21' . Bro Douglas Robertson rode Heartbeat and finished in 5h 37 the final novice ride. Paul Moeketsi rode Zingaro and finished his trapleer ride in 6h 02. Braam Oosthuizen rode Bromby and unfortunately his horse was eliminated after 60 km due to a motion in the bump.

25/01/2014

16/01/2014

We had some good results with our horses at the race in Pienaarsdam. In the 80 km W***y Oosthuizen on Veldsman, one of our child riders and competing in his first competitive ride, was second in the 80km ride in a time of 4h40' . In the young riders division Hancko Maritz was third with a time of 4h29. His horse Qatar was awarded best condition. In the 121 km standard weight division we had 4 riders competing. Paul Mathibela, on Eleanora Fantisa, came in first and Neo Tswaledi Magopane,on Renegade, came in second. Both in 7h07' the difference only a few seconds. Renegade was awarded best conditioned horse. Unfortunately the other two horses were eliminated. Karibuni Fire Dancer, ridden by Mahlatse Malebana eliminated after completing 108 km because of a motion in the left hind rump/leg. Brumby, ridden by Bro. Douglas Robertson, was eliminated at the final vet check after 121 km also due to a motion in his rump.

12/01/2014

6 o'clock in the morning and the thunderstorm above the ride starts. Our horses were stabled at Pierre Pienaars Farm only 1 km away from the ride at Chris Hofmeyer laerskool. During the rain the horses were fed, groomed and saddled for the ride (p 3 and following). As the last drops were falling we warmed up the horses and brought them to the laerskool for the vet check (p 14 and following ). Waiting to have our horses checked Harry Malinga got kicked by a stallion and fell out as a rider (p 47 and following), another young rider was allowed to take his place. We were lucky to be able to take some pictures on different places were the race passed (p 57 and following). At km 20 our first riders waited a few minutes so that we could start the second half of the ride together (p67 and following). We like to congratulate the Capricorn Club for a well organized ride and a beautiful designed parcours. While waiting for our rider to arrive we took some pictures of the other participants. ( p 81 and following) . Finally the last kilometer of the ride (p 94 and following) and the grooms could welcome the horses and the riders ( p 116 and following). After giving the horses some recuperation time we could bring them to the vet check (p 126 and following). All 9 horses passed, so we could say thanks to the riders for guiding their horses safely during the ride.

24/10/2013

Vaccinations against AHS has kept us away from endurance rides in october. We are preparing ourselves for the Waterberg ride on the 9th of november.