When making your entry, please ensure that you have
completed the entry form fully and have enclosed an up-to-date copy of your flu
vaccination certificate that shows inoculations back to the two primaries and
an indication of the horse to which it refers! As for all EGB Rides, entry forms must be signed at the foot
of the page by the rider and must show Horse Registration number, Rider
Membership number and standard of both horse and rider – cheques should be made
payable to Endurance GB. It would
be appreciated if you could ensure that the stamped, self-addressed envelope
for returning your ride details is at least A5 size (but preferably A4) and you
are reminded that, if you are expecting to be sent details for more than one
rider, you might be wise to add extra postage!
The venue at Salisbury Racecourse has excellent facilities and is close to the
mediaeval Cathedral
City whilst also being in
the beautiful Wiltshire countryside.
There is a good choice of restaurants within the City Centre and, of
course, many very good country pubs close by. However, why not take the easy way out and join us for an
informal supper in the Jockeys’ Dining Room at 7.15pm on Saturday night, 19th
September 2009 - there will be wine, beer and soft drinks on sale and the following
menu at £14 per head. Places are
limited, so please send your booking with your entry and include the cost with
your entry cheque.
Homemade Vegetable
Soup
served with roll
and butter
**Homemade Lasagne
served with new
potatoes and side salad
Homemade Apple
Crumble
served with
custard
Tea and coffee is
also included
**Please state if
vegetarian option is required when booking.
A delightful letter of appreciation sent to former
organisers, Val Cooper, Sue Varnals and Liz Hinings, that just says it all!
Dear Liz, Sue and Val
This is a special thank you to
you all for putting on what has become a favourite ride of mine over the
years. It didn’t matter whether it
was a training ride, a set speed ride or a race, it was always the same
well-organised experience from a rider’s point of view.
I love Salisbury Plain and
have always felt it’s a proper old-fashioned endurance course. Maybe that’s because I ride a proper
old-fashioned endurance horse – whatever that is! The changes in going command respect and you ignore them at
your peril. More of our routes
should be like that.
But as much as Wiltshire
offers great terrain, what you have given us over the years is something quite
precious. Riders knew they could
always rely on a fairly run event and that is terribly important.
Best wishes
Pam
Pam Jordan and Fire (who
appreciates these things as much as I do)
As you will probably remember, our 2007 event had to be
cancelled at the very last minute (the Wednesday before it was due to take
place!) due to Foot and Mouth, so there are no photos or results to show you
from 2007!
The following shots are some of Liz Hinings’ photos taken
during Three Rivers 2006 ….
 Some of the Anniversary
Supper guests |
 Jo Holman and Jo Chisholm wait to start Loop 2 watched by Jenny
Hinings |
 Louise Holliday (farrier's wife) catching up on some reading |
 Lorna Kidson
and crew two minutes after finishing |
 Jill Kent and Bitterwell Spirit,
winners of the Opal Dash |
 Sue Speed, Yakamin and Janthea Newman (crew) -
winners of the Veterans' Challenge |
 Nicky Sherry & Lisa Robertson, SW Morris
Team members with Ride Organiser Sue Varnals |
 Wessex Morris Team members Dean and
Laura Brown and Catherine Tomlinson |
 Laura Short and Summer's Place Jumanjii - 3rd
in the Smokey Challenge |
 Winner of the Smokey Challenge, Chris Yeoman,
with crew Isobel du Toit and Ride Organiser Valerie Cooper |
|
RESULTS FROM 2008 IN THE ER CLASSES
Class 2 – The Smokey Challenge
|
Jill
|
Kent
|
Bitterwell Spirit
|
|
Retired
|
|
Natasha
|
Sainsbury
|
Kofi
|
|
Fail lame VG3
|
|
Joanne
|
Wallis Baga
|
Magic Fire
|
|
Fail lame VG3
|
|
Charlotte
|
Robinson
|
Puleski
|
Winner of Best
Presented Award
|
Fail lame VG2
|
|
Anthony
|
Sargent
|
Ell Kaleefa Rose
|
|
Fail lame at start
|
Class 3 – The Opal Dash
|
Rider
|
Horse
|
Average Speed
|
Heart Rate
|
Result
|
Notes
|
|
Nicky Sherry
|
Silver Zourra
|
12.03
|
52
|
4th
|
|
|
Chris Yeoman
|
L M Midday
|
12.03
|
52
|
3rd
|
|
|
Heather Whiteley
|
Shahfabah
|
11.62
|
52
|
5th
|
|
|
Claire Bruce
|
Ah Diba
|
|
|
Fail lame VG2
|
Winner of Best Presented
|
|
Emma Sparks
|
Corot
|
14.04
|
52
|
1st
|
|
|
Anne Walton
|
Heathdan Cziqita
|
13.86
|
48
|
2nd
|
Best Condition
|
Class 4 – the Veterans’ Challenge
|
|
|
Horse
|
Finish Order
|
Riding Time
|
Average Speed
|
Result
|
Notes
|
|
Pam
|
Ritchie
|
Last Flight (18 yrs)
|
4
|
7:24:35
|
12.93
|
3rd
|
Best Condition
|
|
Claudia
|
Christopher
|
Cobwebb (20yrs)
|
3
|
7:33:16
|
12.68
|
4th
|
|
|
Pam
|
Jordan
|
Appalousie Firefly
(26yrs)
|
5
|
7:53:54
|
12.19
|
5th
|
Best Presented
|
|
Pauline
|
Higgs
|
Dainty Dancer (18yrs)
|
1
|
7.22.02
|
13.00
|
2nd
|
|
|
Sue
|
Speed
|
Yakamin (18yrs)
|
2
|
5:51:42
|
14.22
|
1st
|
Farrier's Award & PF ER Award
|
In
2007 the ride was cancelled just 4 days before it was due to take place, due to
Foot and Mouth complications – so no results at all for that year!
RESULTS FROM 2006
THE SMOKEY CHALLENGE - 113 km ER
1st Christine
Yeoman on Farouk de Lozelle at 15.88kph
2nd Alice
Beet on Burfield Ruby Tricks at 12.44kph
3rd Laura
Short on Summers Place Jumanji at 11.89kph
Best Condition trophy to Farouk de Lozelle
THE OPAL DASH - 90km ER (Amended results 11 Sep 06 -
typographical error on first publication)
1st Jill
Kent and Bitterwell Spirit at 16.67kph
2nd Gill
Talbot and Malabar Storm at 15.74kph
3rd Tristan
Bishop and Dubai Valentino at 15.74kph
4th Liz
Taylor and Karaanza at 15.74kph
5th Nicky
Sherry and Shimmering Blue Jasmine at 15.52kph
6th Jo
Holman and The Silver Gambler at 14.84kph
7th Nicky
Ghetler and Sundance II at 14.67kph
8th Maria
Lamin-Hourd and Oshi Dashi at 12.33kph
9th Frankie
Turley and Ijaaz at 10.8kph
10th Catherine
Woodford and Dennis II at 10.8kph
Best Condition trophy to Karaanza
THE VETERANS’ CHALLENGE - 78km ER
1st Sue
Speed and Yakamin (age 16) at 16.14kph
2nd Margaret
McKiddie and Bonnie Anne (age 16) at 15.39kph
3rd Sue
Box and Robbie (age 17) at 12.48kph
4th Pam
Jordan and Appalousie Firefly (age 24) at 11.44kph
5th Jane
Greatorex and Barnabas (age 19) at 10.76kph
Best Condition trophy to Yakamin
THE MORRIS TEAM TROPHY (competition between the South West
Group and the Wessex Group)
South West - 789 points
Wessex - 695 points
The South West therefore won both the second leg of the
competition and, having also won the first leg at Boconnoc, won the annual
competition by a total of 1760 points to 1526 points. Congratulations to the South West !
(Many of the photos on this website have been taken by and
are the property of Eric Jones, a professional photographer and artist who may
be contacted on 01747 860625 - we are most grateful to Jan Clark for searching
through Eric’s archive files to find old records from Three Rivers. You might like to check out Eric’s
website at www.ericgjones.com There are also photos taken by
Mike Cooper, Liz Hinings and Kate Ross - please contact Liz on 01985 840155 if
you wish to have copies of any of the pictures displayed.)