RTES Endurance Ride V ; 2011

Lorraine - wearing 79

Hidalgo - wearing 179

who picked the vest number? me! me! its my favorite part during competition!

ngee~~

Lorraine & John - Hidalgo & Azizie

not much to tell, but I have to say we manage to rebuild rotten horses and trained them to successfully completed 80km. we brought 2 horses which one of them suffers back pain and just got the acupuncture treatment earlier this year. and the other one just recovered from very bad hoof damage. when I say bad, it is very-very bad that you could barely say he has hooves! he could barely walk too! but thanks to supplements and good care, these two manage to recover and now proudly making their way to Sultan Mizan Cup 2011 - which also known as the Endurance of the year! this event has been re branded from Sultan's Cup to Sultan Mizan Cup. previously the organizer offers US$ 10,000.00 for the champion(which won by our TMKN rider), rumors says that this year's prize money will be bigger. (how awful! i cannot ride in this event!). so Malaysian endurance rider/team are all trying their best to be able to participate in this event. the qualification needed are twice 80km(FEI 1*) for new horses & riders. but before you can make it to 80km, you have to complete twice 40km first - its the national federation (EAM condition).

so now we have more horses qualified to Sultan Mizan Cup than the riders. the team still have one rider who needs to complete one more 80km. he will be doing his final 80km in September, which will be held in Wetland, organized by Selangor Turf Club. (if I am not mistaken.). this is the first time they ever held an endurance ride and they offers mindblowing prize money - RM25,000! of course, not bigger than Sultan Mizan Cup's prize money, it is still the event of the year, fellas!

9 months ago - Hidalgo's fore hooves.

recent pictures of Hidalgo's hooves

pre - Edaran Endurance Classic 2010

it has been 5 long years before i actually got this opportunity again. it's pathethic, i know. i'm pathethic. been following my hubby to competition venues through out the years back, i hide my feeling about it.

i mean, when u hv a passion towards the ride, u will know how i feel. it's like your ability to do things were pulled of you right away. it's like, you've been there, as a supporters (and some crewing stuff) and watches people ride arrogantly, like saying "hey you, don't ride in competition anymore? what a jerk!"...owh, that's only my immature monologue which tends to appear everytime i see riders at endurance ride. (or people called it envy?)

but now, i can sshhhuuuuuhhhh the negative feelings becoz i am an endurance rider again! after two years resting (no, i'm not resting....it just i did'nt own any four-legs to participate with!)

my heart and soul have a home once more time. living the life without entering any endurance competition for about 2 years, make me feel my heart and soul are homeless. they are homeless becoz their status is unknown, i keep telling people i ride in endurance races but you know, most people judge you by your performance, experience, skills and most importantly, achievements. but if you are never seen participating in any competition, how would they see all that?how?

stakat riding kat rumah aje, ramailah. but not anymore. now, i can be proud with the tittle I've been holding for long time....i'm a passionate endurance rider!!

Edaran Endurance Classic is one of the most popular annual endurance competition in Malaysia. this ride has a very high value for me as i completed my first 80km at this event, back in 5 years ago, took place in Ar-Raudhah Equine Center, Kuang, Selangor.

after a period that long, i'm quite excited with my participation which lead me to smile even in my sleep, let all the up time alone. and makes my asben thinks i'm persuading him to get me a pair of new heels. or adidas watch. or new shawl. or new serial novels like Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic.

but i'm smiling becoz finally, after two years had'nt participate and 5 years after my first ride (2005 - 2010), i am actually able to ride again. AGAIN. something i never expect to happens in the nearest time. (thinking gonna start next year with my crazy-bay-striped faces-huge feet x-race ; who thrown me off while walking in the paddock!! and then my asben, too!!)

and that, with Sylva. the most beautiful ageing dark-haired toes-out thoroughbred-polo I've been ridden since last year, (when my asben did'nt). and who turned out to be the best endurance horse he ever created ever ; with the clean record of the rides through-out 2010 ; twice 40km and twice 80km all in a row. I love you, Sylva. i love you. i trust you. i know we can make it to the finishing line in Ar-Raudhah this weekend. INSYA ALLAH...

RTES held Training Ride @ Lembah Bidong

yeah! jum kiter dgr cerita basi ni(xper bleh reheat)

pada hari keramat bertarikh 23 Januari yang lalu....
mr.hubby entered a training ride organised by Royal Terengganu Endurance Sport(RTES)
riding a 12 year old mare called Sylva, an ex-polo horse, released for endurance by the generous owner Dato' Raza Feroz coz he already had a loads of performance horses in stable(14 altogether) which are freshly handpicked from Argentina. so called multidisciplinary horse.
Sylva had been playing Polo ever since she was born. She was trained to be a polo athlete. everything around her are Polo based, the equipments used & the way to do it, the way they ride(of course, they don't hit the ball while trotting), the feeding scheme, the exercise, the shoeing, every single thing were done in accordance to Polo requirements. so, there is a huge gap there....she used to wore double bridle which are totally prohibited in endurance ride, she only works with single hand conducting the rein(becoz player need to hold a stick with the other hand)
but amazingly,(Subhanallah!) she was not that hard to be converted to a regular riding horse.
=>she didn't throw herself in confused situation when we ride using both hands and single rein, =>she didn't loose control even we does not attach any standing martingale (which is compulsory for polo),

=>she also balanced on all her four beautiful legs(which happens to be impossible for active polo athlete with her age, most of them already suffer tendon problems)!

=>she can nicely and tenderly trot and canter on both leads, right, left, left right

=>she can do flying changes(thats why her legs survived to this level, she never went around the field with the wrong lead!) coz somehow polo player tend to be too occupied with chasing the ball around and didn't care much on the horse's leg.

=>she know her rider's body language very well, she understand each aid given! so the transitions are as smooth as changing gear of a motorbike. fewh! usually polo player used artificial aid = whip while riding, or lean forward and make chirping or whistling sound so the horse move. what is unique about polo horses are they can canter straight from walk, skipping middle part = trot. but not for Sylva. she knows exactly when to canter, when to walk, when to slow trot, and when to make flying trot, based on instruction given by the rider.

pendek kata, kuda ni bagus & ada semua ciri2 yang diperlukan!!!!

oke, oke sambung balik.... after full inspection & satisfied with his findings, then my hubby brought her up for the first endurance competition in her 12 years! man, dis is her first 40km.
she was released on 18th Jan(Mon)....my hubby got the chance to ride her only on 19th Jan(Tues). then for the next two days, she were left in stable, resting and mentally preparing to face 4 hour travel on the coach. (i was still in campus)
21st Jan(Thur) @ 4pm, she was uploaded into the coach without a single problem(Sesungguhnya ALLAH s.w.t permudahkan perjalanan kami, Alhamdulillah). a friend of us, willing to lodge her. the coach is for two but he only brought one, so we put Sylva into the empty space.
@ 7.45 I flew from LCCT in AirAsia's an reached home at 8.
22 Jan(Fri) at dawn, we both make our move to Lembah Bidong, Setiu, Terengganu. we both eager to meet her and asking how was her condition when she first step on strange place she had never been, how the environment excite her and how was her sleep in the new stable?
tomorrow morning is the preliminary vet check. we were preparing the best and eager to present to the vet commission on duty. she was entirely calm.
23rd Jan, @ 10a.m we groom her and brought her up for vet check.
there was something funny = she was having small problem to be trotted up. maybe because she does not really used to this one. she refused and stayed unmoved when my hubby pulled her up for trot. she was like " huh? what is dis? what should i do now? why is he pulling me around? are you trying to make me run? what's going on?" i guess dis are the dialogue appears in her mind at that time, with full of curiosity we can tell through her embolden eyes.
5pm...finally dis is the time for flag off. the climax that every rider is waitin' for. i was praying so that she didn't bolted throughout the flag off like beginner horses use to. and she didn't. thank god. she was so darn calm that you can sleep on her while other horses start galloping as the flag waved!(as what i saw, im just judging her behavior from distance, not knowing if my hubby struggled to keep her calm. hu hu)
then he arrived for fist loop in 1:45 mins....just the time he told me he would go on.
She doesn't need much time to cool down coz she is cool. we only need to unsaddle her and offer water, in meantime where her Heart Rate counts 56bpm. we let her have some more water and we slowly led her to the vet gate. total time taken was 4 mins. her Hr read 44/44 in the vet gate.
after 40 mins of holding time, now she is ready for her second 20km. we saddled her nice and even and then i released them to the departure gate.
1:30mins later, they arrived and both of them are wet that i thought it was raining somewhere in the trail. no, its actually the youngsters from State of Terengganu Endurance Club(STEC) showering them on the last water point, as an celebration of my hubby's coming back into the sports.(we never left actually.)
her first HR read 60 bpm, and we put on some water slow and steadily so that we didn't frightened her with the splashing of water on her body. after 5 mins, her HR reads 50 bpm and we make our move to vet gate with no rush.
the HR read by the doctor is 54 bpm and after trot up it fell to 48 bpm. she was doing well with the gut sound, dehydration, mucus membrane and gait. straight A's and Arrow Up. and the most exciting moment for a rider is when the doctor is about to announce the result. usual phrase are "Congratulations Mr, your horse passed and complete." or some also just state to the steward "Horse number 300 Passed"....but no matter how it sounds, these phrases were likely to become the most precious and the most disappointing in every and each endurance ride ; especially on the last loop of the race. and they were placed 10 out of 23.
and that was how the competition goes......

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al-kisahnye tukang sembelih....

first of all...selamat hari raya haji.....
lmbat sket kan? ignore jer...hu hu..xsempat nk online dah seminggu...buzy sket bila waris2 berkumpul nieyh...! heh heh...lg pun..sy dpt sponsor drpd my bro in law & family utk 1 bhgn lembu korban...thanx ya!
pagi raya tu...my hubby need to slaughter 3 cattle, 3 more on the next day and 3 more on the 3rd day....kesian dia...sakit belikat.
sumer tuan lembu tu waris dia...sepupu, anak sepupu, dua pupu, pak sepupu, tiga pupu, pendek kata kupu-kupu dia ler sumer nye. sebab tu x tergamak nk refuse biler diorang suh sembelih tu....ape2 pun...panadol extend membantu jugak...kui kui kui...
yg jadik sakit tu bukan aper...kebanyakan tuan lembu n kakitangan nya xtau cara2 yg betul utk rebahkan lembu....so my hubby tunjukkan lah cara nak belit tali kt badan lembu, pastu tarik dari arah yg betul, lepas lembu dah jatuh tu boleh pulak bdk2 tu lepas tali! hape lg, bgn balik ler lembu tu...adoi.sepatutnyer bile lembu dah jatuh p la ikat kaki dia pastu silang, baru ler xbergerak dah...
orang tua2 kata buat baik berpada2 sebab ini lah...bila dah sekor berjaya direbahkan mr hubby dgn senangnye...so yg lain2 pun diorang suh dia buat la....ada ka patut dia ckp..."ha, VET kita kan ada bg dia la buat, dia tu expert!"...expert kepala otak pak cik.orang nak tunjuk contoh jer....nak suh yg mude2 tu blajar. bile lg kan?
tp alhamdulillah...berkat kerjasama semuanya berjalan lancar....dan peti ais di rumah sy pun dipenuhi dgn daging2, tulang2 dan hati lembu pemberian orang kepada tukang sembelih...
asal cerita my hubby jadi tukang sembelih ni....mcm ni, dulu ada sorang pakcik tukang sembelih ni, dia ni agak tersohor la kat area situ, pandai sembelih lembu, xberbau daging lembu/kambing yg disembelihnya...satu tahun tu, masa raya haji...pakcik ni ikut turn tau gi sembelih, pastu smpai turn umah hubby ni, tali utk rebahkan lembu, xcukup sebab tali yg guna last year dah reput...so tali baru sedang dlm perjalanan drpd kedai cina yg satu2 nyer bukak aritu...lmbt sket la...pakcik ni demand tau, terus die merajuk n balik...dia ckp xnak sembelih kt tempat yg xcukup keperluan. lepas tu sumer orang dumbfounded dgn perlakuan pakcik tu...dah kul 10 pg dah...lembu xsembelih lg...dan JENG JENG JENG masa kritikal ni la my hubby became a hero dgn menawarkan khidmat sembelihan nya yg xbertauliah lagi x diyakini ramai itu...bidang terjun le katakan...die cekalkan hati walau pun dipandang rendah oleh org2 tua di kampung itu....dan FINALLY, berjaya tumbangkan lsekor lembu dgn jayanya....start drpd tahun tu la die yg sembelih lembu bile hari raya korban...hu hu.
xpandai xape, asal minat tu ade...kebetulan die dlm bidang veterinar dah,sikit sebyk dia tau behaviour lembu...
tamat la sudah al-kisahnyer tukang sembelih....

bola vs endurance

KEJOHANAN : SULTAN'S CUP TERENGGANU ENDURANCE CHALLENGE 2009

TARIKH : 06 - 08 NOVEMBER 2009


TEMPAT : TERENGGANU INTERNASIONAL ENDURANCE PARK, LEMBAH BIDONG, SETIU, TERENGGANU

vs




my mum is planning to watch final match Piala Malaysia. gathering will be at my sis's house at subang. i can imagine the excitement if i could come.
but
i hv sumtin else in my mind. from 6th Nov there will be a Sultan's Cup Championship...the most grand annual event in endurance race. it will be held at Lembah Bidong, Terengganu...it hv been a year since we(me n hubby) attend any races.
actually after the world cup, we havent attend any event yet. he was busy with the promotion, transfer to new office....and i kept busying my self with my dip...
in fact, wat did we get for attending an event that we are deeply in love with, without being part of it? dissapointment and unsatisfied. we could not stand to see other people unite with their horse trying to complete the race when at the same time we have no ability to compete!! the spirit is torturing us from inside!
xkan nak telan liur jer??!!

Pre-Grads Nite, 14th Oct 2009, Renaissance Kota Bharu Hotel

Last nite i finally went to this event after a month persuasion process done by my bestfriends on me. actually i'm not quite an campus event person. i prefer to be wif my hubby at home, watching tennis Live programs on ASTRO.(hu hu, he love tennis so much).
I attended the dinner in a long abstract dress, very long till not only me but other people also kept stepping on it even wif i'm wearing 4.5 inch heels.. there is no enough time to alter it la...ha ha. More than 10 people said i was like Siti Nurhaliza in that dress. Actually, why not?i am a Siti myself. Siti Nuraihana, that is me. i gave a CTscarf as accompany for my dress and a handheld black clutch, it is just a perfet match.
this dress is quite loose for me but because of the spandex material, it fits nicely to my body. there is no intention to wear shaped attire that may show my figure to others especially non-muhrims. i had try the best to reduce attraction on myself wif choosing the dim color of my outfits and sits on the table at the backside of the ballroom.
so friends and family, enjoy these picts