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CONTENTS 4

Equestrian sports and ADAK should chart the way forward

SERCOMBE STABLE DOMINATE LAST RACING OF THE YEAR

TAKE 5 KENYANS ZIMBABWE BY STORM

Breeders’ Cup: Arrogate’s Win Ends California Chrome’s Perfect Year

ONE ON ONE WITH JOE MUYA A HIDDEN TREASURE PEOPLE DON’T KNOW

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Sanctuary Farm Event

Davis Cup 2017

FEI General Assembly votes in favour of Olympic and Paralympic rule changes

ollowing the promulgation of the Anti-Doping Act 2016 (Laws of Kenya), Kenyan sports have its place clearly cut out. The laws and policy appertaining to the push to against sport doping are properly spelt out, dovetailing with world best practice. The government set up an Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK), which is currently up and running, although it is in the process of establishing itself and creating structures to enable it execute its mandate. That was probably the easy part. The hard part is just about to start. ADAK seems to have a gargantuan task ahead of making sure the laws and policy on doping are implemented and policed to ensure a level playing ground for all sports across the board. Our concern here is on equestrian sports, not because of any recent reports about doping, although there are sporadic cases of doping in the sport. At the recent Rio Olympics, a gold medalist in equestrian sports was caught out and his gold medal withdrawn. That is food for thought. We have encountered with cases of doping in horse racing in other countries. But how safe are we here in Kenya? This is why ADAK ought to engage Kenya’s equestrian sports, Jockey Club of Kenya (JCK) for horse racing, Kenya Polo Association (KPA) for polo and Horse Association of Kenya (HAK) for show jumping to ensure our horses are clean and compete in a clean environment, devoid of sport doping or abuse of any performance enhancing substances. Over to you ADAK, JCK, KPA and HAK.

US, Swedish and Dutch cities win hosting rights to major FEI events

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Mama Punda continues with her diary of veterinary notes.

LOCAL NEWS

Sercombe stable dominate last racing of the year

Devki defy Nzomo fall to lift The Moi Cup

A hat-trick of victories highlight Uhuru Cup day for the famed owner By EA Equestrian Reporter NGONG RACE COURSE, Nairobi (December 11) - The Patsy Sercombe stable notched three titles and added a second placing in the feature race of the Uhuru Cup Day on December 11 at the Ngong race course. But it was Witini Ndegwa’s Istanbul with C Mwangi aboard, who won the first race, the Casuarina Maiden, a 1,200m maiden condition race for three-year-olds, a race in which trainer Joe Muya’s Versus Goliath (SAF) was tipped by bookies to win, but ended up a disappointing fifth with Henry Muya on top. Jacob Lokorian rode Field Cat to second and Muya’s Glascote Rose (SAF) third with Daniel Tanui on top. The pendulum swung dramatically for the well-endowed Sercombe stable from the second race – the Bauhinia Handicap, a 2,400m race for three-year-olds and overrated 16 and below. Richard Kibet rode Downton Abbey to an emphatic victory with Le Sercombe in tow aboard Caitlin as James Karari’s Lucky Mascot, with Charles Kimani on top, finished third. Black Pepper, trained by Nur Nuno, who was among the bookies’ favoutites, was sixth, well behind Oliver Gray’s Kijana (fifth with Lokorian on top) and Muya’s Saclan (fourth with J. Kultiang atop). The Sercombe stable followed on this victory with the third race – The Protea Maiden, 1,600m maiden for three-year-olds, with Le Sercombe leading Niagara Mist (SAF) to cross ahead of Nur Nuno’s Patric Mungai-ridden Alys May and Jacob Lokorian’s Lady Of Moment. Miss Ndegwa’s Splendid, with C. Mwangi atop, was fourth ahead of Muya’s Joshua, ridden by Kultiang. Mrs G.A. Fraser’s Bay Express made short work of The Acacia Handicap with Kiarie on top, followed in second place by Dryandra of N. Nuno stable with MUngai on top and Karari’s Mama Mia, ridden by Robert Kibet in third place.

N. Nuno’s Public Hero (SAF) stole the show in the feature race – The Uhuru Cup – with Patric Mungai on top amid defeaning applause. Robert Kibet made Mrs Sercombe’s stable’s day when he led Knighthood to second place as J. Karari/capt T.G.P. Oruya’s Red Raider (SAF) and Maasai King came third and fourth with Kiarie and Kimani on top respectively. Lokorian earned Mrs Serocmbe’s stable a fine hat-trick with Tenby in the Grenvillea Handicap, with Kibet leading stable-mate El Mundo (SAF) to second as the Karari/Capt Oruya’s Seattle Spire (SAF) finished third with J Muhindi on top. South Lodge from the S Njuguna stable won the final race – The Euphorbia Handicap – with Lokorian on top. Oliver Gray’s Gossip Girl was second with P Kiarie and Tammy also from Mrs Sercombe’s stable, third with Kibet on top.

GILGIL (December 18) – Handicap two Raphael Nzomo (below) was airlifted to Nairobi Hospital after fall off his horse during the final match of Devki and Samsung Galaxy during the Christmas tournament at the Manyatta Polo Club in Gilgil. Nzomo fell off the horse in the fourth chukka, to be replaced by Gordy Millar, but his side still beat Samsung Galaxy 4-0. Umpires stopped the match after the fall, but continued with play after the Nairobi Polo Club player was rushed to hospital by Amref. Anthony Wahome, Tom Collie and Nzomo’s daughter Hiromi outwitted handicap team of Phillip Arungah, Chris Foot, Chloe Spoerry and Jamie Haywood. Collie snatched a hat-trick while Nzomo scored the fourth goal. Royal Salute had beaten Sudbury Investments 5.5-2. Starting the match at an advantage of a fraction of a goal owing to their low handicap four compared to their opponents’ (Samsung Galaxy handicap 4.5), Royal Salute who featured Mbu Ngugi, Tony Sudgen, Cindy Voorspuy and Nikki Ngugi dismissed Sudbury Investments 5.5-2. Mbu Ngugi, who was man of the match, scored four goals, while Voorspuyscored one. Martin Kesier and Jonathan Stichbury scored for the losing side, who also fielded Gideon Moi and Rowena Stichbury.

McCann back on the saddle with a bang at Ngong' NGONG RACE COURSE, Nairobi (December 18) – Veteran jockey Stuart McCann dramatically returned to the saddle, winning the Yuletide Duke of Manchester Cup over 1,200m, riding Manzhouli to an emphatic victory over second-placed Lawrence Karanja on Hawker Fury by three lengths. McCann celebrated excitedly as he was led to the parade ring by trainer Steve Njuguna and Julie McCann as his fans roared “who’s your daddy”. The last race of the 2016 was attended by a fairly big crowd, with As Paragon (SAF) winning

the H.V. Pirie Trophy, the Christmas Guineas trial race over 1,400m with James Muhindi on top, delivering Njuguna’s first of his hat-trick of the day. As Paragon beat Nur Nuno-trained Silverado, with Patric Mungai on top by seven lengths. Julie McCann rode Hatton Gardens to victory in the Christmas Cheer handicap, another accolade for Njuguna. Monash, trained by Witini Ndegwa with D. Tanui on top, was second and Fire Drake, trained by Patsy Sercombe and ridden by M. Kariuki, finishing third in the 1,600m race.

Joe Karari also scored a hat-trick with victories with Mama Mia with C. Kimani on top in the ‘Tis The Season To Be Jolly handicap, Arkensaw’s victory in The Holly & The Ivy Maiden ridden by Patric Mungai and Lucky Mascot’s win in The Santa’s Reindeers Handicap, ridden by C. Kimani. Stuart McCann was excited to make a triumphant return at the Ngong races after eight years of absence. “I am happy to return here and show these youngsters how it is done,” the 46-year-old told reporters.

LOCAL NEWS

Kenyans take Zims by storm By EA Equestrian Reporter

7-goal Kenyan team comprising of George McCorkell, Tarquin Gross, Tiva Gross and Kimoi Moi was this year selected to travel to Harare Polo Club in Zimbabwe to play in an Invitational Tournament. The tournament had four teams in total, the remaining three all being local Zimbabwean teams. The Kenyan team battled it out on the first day against a team led by veteran 3 goaler Johnny Campbell and three supporting 1 goalers. Kenya had a solid first half and went into half time with a 4 - 2.5 goal lead with some great linkup play in the middle by the Gross siblings. Their second half was less convincing and they quickly squandered their lead before edging out a Zimbabwean team they should really have beaten easily by half a goal. On Sunday, a wooden horse longest shot competition preceded the final and was the feature of some extraordinary scenes. Veteran Kenyan stalwart Tarquin Gross stepped up the plate with what can only be described as not much to do and hit a neck shot, in the direction of a cut shot, almost 120 yards to leave former professional and South African International 6-goaler Gareth Evans all the work to do. The crowd went wild as Evans took his place on the wooden horse, wound up what was surely going to be the sweetest strike we’d seen, topped it, and the ball moved barely an inch. 1-0 Kenya.

Kimoi Moi and G.McCorkell

The final was set against Titan Law, a 6-goal team comprising Gareth Evans and three 0 goalers. Titan Law came out all guns blazing with some superb stick work by Evans and we’re firmly in the lead at the end of all of the first three chukkas, despite 4 penalties from Tarquin Gross. Kenya had to score three goals in the last chukka and looked like very unlikely winners. However, there was one place Kenya was doing the damage - from the line outs - and two very quick goals from George McCorkell and the goal of the day from an on fire Kimoi Moi, both from lineouts, saw the Kenyans go very close. With three minutes left Evans scored yet another goal which was cancelled out by

Tarquin Gross lofting a 60 yard penalty over everybody. With a minute and a half left some good team play took Kenya to the goal mouth only for Kimoi, Tarquin and George all to go over the top of the ball less than five yards - luckily for them Tiva Gross escaped her man and hit the ball through the goal to take the lead. Some furious defence from Tiva Gross, who managed to stop Evans scoring twice with a minute or so left was the difference at the death for the Kenyans as they held on for the narrowest of victories the final score was 8 - 7.5. Kimoi Moi was deservedly awarded MVP for the final.

Racing is my life, says 80-year-old punter By EA Equestrian Reporter PHOTO: Nyarangi For 80-year-old Michael Njoroge Kamau, racing is everything to him. The father of nine children has virtually raieed his family with proceeds from racing where he bets every racing day. “I even built my current home in the outskirts of Nairobi from betting here. I have tea plantation in Murang’a and a piece of lad in Rumuruti, all thanks to racing,” he says proudly.

His highest earnings on any racing day was on 22nd April 2014 when he used Kes 100 but earned 380,000, called P6 in the racing world. He started betting on racing days when the current jockeys were toddlers, when they used Kes 2 to bet, then Kes 3, eventually Kes 10. It has now gone up to Kes 100. On a bad day, he can lose Kes 2,000 on betting, but he does not regret it. “We are used to these things. Sometimes, we win, sometimes we

lose. That is what makes it interesting, that is the name of the game, although things are not as they used to be before,” he says without elaborating. The old man had an accident two years ago, but he is not about to retire from his bi-weekly visit to the racecourse to join ardent racing fans as they yell at the top of their voices whenever their favourite horses are on the track: “Mama Mia, Black Pepper, Spring Run, Grand Opera, El Mundo, Eternal…etc”.

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AWARDS

FEI named International Sports Federation of the Year

he FEI has been declared International Sports Federation of the Year at the International Sports Awards 2016. The award, which recognises the work of the international governing body for equestrian sport, including its leadership in integrity and governance, was presented yesterday, 8 December, at the International Sports Convention (ISC) in Geneva (SUI). Voted for by members of the Swiss-based International Sports Chamber of Commerce (ISCC) and ISC conference delegates, the annual awards celebrate the best work in global sport, recognising individual, group and company achievements. This award tops off a year of recognition that has also included significant accolades for key elements of the FEI’s #TwoHearts Olympic campaign – Billy to Rio and the ground-breaking video Hoofloose. Launched in May 2016, #TwoHearts has grown from a concept designed to connect sports fans, athletes, National Federations and media from all over the world, celebrating the unique relationship between horse and human, to become an iconic brand adopted by the global equestrian community. A key feature of the campaign was the introduction of innovative creative tactics, including videos and imagery designed to challenge people’s perceptions of the sport. Billy to Rio, the FEI’s social media project

focused on engaging new fans, won two bronze Lovie awards in the Internet Video and Social categories in September. The Lovie Awards are recognised as the most prestigious and the only truly pan-European awards honouring online excellence. Billy to Rio was also the winner of Equestrian Commercial – International at last month’s Equus Film Festival 2016 in New York City (USA). Directed by Jacobsen Luiza, Billy to Rio follows the journey of a lovable and mischievous horse as he chases his dream of becoming an Olympic champion. Billy is seen testing out numerous Olympic sports before taking on all three Olympic equestrian disciplines, with content going out to fans via social media platforms. The innovative Hoofloose video, again designed to bring equestrian sport to an entirely new audience, won an award at the Grand Prix Romand de la Création under the Craft Film category last month. The Grand Prix Romand de la Création is the only Swiss-French award for communication and creativity. Hoofloose also won this year’s GRAND award, which rewards the best creative project among all submitted projects across all categories. #TwoHearts has been the most successful campaign ever run by the FEI. With a targeted focus on the territories of Brazil, USA, China, Russia and Japan, and ongoing placement of stories, images and videos

across the rest of the world, the campaign saw extensive engagement across social media, press, broadcast and digital. Social media engagement (the number of interactions people had with the content) in the five targeted territories saw 8,048,932 interactions across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, You Tube, VK, OK and Weibo, with over 5,000 press articles (online and print) and more than 1,000 broadcast pieces. Overall this created 19.5 billion opportunities to see non-competition footage across broadcast, print, online and mobile. In addition to these figures, there were also almost 3,000 press articles published across the rest of the world. “This has been an amazing year for the FEI, with hugely successful Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio and fantastic results from our Two Hearts campaign”, FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez said. “The awards for Two Hearts are recognition of the FEI’s commitment to engage with horse lovers around the world. Working together with National Federations, agencies, athletes, grooms and many other individuals, we have achieved success and have increased the visibility for equestrian sport. It is incredible to finish off the year being named as International Sports Federation of the Year. We couldn’t be happier or more proud of this recognition!”

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BREEDERS CUP

Arrogate and the jockey Mike Smith, left, edged California Chrome and the jockey Victor Espinoza to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. It was Chrome’s first loss in seven races this year. Richard Mackson/USA Today Sports, via Reuters

Breeders’ Cup: Arrogate’s win ends California Chrome’s perfect year ARCADIA, Calif. — The 33rd running of the Breeders’ Cup Classic was supposed to be the coronation of California Chrome, widely regarded as not only the best horse on the planet but also one of the most beloved. He is the Horatio Alger of the equine set, a determined athlete who outran his modest pedigree and endured the chaos often foisted upon him by the humans around him. Happy endings, however, are hard to come by at the racetrack, especially when there is a $6 million purse on the line, as there was on Saturday at Santa Anita Park for the Classic. Such a purse is catnip for deep-pocketed owners and the Hall of Fame trainers they employ. Exhibit A is Juddmonte Farms, the name under which members of the royal family of Saudi Arabia breed and race some of the most expensive and exquisite horses in the world. Among those horses is Arrogate, a latedeveloping 3-year-old whom the Saudi royal family paid $550,000 for as a yearling and parked in the barn of Bob Baffert, one of America’s most successful trainers, who bounces slow horses from his barn at a rate that would make “Dancing With the Stars” contestants dizzy. How good is Baffert? Two words: American Pharoah, a colt who last year became the first Triple Crown champion in 37 years and only the 12th in history. How good? In August, Arrogate showed up in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for the Travers Stakes as an 11-1 outsider and left not only with the trophy but also with the record for the fastest mile and a quarter in more than 150 years of racing at the Spa. Arrogate’s dramatic upset of California

Chrome on Saturday punctuated just how good they both are. Art Sherman, the 79-year-old trainer of California Chrome, knew what he was up against. He is a racetracker, a man who as a teenager slept in a boxcar from California to Louisville, Ky., with a colt named Swaps who, once they arrived, won the Kentucky Derby. He has never had more than a couple of dozen horses, and he had to work part time as a mutuel clerk during some of his barn’s leaner times. Sherman loves his horse, the best one that he has ever had and probably ever will. Chrome, as he is known, came to Santa Anita a perfect 6 for 6 this year after a globetrotting campaign that took him to the desert of Dubai and to the beach party that is Del Mar in Southern California. His more than $13 million in purse earnings made him the richest horse in the history of North America. Sherman will probably never be in the Hall of Fame, but thanks to Chrome, he will forever be known as the trainer of a Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Dubai World Cup winner. He is the first to say that Chrome — whose name was pulled from a cowboy hat, combining his birthplace with the term used by horse people for the flashes of white on a horse — owes him nothing. “I think Chrome’s going to run a race that everybody is going to admire,” Sherman said before the race. California Chrome did, too. His rider, Victor Espinoza, gunned him from the gate and led a field of eight rivals around the first turn, down the backstretch and into the stretch as if he

were the grand marshal at the Thanksgiving Day parade. Chrome’s ears were pricked up, and he looked as if he were running by himself — controlled, relaxed and wickedly fast. In the clubhouse, Baffert thought Arrogate had lost. “When Chrome was out there cruising, I thought, ‘No way he’s going to catch him; he’s going to run second,’” Baffert said. But Arrogate’s rider, Mike Smith, knew better. He may have been seven lengths behind California Chrome entering the stretch, but Smith had not asked his colt to turn it on yet. Smith started scrubbing on Arrogate’s neck and smooching in his ear, coaxing the colt to find that supercharged gear. He did. Arrogate bounded down the lane as if he were on a trampoline, his strides widening, his momentum matching a runaway steamroller on a downhill slope. “It was incredible,” Smith said. “I’m at a loss for words.” Sherman was not. He watched Arrogate get his head to Chrome’s hip and then his neck and then pass him altogether yards before the finish line. “He ran his race but just got beat in those last couple of jumps,” Sherman said. “That winner is the real McCoy.” The record books will reflect that, yes, Arrogate caught Chrome at the wire of the mileand-a-quarter race. He won it by a half a length, in 2 minutes 0.11 of a second. The $3.3 million made his rich owners, Juddmonte Farms, richer. — nytimes.com

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PHOTOS: Joseph Nyarangi

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A HIDDEN TREASURE KENYANS DON’T KNOW Jockey Club of Kenya director wants government to get involved in equestrian sports, saying it is a huge industry, a big employer The E.A. Equestrian

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Joe Muya at a function at the Jockey Club of Kenya, with Mark Mburu and a guest (Top): Presenting a prize to jockey Charles Kimani (Left).

oe Muya, who is a director of the Jockey Club of Kenya for almost 10 years, is known not to pull punches when articulating issues relating to the sport he loves. Muya, who runs a Flamingo Stable in Nakuru and Flamingo Riding Stable in the pristine Soysambu ranch near Lake Elementaita, says the government should come on board and support this huge industry. “I am trying to lobby the Minister for Sports so that the government can not just recognize racing and also fund it. Elsewhere, governments support equestrian sports like show jumpers who go to the Olympics,” he told EA Equestrian in an interview. “Our sport should be recognized the same way these other sports like football and athletics are. Lots of money is being squandered in scandals like the recent Rio Olympics, which can help us create hundreds of jobs at Ngong race course. “We can manage that money better. It is time that racing should be recognised and funded. All those workers at Ngong pay tax to the government and we will utilize the money well,” he said. “Kenyans must come on board. Part of the Kazi Kwa Vijana money (an initiative of the Coalition Government of former President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga) should have come to JCK. Up to today, we would have created hundreds of jobs. Elections are coming next year and young men and women will be wasted by politicians. But if kept busy, everybody can get daily bread. “This is a sport we are very passionate about, not because we get paid. No, it is only because we like sports and we create lots of jobs in the process. Many people earn a living in racing, they educate their folk with proceeds from racing, syces, trainers, jockeys, name them, all depend on racing for a living. Owners, manufacturers and consumers of horse feeds and farmers’ products like Pembe and Unga hay, wheat, barley, lucerne, maize, all create employment and pay taxes. This is a huge industry,” said Muya. “Even those with average income can own horses in syndicates. A syndicate of four to six people can own a horse, we say each one of them owns one leg or even a tail and contribute fairly affordable amount, like Kes 5,000 a

month, to manage the horse,” he says. He says racing is the source of horses for polo players and show jumpers. Muya is in the Jockey Club of Kenya’s Marketing Department with Margaret Shava and Mym Haynes, and others, with whom they have done a great job to lift the sport. He pays tribute to equally passionate people like Chairman Joe Wanjui, Mark Mburu and Onesmus Mutua for showing that with passion, things can be turned around. N. Nuno and Oliver Gray train Wanjui’s horses. “We have managed to bring sponsors like Britam and Kenya Tourism Board to support major events like Derby,” he said. “We now want to major corporates like Toyota to return to racing. Racing is a hidden treasure, not many Kenyans able to know about what is going on at the Ngong’ race course. Yet the outside world know pretty well about it and talk about it very positively. Toyota used to sponsor Limuru Gymkhana, which was one of the biggest events in the local racing calendar,” he recalls with nostalgia. He says Ngong race course now has facilities for family outings, weddings, golf and other entertainment. “We have many facilities that can make families enjoy weekend outing, while also watching racing golf. Ngong is highly-regarded in foreign land and we would like Kenyans to come and give it a stamp of endorsement,” he said. “We have joined with OBTS. There is an Irish Bar, which gives good atmosphere, weddings take pace I water front. We have many facilities, which can make the public enjoy a weekend outing while watching racing. Anyone who wants to be advised to join a syndicate, can call us. There are many places in Nairobi where this can take place to grow racing. How man syndicates do we have? Muya says they are few but they are growing. He has a syndicate with J. Lokorian. Horse owners must be given all the information. Before you engage in a syndicate, one has to be educated. But important because it can save jobs for the young people. To look for daily bread.

MY JOURNEY “My journey started with horses. That’s why I support it. I recently took my son Henry to British Academy of Horses in New Market. He is helping in running the stable and is a top jockey. Kenyans must save racing and own horses. “My stable is restocked, with more than 25 horses, which I bought from South Africa and locally. They are yearlings that ate yet to see the ground. Also in the stable are Eternal (SAF) who has won four races now, and Saclan (SAF). Some of these horses will be very good horses, like Midnight Moon. Turning to the season’s success story, Muya says 2015 Championships was won by Mark Mburu Stable and trainer Onesmus Mutua. That was a huge leap from the past which was dominated by the Patsy Sercombe stable. He has created a number of jobs. He now has 38 horses, and is growing very well. SOME OF THE STABLES 1. 2. 3. 4.

Julie McCann and Njuguna Stable Nuno Stable Karari Stable Oliver Gray – one of the oldest champion jockey Muhindi 5. Lokorian Stable – up coming 6. Wakeni Stable, a great lady (in Naivasha) 7. Julie Tom – in Naivasha 8. Bengough Stable - wonderful people (in Naivasha) 9. Sercombe Stable _ one of the ldest and most established 10. Joe Muya Flamingo Stable in Nakuru – a pioneer of racing. Also own Flamingo Riding Stable in Soysambu (Ideal Safaris

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POLO-KENYA

Davis Cup 2017 By Marvin Mido

amsung lifts the first trophy of the New Year 2017. The Davis Cup tournament was held at the Nairobi Polo Club over the weekend of 8 & 9 January. The tournament drew 5 teams of varying handicaps for an interesting weekend of Polo. Samurai (0.5) and Samsung (0.5) teams played each other for a proper 4 chukka game on Saturday owing to their equal handicap. The winner of this match was set to play the winner from the other 3 teams that were pitted against each other in a round robin game on Saturday. Despite having the lowest handicap, Stich’s Cubs (-2) comprised of Jonathan Stichbury and his children Harry, Izzy and

Lochie won the round robin match after beating both MICT(1) and Royal Salute (-1). The round robin match was a 6 chukka game where the three teams played each other once for two chukkas to determine the best of the three teams. The Davis Cup was offered to the Nairobi Polo Club by Peter Davis at the beginning of his decade tenure as chairman of Nairobi Polo Club in the 1970’s. On hand to present the trophy was his daughter who also gave a brief history of Peter Davis and his life in Kenya. Samsung comprised of Kimoi Moi, Phillipa Marrion, Louis Roumeguere and Natasha Tisminiesky beat Stich’s Cubs 3-2 to lift the Davis Cup 2017 in a tensely defended game.

Germany’s Daniel Deusser new world number one in Longines Rankings Germany’s Daniel Deusser goes into 2017 as the new world number one in the Longines rankings, overtaking fellow-countryman Christian Ahlmann who has enjoyed a lengthy period in pole position. And America’s Kent Farrington (3rd) and McLain Ward (4th) have relegated Simon Delestre to fifth spot ahead of his French compatriot Kevin Staut. Germany’s Marcus Ehning remains in seventh place while Canada’s Rio Olympic individual bronze medallist Eric Lamaze has slipped slightly from sixth to eighth. Deusser was lying third at the end of

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the previous rankings period, and a great run during the London International Horse Show at Olympia just before Christmas where he won the Grand Prix with Equita van T Zorgvliet, has helped promote him to the top slot. With 3,076 points, the 35-year-old heads Ahlmann by a full 70 points (3,006), while Farrington (2,950) just shades Ward (2,940). There has been little dramatic change in the top 10, although Frenchwoman Penelope Leprevost has dropped one place to 10th, while former world number one, Great Britain’s Scott Brash, has moved back into the top 10, up from 13th to ninth spot.

The new rankings reflect some supercompetitive performances from riders who have the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2017 Final in Omaha, Nebraska (USA) in their sights. Deusser, who took the 2014 title and who, along with Ahlmann, was a member of the bronze medal winning German side at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, still has some work to do to earn his place on the starting blocks at the Final. Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat, 11th in the New Year rankings list, will be going for a back-to-back hat-trick of Longines titles when the Final gets underway on 27 March.

POLO — TOUR

By Special Correspondent in India

t was with great excitement that Kimoi Moi, Geoffrey Morley, Lorenzo Soriano, Rowena Stichbury and Eugene Yumbya set off to represent Kenya for the 10th Manipur Polo International in India. "After a day and a half of travelling, we finally flew into Imphal Airport in the capital of Manipur, situated between Bangladesh and Burma, none of us realized that India spread so far east," said Stichbury. "The scenery was spectacular and dramatic, with beautiful mountain ranges leading up to the Himalayas dropping down into a vast basin of floodplains, rice paddy fields and lakes. Manipur is a real mix between Asia, India and Mongolia," she said.

The Manipur Polo International is organized with the prime objectives of conserving and preventing the extinction of the Manipuri Pony (regarded as the most sacred animal in Manipur), popularize the game in its place of origin, the Mapal Kangjeibung, the world’s oldest polo ground (dating back to early AD) and making Manipur a Polo Tourist destination. It is also intended to remind the world that the present day Polo originated from Manipur’s traditional “Sagol Kangjei” (hockey on horseback). The ponies are between 12 and 13 hands and are played with a 42” to 48’’ stick. They look very much like Ethiopian ponies, slender but robust, with no shoes but big hearts and in many colours (skewbalds, palominos, duns & bays). Bridles were made of

beautiful reed hand-woven twisted strands of the innercore of split bamboo with pompoms and a single rope rein. Martingales could be a strip of cloth, whilst bits (Chanam Maru Kon Yachal) literally meaning garlic pod shaped metal bit - are snaffles with a single break and a huge bobble at the end sitting on a loose ring. It was not unusual for stirrup leathers to break, slip off or for the whole bridle to drop off the horse. "If we understood correctly, there are only around 600 ponies left of which 200 were brought in for the tournament. Of these, many were lent by farmers who will at most own just one pony and for whom the ponies are rightly treasured. When not playing, the ponies spend much The E.A. Equestrian

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ladies boat race on Lake Loktak

of the year grazing in and around paddy fields sometimes up over their backs in water," said Ms Stichbury. The tournament committee narrowed it down to 90 ponies of which 89 were geldings! (Most mares being kept for their breeding program). On our first evening we were introduced to all the other teams and briefed as to the polo rules for the tournament. Basically no fouls are blown unless it is very dangerous! So crossing in front of players, not following the line of the ball etc were absolutely fair game! The 6 teams were divided into 2 pools of 3 teams. It turned out that our Kenyan 2 goal side drew the short straw as our pool had the two strongest teams who ended up in the final. Pool A : Australia (a 10 to 12 goal team), India B (Manipur) (a 12 to 14 goal team) and Kenya (a 2 goal team). Pool B: England (a 6 goal team), USA (a 6 goal team) and India A (a 5 goal team, mainly from Delhi). The opening match was between Manipur and Australia, which saw Manipur win by 7 to 4. The Manipuris had the huge advantages of knowing how their ponies operate, while despite having 2 x four goalers and the second strongest team on handicap, the Australian’s took a while to get used to ponies and the small size of the 190m by 90m field (around a third of a normal pitch). This had the benefit of bringing the play much closer

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to the crowd whose every cheer was heard by the players. On the field, the Manipuris have a very distinct swing (whippy, almost like a squash shot, where they wind up and unleash mammoth shots which invariably ended up through the goal). The ball is made of the root of a bamboo tree and was much lighter and travelled further than the visiting teams were used to. All matches started with a festival of colour and customs, including the blowing of huge shell horns to announce the arrival of dignitaries - who were always surrounded by armed guards – followed by a procession of ladies in saris carrying baskets of gifts on their heads containing the fruits of the harvest of the land. Military bands with bagpipes performed along with the famous Manipuri drummers and we were entertained with incredible displays of Manipuri dances and music. Every day saw large crowds and on the final day there could have been as many as 20,000 spectators! Being an International Open, all matches started level. Each team (of up to 6 players) could also substitute any players at any time during the match irrespective of handicap. The Manipuri ponies were great levelers as they placed all polo players on a much more even keel – as a result we quickly learned to recognize the ponies we preferred. For matches each team was allocated a pool of 10 horses for the first two chukkas, which were then swapped to the other team for the second half. This was in order to make sure every team had the same advantage on the horse front. The ponies would then be given a day off and brought back to play on the

following day. Our first match was against the Australians (10 to 12 goal team). We had our work cut out for us and lamented that on handicap our 2 goal team would otherwise have started with 7 goals on the board! We lost by 5 goals but put up a good fight. Sadly Kimoi got injured in the second chukka after 2 falls (the first as a result of him overcommitting on a near side backhand resulting in the pony collapsing, Kimoi’s foot getting caught in his stirrup and being dragged on his back before his stirrup gave way. In the second fall Kimoi injured his back when his stirrup fell off while he was doing a near side backhand). Eugene replaced Kimoi for the rest of the tournament. Our second Match was against the Manipur team (12 to 14 goal team) which we unfortunately but unsurprisingly lost. However our final match was against India A and we won 4-2. The USA team won their pool, after a hard fought semi final against England but due to the knock out and points system, the final ended up being between Australia and Manipur (a repeat of the opening match). This time the Australian’s were better prepared and had identified the good ponies. Sadly Bimol, the Manipur captain was not on form due to his accident the day before and only played 2 chukkas. But it was an extremely exciting match with Australia coming away as winners of the 10th International! As such they were only the second international team to win after the USA last year. Aside from the polo, the MHRPA(Manipur Horse riding and Polo Association) couldn’t have been more hospi-

Eugene Yumbya in traditional attire.

Sagol Kangjei Traditional 7 a side polo game.

Touring Kenya team (K. Moi, E Yumbya, G. Morley, L. Soriano, R. Stichbury)and their hosts

table. The tour was as much a cultural experience as a polo one. On our first morning we were taken to the WW II war cemetery where 2,300 soldiers and airmen lost their lives including 820 Indian and African soldiers. Each player laid a wreath or flower on the tomb of the unknown soldier. We were invited along with the Japanese ambassador which was significant as Imphal was one of the two great battles of 1944 where decisive British/ Commonwealth/Indian victories stopped the Japanese invasion of India from Burma. A total of 30,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in these two encounters. Later in the week we were treated to traditional dances and a fair with all the different styles of traditional bamboo homes. The tourism board has included the Polo International as part of the Sangai Festival to celebrate and showcase the rich cultural heritage and scenery of Manipur along with a book festival, car rallies and numerous theatre productions. Manipur was a Kingdom and is now one of India’s states with a substantial military presence due to numerous insurgent groups. We were taken to the former King’s palace grounds, Kangla Fort (the palace having been destroyed by the British in revenge for the murder of one of their officers on the steps of its temple). Field Marshall Slim also had his residence in the Fort grounds during both world wars. We were also treated to a day of sightseeing at the Keibul Lamjao National Sanctuary (one of the region’s biggest floating islands and home to the endangered Brow Antlered

A perfomance by Manipur warriors.

Deer) and to Loktak Lake where Rowena and Kaveh (from the UK team) were dressed as Toybe and Kamba (the Queen and King of Manipur). After a 2km procession through the village streets flanked by a band, ladies in traditional dresses and rowers carrying their oars on their shoulders, the “King and Queen” got into their respective wooden dugout canoes and officially started the boat races as the setting sun turned Lake Loktak into a painting of colours to the cheers of the villagers. This was followed by a men’s race, a women’s race and then an international polo players race! Once again a memorable experience. The treats kept on coming and included a number of banquets and traditional dinners, with delicious curries and fish from the Lake served on beautiful plates made of giant water leaves.. The highlight of the trip was taking part in the last match of the tournament, the traditional polo game of Sagol Kangjei. This was originally a game to prepare the Manipur cavalry and their mounts to be brave on the battlefields as they charged at the enemy with quivers full of Arambai (a dart made of peacock feathers and a metal arrow head tip which was dipped in poison). These were used in the 15th century and in the Burmese Siamese War of 1759. The Arambai were thrown at the enemy either in attack or when retreating with swings similar to polo shots (under the neck forehands and backhands…) The Sagol Kangjei game has 7 players aside, barefoot in traditional colourful clothes and a white turban strapped on with a colourful sashes. Each chukka lasts 10

minutes. There are no rules! The ball can be hit with a stick or caught/held/carried and thrown to a team mate or charge with till it’s dropped before the back line and scored. One can ride off or even grab an opponent reins to stop their pony. The goals are the full length of the back line and once a goal is scored, a turbaned white clad “umpire” throws the ball high in the air in the middle of the field to restart the carnage. The ponies wear traditional saddles very similar to a stock saddle with a pommel and stirrup leathers that are U shaped with contorted edges to act as leg guards (instead of knee pads and boots). These are beautiful embroidered and brightly coloured saddle cloths and ropes with pommels are draped over the horses back and tail. Our trip was an incredible experience on all levels and we are so grateful to have been able to represent the KPA and Kenya. The last time Kenya was invited to Manipur was in 1991 when the team comprised of the late Simon Kiseyo (Kenya’s highest handicapped player), Cindy Voorspuy with Archie who was only 3 months old, Rowena Gross, Charles Nightingale, Pete Griffiths and Sophie Gratton. We would recommend it to any of our Members and we all left determined to help put Manipur on the map as a polo and tourist destination and also to promote the Manipuri pony to help it prosper and keep the birth place of polo alive! The Chief Minister stated at the inaugural game that the State Government is initiating a sanctuary for the Manipuri pony. Let’s hope that the MHRPA make this a reality.

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EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW

New etiquette for polo players

Words by Isaack Omulo Images: Courtesy Since being elected to chair Kenya Polo Association in May 2015, Gordy Millar’s committee has introduced new rules in a traditionally conservative body that is content with business as usual approach to issues. Millar brought us up to speed on polo matters during an exclusive interview with The EA Equestrian in Naivasha where he also highlighted the season’s achievements. The etiquette will be mainly for new polo players, a guide on dos and don’ts of polo, which is also relevant to old players. EA Equestrian: The polo season has virtually ended. How would you summarise the season in terms of successes and otherwise? Gordy Millar: We had an intensive season, very well-attended tournaments. Minimum attendance was eight teams, and maximum was 13, that was at the three-goal Mugs Mug at Timau. We had eight teams participating in the inter14 The E.A. Equestrian

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national. The biggest success for this year was enthusiasm for outgoing tours. We had two teams travelling out: one to Zimbabwe in July (see elsewhere in this edition: six-goal younger generation Kenya team that came away winning the tournament in Harare – George McCorkell, Tarquin Gross, Kimoi Moi and Tiva Gross) and another team went to India (not yet back by the time of doing the interview). The Schools under-18 fixture tournament featuring touring side from Zambia. The hosts won. Traditional three-goal level -- Mugs Mug was proof of enthusiasm and skill coming to the fore again a young family side – The Stichbury - came out victorious, defeating formidable opposition of sides made up of mixed handicaps. That was probably the main highlight of the low goal season. In the high goal season – The Connaught and Calvary trophies were fought for very well at 10-goal level. Calvary Cup was played at Manyatta on 19th August with generous sponsorship by Samsung and Coca Cola. It was won by Coke North

– Jammie Murray, Tarquin Gross, Jos Craig and Christopher ‘Topper’ Murray, who narrowly beat Samsung team from the South – Craig Millar, Mbugua Ngugi, Phillip Arunga and Henry Limb (18-16). (We reverted to tradition, Calvary team played between north of the equator and south of the equator) We had a very good 8-goal tournament took place in October in North Kenya as a closure of the high goal season, where four teams contested in main tournament and four in subsidiary. It was won by Jos Craig, Richard Stonewigg, Pete Griffiths and Julian Camm, who beat Samsung Galaxy – Craig Millar, Archie Voorspuy, Mbu Ngugi and Nikki Ngugi -- on countback. At the moment everybody is now playing slow practice chukkas trying to make new horses coming into the game, while old horses are resting. EAE: Since being elected (in May 2015), what has your committee done differently from your predecessors?

families with polo in their DNA. EAE: Equestrian is now a major Olympic sport, yet in Kenya we don't see much engagement between polo, show jumping, the horse racing community and the National Olympic Committee of Kenya. What plans are there to realise this dream so as to send a few equestrian players to future Olympics? GM: I don’t think there are any plans in place. I can’t see us evolving into Olympic standards on all equestrian fronts for some years to come. EAE: Polo tournaments run on a very predictable circuit: Manyatta, Timau and Nairobi. Are there plans to expand this programme in the near future? GM: Again No. You must understand that for a polo ground, same area will cover seven football pitches. To create another facility is a very big task.

GM: My committee has introduced what we may call (am not sure the right word) certain clarification through a bulletin called polo etiquette. Some people don’t know where they stand, being an amateur sport, yet keenly contested by individuals, it very important for people to understand what they are able or not able to do. That was in 2015 and introduced but did first bulletin in May 2016. It is a never-ending process, it can be improved, we are working on new edition; New members would not understand many things. Various traditional conditions in tournaments – Calvary Cup used to be a north v south affair, which fell away, killed its enthusiasm. Now back there. Etiquette seen as a means for younger or novice players to understand how the polo season works and control how things stand – identify certain recognition to understand the route to get there. In the past, it has been a verbal arrangement and as a result it gets distorted. Traditional rules that existed for the past 100 years that the younger generation did not understand. For the first time, the committee introduced umpiring clinic in April 2016 at Manyatta Polo Club, another will be done in 2017 where we hope to have assistance by professional umpires. Also established official selection committee for all KPA tours, which is above board, keeping politics out of the system. Selection Committee has four members – captains of each club and vice chairman of KPA, Gordon Murray. EAE: Is it true that polo is an elite sport? If true, how can that perception change so as to make it more inclusive and spread out to all strata of society? GM: A good question. Yes, polo is an elite sport. There are two or three conditions that are prerequisite to playing polo: must know how to ride a horse, must own or have access to the horses. Those two conditions make it very difficult for everybody, people from the streets

to walk and start participating. However, it is a misconception that it can only be played by particular people. Young indigenous Kenyans are following the game and taking up the game, and it is possible that you have to have that enthusiasm to work in in hand with four-legged animals; before that you cannot hack it. Those with benefit of having had riding lessons at a young age will always improve and learn quicker and play at a higher level than those who learn at an older age. Unfortunately, when one wants to learn and take up polo through the enthusiasm, you are already of an older age. This is why polo is vey much a family sport. Advantage because parents are involved is tremendous. This is engrained in your DNA from a young age. In the absence of a family involvement, you start at a disadvantage. EAE. How does KPA run its programmes, tournaments etc? What structures exist? What development programmes does KPA have for the Youth? GM: Programs? One of the best organized associations in Kenya. Our fixtures and annual programs are drafted in October each year and finalized by December, only adverse weather forces us to change that fixture. Within that program, KPA facilitates clinics (youth learning programs) sometimes twice in a year to develop the young. Average age of our players now is under 26-30. 10 years ago, average age was 45 and above. We have made remarkable gains in getting this sport played by the youth. High-tension matches will be officiated well by pro umpires. We are trying to change officiating at the International and try to reduce pressure in other high intensity matches. EAE: Polo is very much a family run sport in Kenya. Is this about to change in the foreseeable future? GM: Hereditary issues won’t make it change any time soon. The strongest are coming from

EAE: Has the KPA engaged the government to build polo grounds for the public use, rather than on privately-owned grounds? GM: Government priority is definitely to build on our athletics. Football and rugby are conflicted by politics. Financial stress those associations are having is huge. Political gain is affecting them. EAE: What was your reaction on being elected as Kenya Polo Association chairman? Who else was elected in the KPA executive committee? GM: I was surprised to be elected chairman, because I thought there were others who were more qualified for the job than me. Perhaps, I just saw a different angle from people traditionally elected as chairmen. And so I hope that I bring breathe refresh air in the association to be more polo-community involving. Corporate sponsorship: Sponsorship very strong, especially for Nairobi, where spectators and publicity are easily harnessed for sponsors to showcase their wares. Samsung has been the leader, we are greatful for them. Through their efforts, we have seen a big increase in other corporate sponsors wanting to be involved. Coca Cola, Royal Salute, Peroni, GM, renovation was done by Space N Style (building interior design specialists). EAE: Any other issue you would wish to address pertaining to equestrian in general and polo in particular. GM: On polo, a big congrats due to NPC incoming committee for turning their sponsorship into valuable asset improvement at NPC, complete club house and next year promised polo ground, North Kenya, nothing much changing there, hoping to play on their new facility next year; Manyatta continues as it was, we have seen big improvement on standard of polo at Nairobi, where they introduced boards on the side in 2014; The other two following suit, will have board in place in 2017 season. Politics (and mismanagement) interfere with smooth running of those other sports e.g. Kenya 7s teams to have dropped like it did example of politics, Rio saga, recall how sports like tennis, hockey and cricket were dominant well managed disciplines and now barely exist. Tennis now up to individuals. The E.A. Equestrian

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COVER STORY

Alimasi Racing: A story of sibling success WORDS: Isaack Omulo PICTURES: Alimasi Racing Library and Joseph Nyarangi

s the racing continues to hot up, there is no sign that The Alimasi Racing Stable will let up the phenomenal success it registered in the 2015/16

season. The Ngong’ Racecourse-based stable, owned by Justin Mburu, broke the decadeslong tradition of dominance of the local season by stables owned by Kenyans of European extraction when it racked up major victories in the past season. Onesmus Mutua, who has emerged as among the best trainers, bagged Champion Trainer’s title as Justin Mburu became champion owner. His elder brother, Mark 16 The E.A. Equestrian

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Mburu, became champion apprentice jockey of the season and Poltus Ngugi the most improved apprentice jockey. The champion old horse was six-year-old Their First Song (ZIM). The Zimbabwean-born thoroughbred has been on a song that racing analysts believe he will continue with the fairy tale performance. Their First Song has racked in 11 times uninterrupted, the only one of its kind since 1961 with such successive back-to-back victories. In those 11 successive victories, Mark Mburu was atop eight times, while Jacob Lokorian and Peter Lesengei rode him twice and once respectively. The horse’s rating is possibly 40-plus, which is the highest in Kenya. He is so far unbeaten at 1,400m and the mile (1,600m). Among the big races he has won are Uhuru Cup.

The stable which has about 130 horses is among the best and strongest in the country at the moment, possibly only comparable to the Sercombe’s. Apart from Their First Song, other star attractions in the stable in the past season were Caen (SAF), who won the Champaign Stake for two-year-olds, and Billy Elliot, a two-year-old who won O.B.T.S. Cup, Belo Horizonte (SAF), who has won six times and Notorious, who won the Eldoret Race Club Cup on November 27. Mutua, 38, who helped Alimasi Racing Stable achieve its remarkable performance after years of dominance by the better heeled Sercombe Stable, thereby writing his name in the history of local racing as the first indigenous trainer to record that feat, says it all boils down to team work and synergy and understanding the horses. “They are well bred. Through interaction,

2015/16 ACHIEVEMENTS. Champion Trainer - Onesmus Mutua Champion owner – Justin Mburu Champion apprentice – Mark Mburu Most improved apprentice jockey – Poltus Ngugi Champion old horse – Their First Song SOME HORSES IN ALIMASI RACING STABLE 1. Their First Song (SAF) 2. Notorious (SAF) 3. Caen (SAF) 4. Belo Horizonte (SAF) 5 Ramesh 6. Romeo Foxtrot 7. Simply Ravishing 8. Cynisca 9. Hebrews (ZIM) 10. Try To catch Me (ZIM) 11. Belo Horizonte (SAF) 12. Grand Opera (SAF) 13. Hawker Fury (SAF) 14. Irish Flyer (SAF) 15. Golden Cloud 16. Ari G 17. King Of Oxted 1. Mark Mburu aboard Banned Ivory with groomer Peter Kariuki and trainer Onesmus Mutua, 2. Tom Fraser interviewing Mark Mburu, 3. Almasi Stables, 4. Mark Mburu riding Notorious.

training abroad and patience, I have come to understand my horses very well,” he told EA Equestrian at the Ngong racecourse. With Mutua in the training job is loyal assistant Michael Musila, who is fast learning the ropes. “For a stable to be successful, there must be good relationships between the trainers and work riders. Jockeys don’t play important roles, as such in how the stable performs, probably only emerging on Sundays because they are riding. But the trainers and work riders are more important. However, teamwork is key,” says stone-faced Mutua. “There is something we are doing right here. There are stables with more horses but were never overall champions. Mutua, who sought more expertise in Europe, says he has personal relationship with the horses, understands them personally and knows how to pair them. “You cannot, for instance, pair (David) Rudisha with (Usain) Bolt to in one race. I know how to pair them,” he says. He has visited Zimbabwe, South Africa and Germany to learn and improve on his training procedures. “Unlike riding, training does not have academies. It is about intuition and the feel of a horse,” he said. RACING SITUATION Mburu is cautious in his assessment of the racing situation in the country. “Racing is steady now, indeed for a couple of years now, but we can do better. We need more international horses. We have 150 horses in total, which is equivalent to roughly five to six horses a race, apart from big race days like Derby, Britam and Guineas) which

has an average of 8 races on a Sunday. “We need to be racing every Sunday. If we had 300 horses we would race every Sunday. We used to race three times in a month,” he said. Mutua, who also owns Ice Waterfall, who was second in Kenyatta Cup, says his typical day starts at 4am. He and his assistant feed horses at 4.30am, before the first round of training at 5.30 on the gallop, and the second at 6am and third at 7am. “We give them breakfast (normal race horse cubes and oats with vitamins). Then in the afternoon, they can go for a walk and grazing. At 5pm, they are served dinner (same as breakfast but bigger potion). “Sometimes we give them different vitamins at dinner. That is what we do seven days a week for 365 days a year. It is work and passion. Nothing else,” he said. He knows when a horse is unwell. He administers medication for normal sickness like flu, cough, rash and fever. He calls a vet when it becomes serious. “We thank God for our achievements. We have opened the way for everybody else. More important, we showed other trainers that it is possible. It can be achieved. We achieved it when everybody who matters in the racing scene was also competing. That was great,” he said.

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SHOW

The Sanctuary Farm Event By Rose Caldwell Photos by Jack Hechle

s always, the Sanctuary Farm Event (Nov 10-13) was a cheerful, happy show. Our heartfelt thanks go out to Guy, Quillie and Felix Erskine for carrying on with the show, in spite of the loss of our much loved Julie, whose cheerful, bouncy presence was sorely missed by all. The committee was a small one, chaired by Gilly Fraser and aided by Karen Mousley, Nini Valentine and Sala Bremner, all of whom worked extremely hard to get the show off the ground and what a great success they made of it. Margaret Parsons and Ali Prettejohn helped in the office and everything ran smoothly and efficiently. Anne Abercromby Dick built her usual excellent courses which ensured good jumping in spite of the hard going. The second arena, built by Yours truly, concentrated on getting the horses going over clear round courses at various heights, plus running the Division 1 and Novice Combined Training, which took some of the pressure off the main arena. The only mishap of the show was poor Karen Grant who had a fall over a practice jump, landing on a large rusty nail, which dug a large hole in her leg for which she had to be transferred to Nairobi for treatment. Camping took place in the beautiful big camp site, under the trees near the lake. Wildebeest and Zebra wandered peacefully through the camp and we were treated to the sound of Hippos enjoying their love life near the tents at night! The monkeys were there too, chattering in the trees, waiting for any opportunity to raid our kitchens. The motley collection of camping dogs, who all got on so well, soon got the hang of it and had a ball chasing them away from the food. As always, there was a collection of small children and ayahs ranging from Chalbi Francombe, aged 8 months, to the slightly older ones. North Kenya had a young contingent camping and there were some extremely hilarious evenings! In fact, I don’t think I have ever laughed so much! There was a very cheerful Saturday night party at the club, from which folk rolled back to their tents in various stages of good cheer. Some members of the party picked up Annabelle Carey’s tent and hid it behind my tent and you could hear raucous laughter as they hid behind the trees, killing themselves with laughter as they watched poor Annabelle, wandering around wondering where on earth she had left her tent! Saturday was cross country day. Gilly Fraser and Wilson had built their reliably challeng18 The E.A. Equestrian

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1 ing, but beautifully built course. It was a flowing course which rode well if ridden boldly. Inevitably, there were some eliminations but the majority of riders completed the course and were extremely happy . The Open event was an excellent competition with all four horses completing the course. Windemere and Robin Stanley were in the lead after the cross country but a couple of show jumps down handed the class to Rachel Robley, on the evergreen Muffin. She was also third with Fantastia. The Intermediate was won again by Rachel on Crimson Moonlight, proving once again what an exceptional rider she is. Cindy Voorspuy and Aqua were 2nd with Megan Hodgson on Amber, taking 3rd place. The two sections of the Novice were well filled with one section won by Cindy’s McNab ridden by Megan Hodgson and the other by Gill Edwards on Quiggly. Megan and McNab also won the Dave Rose Memorial Cup for the highest marks in all sections. The Pre-Novice also had two sections. The first section was won by Quillie Erskine on Susie Day’s Camomile. Quillie had taken time off university to attend this event and it was so good to see her compete and achieve a well deserved first. Vicky Tait on Belmont Bay had a commanding lead in the other section, after the cross country, but then sadly took the wrong course over the show jumps, handing the class to Clarissa Pugh on Bryn Llewelyn’s Ndala.

The show jumping was a high standard, with very good C and D classes going to jump offs. We had a cracking Championship, which went to three rounds and three had double clears to compete against the clock. After a nail biting finish, this was won by Rachel on Fantasia, closely followed by Karen Mousley on Marakesh, with Gill Edwards on a brave little Freebie coming third. Of the final awards, Fantasia won the Victor Ludorum, Macarena, ridden by Louise Holman Baird, won the Best Round Cross Country and the Stout Effort was given to Cindy Voorspuy for coming with 11 horses, ridden by herself and her girls, a great credit to her. A new trophy, the Julie Erskine Memorial Trophy, presented by Quillie Erskine, was awarded to The Biggest Character of the Show. This was presented to Aisha Gross, who provided a lot of hilarity both at the camp site and on the show ground. So ended another great show and a wonderful ending for me was on Sunday night, sitting at the camp site with some friends and a glass of wine watching the Super Moon rising over the Acacia trees. Sadly this was the last appearance of Fantasia, who is going to South Africa to join her owner Nikki Thoenes. Muffin will also be out for a while on maternity leave. But there is little doubt that Rachel will be back with some promising substitutes at the next show.

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FEI NEWS Photo caption: National Federations voted unanimously in favour of the proposed Olympic and Paralympic rule changes for Tokyo 2020 at the FEI General Assembly in the Japanese capital today. (Richard Juilliart/FEI)

FEI General Assembly votes in favour of Olympic and Paralympic rule changes The FEI General Assembly has today voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposed format changes for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020, which will now go to the IOC Executive Board for final approval in 2017. Under the new proposals, the number of athletes in national teams will be reduced to three, and the drop score, which previously allowed for a team’s worst score to be discarded, will be removed. The use of a reserve combination for teams will remain in place, but will be even more important and will be a key element in ensuring horse welfare. A total of 11 of National Federations, out 20 The E.A. Equestrian

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of 107 represented, voted against the proposal – Albania, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg, Monaco, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland. Voting on the proposed sport-specific changes to the three individual Olympic disciplines – Jumping, Dressage and Eventing – was unanimously in favour. The vote on the Paralympic formats saw one National Federation - Great Britain – against the proposed changes. “This was a really important vote for the future of our sport if we are to increase universality in accordance with the recommendations of Olympic Agenda 2020”, FEI

President Ingmar De Vos said after the vote. “We need to increase the number of participating nations at the Olympic Games but within our existing quota of 200. Reducing team members to three per nation was probably the only way to boost the number of flags. Of course this now has to be approved by the IOC, but it opens the door to countries that previously could only see the Olympics as a distant dream. “There were some National Federations that didn’t agree with the proposal, but that’s all part of the democratic process. Now we need to work together to make this a success.”

FEI NEWS The proposed changes are detailed below: Jumping • Teams of three horse/athlete combinations per nation, plus one reserve combination, no drop score • 20 teams (60 horse/athlete combinations) • 15 slots for nations not qualified with a team (maximum one horse/ athlete combination per nation) • Individual event will now take place before Team event • Cut-off score: the exact cut-off and resulting penalty will be finalised in the Olympic Regulations • The exact penalty for any horse/athlete combination that is eliminated, or does not complete their round for any reason, will be finalised in the Olympic Regulations Dressage • Teams of three horse/athlete combinations per nation, no drop score • Each directly qualified team may bring a reserve rider/horse combination, or horse only • One individual per nation not represented by a qualified team (no composite teams) • Determine Team medals solely through results of Grand Prix Special (no longer a combination of Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special scores) • Introduce new “heat system” (including “lucky losers”) for Grand Prix: 18 individuals to qualify from Grand Prix to Grand Prix Freestyle (best two from each of the 6 heats, plus the next 6 with the best overall results) • 8 top teams (24 starters) from Grand Prix to qualify for Grand Prix Special • Introduce new system for starting order in Grand Prix • Conduct Grand Prix Special to music Eventing • Teams of three horse/athlete combinations per nation, no drop score • One reserve combination per team will be allowed. The reserve combination is an important element of the proposal in order to preserve horse welfare. If a reserve combination is substituted, it will incur a penalty for the team. The exact penalty will be finalised in the Olympic Regulations • Maximum of two individuals per nation not represented by a team • Order of tests to remain unchanged (1st Dressage; 2nd Cross Country; 3rd Jumping Team; 4th Jumping Individual) • Olympic Eventing to take place over three days (Dressage test reduced to one day) • Technical level of the three tests to be defined as the “Olympic level”: Dressage and Jumping 4*; Cross Country: 10-minute optimum time, 45 jumping efforts, and 3* technical difficulty • Qualification of athletes/horses to be achieved on the same Cross Country technical level to ensure implementation of the recommendations of the FEI Independent Audit in Eventing • For the purpose of the Team classification only: any horse/athlete combinations not completing a test can continue to the next test if accepted as fit to compete at the relevant Horse Inspection • For the purpose of the Team classification only: penalties for the non-completion of a test for any reason, Dressage =100 points, Cross Country = 150, Jumping = 100 • Rules for the Individual event remain unchanged Para-Equestrian Dressage • Teams of three horse/athlete combinations per nation, no drop score • Each directly qualified team is entitled to bring four horse/athlete combinations, of which three will have to be declared to compete on the team after the Individual Championships test, in which all four will compete as Individuals. • Maximum of two individuals per nation not represented by a team (no composite teams) • Determine Team medals solely through results of Team test (no longer a combination of Team and Individual test scores) • Top 8 per grade from the Individual test to qualify for the Freestyle test • Order of tests: Individual Championship test, Team test, Freestyle • Team test to be set to music

Rio Olympic champion Nick Skelton takes top FEI Award Rio 2016 Olympic Jumping champion Nick Skelton (GBR) added another major accolade to his collection tonight when he was declared the winner of the top prize at the prestigious 2016 FEI Awards gala dinner in Tokyo (JPN), in the presence of guest of honour, FEI Honorary President, HRH Princess Haya. Nick Skelton won the coveted FEI Best Athlete honour at the “Oscars of the equestrian world” presented in association with the FEI’s top partner Longines, at the Park Tower Hotel. The FEI Awards celebrate the excellence, commitment, dedication and courage of those in equestrian sport, and the glittering ceremony also saw Nick’s groom Mark Beever (GBR) declared winner of the FEI Best Groom award. In recognition of outstanding efforts in what has been another exceptional sporting year, the ceremony kick-started with the presentation of the Longines Rising Star award going to Sönke Rothenberger (GER), an award honouring the pursuit of excellence and rising talent for a person aged 14 to 21. Along with his FEI award, Sönke Rothenberger was also presented with a Longines Conquest Classic watch. Brazil’s Rodolpho Riskalla took home the Against All Odds award, while the FEI Solidarity award went to the Morocco National Federation/SA Charif Moulay Abdellah Alaoui, President of the Royal Moroccan Federation for Equestrian Sports. This award was accepted on behalf of the Federation by the Moroccan Secretary General, Badr Fakir. Hosted by joint Master of Ceremonies Liz Price (GBR) and the Athens 2004 Olympic hammer champion Koji Murofushi (JPN), now Sports Director for Tokyo 2020, the FEI Awards gala ceremony was watched by more than 300 distinguished guests, National Federation representatives, FEI partners, VIPs and international media. “The FEI Awards are an opportunity to celebrate the outstanding work of those who deserve the recognition, not just of our community but of the wider sports industry, and we’ve had five fantastic award winners tonight”, FEI President Ingmar De Vos said. “These talented and dedicated athletes and individuals constantly inspire future generations of athletes, and not just equestrian athletes, and can literally change lives and communities. The FEI is very proud to honour and acknowledge these achievements.” Longines' Vice President and Head of International Marketing Juan-Carlos Capelli, who presented the Longines Rising Star award during tonight’s ceremony, said: It is my great pleasure to be here this evening and to be a part of the FEI Awards’ celebration of these great equestrian heroes. As we have seen here tonight, all of the winners have shown what hard work and dedication are all about. They are champions that we can be very proud of. The five categories in the FEI Awards 2016 attracted a record number of nominations from the public, giving the judging panel an extremely hard task to select the final winners. Chaired by Japanese Olympic Committee President and FEI Honorary Vice-President Tsunekazu Takeda, the judging panel also included the FEI President Ingmar de Vos (BEL), Longines Vice President, Head of International Marketing Juan-Carlos Capelli (SUI), last year’s best athlete Boyd Exell (AUS), President of the Swaziland National Federation Glenda Warburton (SWZ), FEI Awards Against All Odds winner in 2010 Angelika Trabert (GER) and British television presenter Liz Price.

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Equestrian events 2017 2021 approved in Tokyo

US, Swedish and Dutch cities win hosting rights to major FEI events The Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals for the years 2020 and 2021 and the FEI European Championships 2019 in Jumping, Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage were among the key events allocated by the FEI Bureau in Tokyo (JPN) today. Following the success of the 2015 Finals, the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals will return to Las Vegas (USA) in 2020 when the Finals will be hosted at a new venue, the MGM Grand Garden Arena from 15 to 19 April. Las Vegas has previously hosted six FEI World Cup™ Finals, two in Jumping and four combined Jumping and Dressage Finals at the Thomas & Mack Center (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2015). The new venue, located in the MGM Grand Hotel on the famous Las Vegas Strip, is world renowned for hosting high-profile sporting events 22 The E.A. Equestrian

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such as boxing and basketball, as well as live performances from global superstars like Celine Dion, Elton John and Britney Spears. Gothenburg’s Scandinavium Arena, spiritual home of the FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final since playing host to the inaugural Final back in 1979, has been awarded the 2021 Finals. The Swedish sporting capital, which has already organised 22 FEI World Cup™ Finals including joint-Finals in 2013 and 2016, will host the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals 2021 from 31 March to 5 April. The 2021 double FEI World Cup™ Finals will kick-start celebrations of the City of Gothenburg’s 400th birthday celebrations. Rotterdam (NED), another city with a longstanding tradition of hosting major equestrian championships, was announced as host for the triple FEI European Championships 2019 in

Jumping, Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage from 19-25 August. “We are delighted to confirm the allocation of some of our major Finals and Championships to major global cities like Las Vegas, Gothenburg and Rotterdam”, FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez said today. “The organising committees for all these top events have such hands-on practical experience, and understand the process, commitment and dedication involved in organising these important fixtures on the FEI Calendar. We are very grateful to all the organisers who put in bids for these key events and are extremely happy to have the opportunity to showcase our sport in major global cities.” The allocations were made at the FEI Bureau in-person meeting in Tokyo today, prior to the FEI General Assembly (22 November). The Bureau also allocated the following FEI Championships and Finals:

ROUND-UP

Budapest, Los Angeles and Paris put forward to third stage of 2024 Olympic bid process By Nick Butler at the Palace Hotel in Lausanne

FEI Nations Cup™ Final comes to Barcelona for fifth consecutive year in 2017

he Real Club de Polo de Barcelona (ESP), venue for the equestrian events at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, will once again play host to the FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final when the series reaches its climax at the end of September 2017. This is the fifth consecutive year that the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) has allocated the Final allocated to Barcelona, the cosmopolitan capital of Spain’s Catalonia region. The FEI Nations Cup™, the world's oldest and most prestigious team Jumping series, started in 1909. Open to the best 18 teams of the 46 nations that will contest the FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2017 season between February and September the Final will take place from 28 September – 1 October. The FEI Nations Cup™ Final is run over three competitions, with each of the 18 national teams bidding to make it through to the top-10 Final. Team Germany reigned supreme this year, with a spectacular jump-off between newly-crowned Rio 2016 Olympic champions Nick Skelton and Big Star and Germany’s Marcus Ehning on Pret A Tout deciding the result. “The FEI Nations Cup™ series is the jewel in the crown of the international team Jumping calendar and we are delighted to allocate the honour of hosting the Final

of this flagship series to Barcelona”, FEI President Ingmar De Vos said. “Barcelona has hosted the final since the inception of the modernised format of the series. In creating the final, we not only secured a future, but greatly increased the value of the series. We have absolute confidence in the Barcelona Organising Committee to deliver an outstanding event and together we will commemorate the ongoing legacy from the 1992 Olympic Games as the Club de Polo celebrates 25 years since it hosted the Olympic equestrian events. The significance of the FEI Nations Cup™ series has continued to increase over the years and the remodelling of the competition format in 2013 has revolutionised this team sport.” “It's a great honour and further testament to the efficient way in which the Club has organised the Grand Final over the last four years”, President of CSIO Barcelona Emilio Zegrí said. “We are especially thrilled because our fifth Final will coincide with the celebrations for both the Club's 120th anniversary and the 25th anniversary of the '92 Olympic Games. It's now 25 years since our arena hosted the equestrian competition at those Olympics. We've continued to be a point of reference at a global level and we want to remain so, for the sake of both Barcelona and the Real Club de Polo itself.”

Budapest, Los Angeles and Paris have all been put forward to the third stage of the candidature process for the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. This decision was made during the ongoing International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting here today. All three cities will now submit the third part of their candidature files - on Games Delivery, Experience and Venue Legacy - by the February 3 deadline. This follows a presentation by IOC Evaluation Commission chair Frank Fredericks on the second stage of the candidature process. This was devoted to governance, legal and venue funding. According to an IOC statement, "no significant issues were flagged at this stage that would merit not supporting the advancement of a particular city to the next stage as a result". Evaluation Commission inspections to all three cities will then take place in April and May. A final decision is then expected to be made at the IOC Session in Lima on September 13. “We are delighted by the support we have received from the Olympic Movement for our innovative plans to bring the world’s greatest sporting event back to the heart of the city," said Budapest 2024 bid leader Balázs Fürjes. "Our goal is to make the Olympic Games experience more exciting for the athletes and more affordable and accessible for more cities to host and to spread the Olympic spirit and revitalise sport worldwide." Los Angeles 2024 chair Casey Wasserman added: “On behalf of LA 2024, we are honoured to proceed to the next stage of the IOC’s Candidature Process and thank the IOC for their continued support and valuable feedback. "The IOC’s collaborative process as outlined by the visionary Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms has proved greatly beneficial to our committee as we create LA 2024's low-risk, innovative and sustainable new Games for a new era." No official reaction has yet been given by Paris.

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SANCTUARY EVENT

5 1.Mr Howie Mathews presents ‘The Ultra Sharp Festive Trophy” to the winning trainer Mr. O. J Gray who is joined by the winning jockey J. Lokorian 2. Winning jockey Stuart McCann with his son Connor holding ”The Yuletide Duke of Manchester Cup”.

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3. The start of The Santa’s Reindeer Handicap” 4. Winner of “The Santa’s Reindeer Handicap” jockey C. Kimani on “ Lucky Mascot”. 5 Jockey Stuart McCann joined by his wife Julie, son Connor and friends hoist ‘The Yuletide Duke of Manchester Cup”.

THE MANIPUR POLO INTERNATIONAL

1: Exhibition of Manipur warriors skills. 2. Traditional men attire. 3. Kimoi Moi with a saddle. 4. Sagol Kangjei Traditional 7 a side polo game. 5. Traditional saddles used in Manipur.

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MAMA PUNDA NOTES

Mama Punda continues with her diary of veterinary notes.

DONKEYS

The worst treated but most resilient of all animals. Because they have seldom been treated for anything they respond very quickly to drugs. One will usually be able to treat a donkey once. Worming: Worm with Noromectin, injectable by mouth 4-5 ml. Coughs, colds, injuries. Treat adult donkey 10ml Betamox 8 ml Colvasone If in poor condition, 8ml multi-vitamin injection. Abscesses Lance and leave to drain and issue owner with Mastitis tube to put in wound. Lameness Nearly always caused by a deeply embedded stone or foreign body. Dig out and clean with hydrogen peroxide and plug hole with cotton wool. Bad feet condition and shape can be cased by donkey being tethered with a tight nylon rope around the pastern. Try to explain the problem to the owner and persuade him to tether the donkey by the neck. Harness sores Treat with various ointments and sprays according to severity. Try and persuade owner to pad harness properly to avoid future sores and to rest the donkey until healed. Bee stings

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If donkey attacked by a swarm of bees give 10ml antihistamine and 10 ml Colvasone as quickly as possible.

Feed orally over two hours. Give Catasol daily. If constipation persists then give enema.

Donkey Fever This is a form of horse sickness with the same symptoms. Treatment 10ml Antihistamine on first day; 10ml Colvasone on first day; 10ml Penstrep for five days

To prevent cats breeding, give an injection of progesterone every six months. This could have long term side effects so it is better to get the female cat sprayed if possible. Worming Do not treat cats with Noromectin. They can be allergic to it. Use Partac or Canex. Sick cats Usually difficult to diagnose. Treat with Betamox and Colvasone. Give Catosol if cat is weak. Keep quiet and shut up as a sick cat will tend to wander.

Constipation is a big problem. Give a drench made from 30ml dill tea. Dill tea 1 table spoon dill seeds 1 litre boiling water Steep for one hour and mix 40 ml of this with a spoon of molasses and one tea spoon bicarp.

CATS

Hair Ball in stomach Dose immediately with oil. Either 10ml Castor oil or 10 ml liquid paraffin or any cooking oil.

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