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Holly Corcoran and Kelsey Russell Complete 2024 FEI Endurance World Championship for Seniors
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by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian | Sep 10, 2024, 11:00 AM
Monpazier, France – Two U.S. combinations successfully completed the 2024 FEI Endurance World Championship for Seniors on Saturday, Sept. 7, joining some of the sport’s top international athletes in finishing the 160 km (100-mile) ride in southwestern France.
Holly Corcoran (Stroudsburg, Pa.) and Kelsey Russell (Williston, Fla.) crossed the finish line together, coming in 33rd and 34th out of a field of more than 130 starters. Corcoran rode her own 2012 Arabian mare, Lorienn (Syndicat x Lothlorienn). Russell rode Valerie Kanavy’s 2015 Half-Arabian gelding, Juno Im Gold (Flash Goldon x LM Parys).
The course for this championship spanned over six loops around the French countryside near the historic village of Monpazier. The field set off in the dark of a 5:30 a.m. start, with storms and heavy rainfall overnight and into the morning hours making for muddy going in places and requiring the riders’ care and attention to the footing.”
“We started out with two hours of darkness, and rain; thunder and lightning,” said Corcoran. “But taking that all into consideration, I made a decision to start very conservatively. So we were fine and steady and watched the footing as we were riding. Some of it was challenging because we couldn’t see where we were going.”
Lorienn is used to technical trails, said Corcoran, and that experience came in handy on this world championship track. She said that while she had to adjust her original plan a little bit, she was able to make up time in places to finish only about 10 minutes off of her estimate.
“The course was very technical; mountainous with rolling hills,” said Russell. “There really was not a flat place, and when it was flat the ground was sloped. There were a lot of changes in the footing, from paved roads to gravel to grass to plow fields and clay-based trail. There were a few real climbs and steeper downhills but for the most part it was rolling hills...”
USEF.org
by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian | Sep 10, 2024, 11:00 AM
Monpazier, France – Two U.S. combinations successfully completed the 2024 FEI Endurance World Championship for Seniors on Saturday, Sept. 7, joining some of the sport’s top international athletes in finishing the 160 km (100-mile) ride in southwestern France.
Holly Corcoran (Stroudsburg, Pa.) and Kelsey Russell (Williston, Fla.) crossed the finish line together, coming in 33rd and 34th out of a field of more than 130 starters. Corcoran rode her own 2012 Arabian mare, Lorienn (Syndicat x Lothlorienn). Russell rode Valerie Kanavy’s 2015 Half-Arabian gelding, Juno Im Gold (Flash Goldon x LM Parys).
The course for this championship spanned over six loops around the French countryside near the historic village of Monpazier. The field set off in the dark of a 5:30 a.m. start, with storms and heavy rainfall overnight and into the morning hours making for muddy going in places and requiring the riders’ care and attention to the footing.”
“We started out with two hours of darkness, and rain; thunder and lightning,” said Corcoran. “But taking that all into consideration, I made a decision to start very conservatively. So we were fine and steady and watched the footing as we were riding. Some of it was challenging because we couldn’t see where we were going.”
Lorienn is used to technical trails, said Corcoran, and that experience came in handy on this world championship track. She said that while she had to adjust her original plan a little bit, she was able to make up time in places to finish only about 10 minutes off of her estimate.
“The course was very technical; mountainous with rolling hills,” said Russell. “There really was not a flat place, and when it was flat the ground was sloped. There were a lot of changes in the footing, from paved roads to gravel to grass to plow fields and clay-based trail. There were a few real climbs and steeper downhills but for the most part it was rolling hills...”
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