August 21, 2006
Endurance News
Miguel Vila Ubach, (ESP), and HUNGARES Win Individual Gold ~ FEI World Equestrian Games -
Today in Aachen, the Spanish rider, Miguel Vila Ubach (ESP), 33, aboard the grey SHAGYA gelding Hungares*, won the Individual world title in Endurance. This is the first time since the FEI World Endurance Championships began in 1986 that a Spanish rider wins the supreme title.
This definitely was an emotional victory. After 160 km in six loops and a riding time of 9 hours 12 min., 27 seconds, the winning pair entered the main stadium to cross the finishing line under torrential downpour. The crowd cheered loudly the new World Champion and the tears of rider and crew were streaming down with the rain drops. “I knew we were good but I don’t believe I’m here today,” a happy Miguel declared at the press conference that followed his arrival. “I was a European Champion back in 1999 and I’ve been dreaming for another title ever since but I’d never have thought it would be this one.”
The pair were in 47th position after the fourth vet gate but this had not discour- aged them. On the contrary, they had been saving their strength for the last 13-km loop. “I knew my horse could fly over the last bit. We rode out of the vetgate, I saw the French girls and decided to follow them as I was sure they would get good placings. The horse felt so strong that we found ourselves quite up front. then I felt we could make it and decided to just go for it.”
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Hungares: the Shagya-Arabian gelding, was bred by the Bábolna National Stud and was born in Hungary, Bábolna in 1998 as Siglavy Bagdady VIII-1. He was imported to Spain in 2004. Due to the training in Spain and the special training-education method of the Bábolna Stud he achieves great results. (by Bábolna National Stud)
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the stallion, SMR Garcon. There are many other wins and
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