No HOSERS allowed

For those of you who read the 1st April article then sent us those e-mails and text messages saying how excited you were that some HOSERS were supposedly organizing a South East Asian Open World (SEAOW) Dressage Championship. If you were one of those who didn’t bat an eyelid about the articles numerous claims, such as riders would be allowed to compete in draw reins or side reins and even, um, heavy rain, then we have important information for you: Your subscription to Equestrian.Com.My is now overdue.

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Going, Going…

Members of the Selangor Turf Club unanimously voted to move to new premises. Perhaps they each had 10,000 sq ft. of reasons to vote for the move by a massive 90% acceptance. The club is expected to bump in to much larger premises north of Rawang in an amazingly quick 33 months from now.

He’s Toast

Poobah Emeritus of the EFS, Doc Low Hong Tong was recently re-elected Hon. Secretary of the Equestrian Federation of Singapore, only to resign all of one whole week later. It turns out that EFS President and Bukit Timah Saddle Club (BTSC) chairman Leong Horn Kee used his casting vote to select someone else to the post of Hon. Secretary of the BTSC after a tie in the ballots at the club’s AGM.

Dr. Low will continue to serve as Honorary Secretary of Thoroughbred Owners Association and Sports Trust (TOAST). We wish them the best of luck.

Surveillance Over, Doc?

In his former position of Great Grand Webmaster of the EFS Hon. Secretary, the vertically challenged Doc Low had proposed that the EFS take action against Peter Abisheganaden for writing Jump-Off, and actually put Jump-Off under surveillance. Please Doc, can you tell us if you are still keeping us under surveillance? And if so, is it because you are now looking for material to use against the EFS?

It occurred to us that if Doc Low isn’t keeping up the surveillance of Jump-Off, we could write whatever we liked about the EFS without favour or fear, that is until we realized, yup, that’s exactly what we’ve been doing all along.

Tribute to Doc

As Great Grand webmaster of the Equestrian Federation of Singapore’s website and Hon. Secretary of the island republic’s National Federation, Doc has provided Jump-Off with much material, in the process becoming Jump-Off’s first cult hero. In his reign, he has missed Asian Games entry deadlines, tried passing off a Malaysian as a Singaporean rider, affiliated his country to an FEI that he thought was a Paris-based French organization, and asked such intellectually demanding questions as, “is there is really no division between men and women in equestrian events?”

It’s no wonder that Jump-Off has a cult following. As a tribute to our champion of champions, here’s a list of Doc’s previous Jump-Off entries:
Hi Doc, Welcome Back
Website of the Year
Still In Some Other Equestral Zone and
Unsafe Verse
Not Blind to Equestrian.Com.My
On a Different Planet
Equestrian.Com.My non-existent in the Land of the Blind
No Malaysians please and
Amazing Stats for the Land of the Blind
More Wonders from The Land of the Blind Out of Sight
More From The Land of the Blind

Goodbye Doc. Thanks for all that. Jump-Off sure will miss you. Just be sure to let us know if you decide to run a TOAST website. We’d sure like that.

Who was that Masked er, Sausage?

Jump-Off’s wurst-watch found this excerpt from that Ruskie/Singapore website:

“Between classes were other exciting equestrian activities - … an entertaining performance to music by Zorro, Antonio Banderas….well, Christine Fiege, Malaysia”

Congratulations to:

Tommy Wong, sometime Singaporean equestrian team rider, has finally tied the knot. He’ll be celebrating his marriage to Carrie with a traditional Chinese dinner on 3rd June this year. Here’s a photo of them riding together. Where’s your helmet Tommy?

Dittagorn “Tom” Pantapa, who has been appointed as the equestrian specialist of the Thailand Sports Authority.   Also to Tom and his wife Park on the opening of their stables in Chiang Mai.

Equestrian Commission of Indonesia’s President, Irvan Gading and National dressage rider Larasati Gading on the birth of their latest edition, daughter number 3, Laetisha Maheswari Gading, born on 27th January 2004.

Get Well Soon:

Peter Imran Winton, Equestrian Entrepreneur and Show Director of CSI***** KL Grand Prix, recovering from heart bypass surgery

Malik Jeremiah, Executive Secretary of the Malaysian Equine Council, who is recovering from an angioplasty procedure done recently.

From Rider to Restauranteur

For those of you who haven’t yet sampled the fare at Petra Lee-Teo’s La Gourmet House at the new Ikea-Ikano Power Centre, what are you waiting for? Petra used to instruct at Taman Equine, but now spends more of her time creating heavenly food for gourmet riders.

Transitions

NCAS Level 1 Instructress Trish Braithwaite is now in charge of the equestrian section of the Selangor Polo Country Club Bhd (SPCC).

Audrey Nichol is no longer at Taman Equine. She has subsequently joined Trish Braithwaite as part of the new team at SPCC.

SPCC have said farewell to Beatrice Fletcher.

Welcome to Malaysia to Marc Silvesteri (BEL), newly appointed Chief Instructor and Stable Manager at Taman Equine. Marc has experience in jumping, dressage and western pleasure and has a special interest in musical kur and music and light horse shows.

Siva has taken over from Sim Wong as manager of the Royal Selangor Polo Club.

Website of the month:
The Guide Horse Foundation

To read previous editions of Jump-Off, please click on the links below:
Jump-Off XXIX - 27 February 2004
Jump-Off XXVIII - 5 February 2004
Jump-Off XXVII - 21 January 2004
Jump-Off XXVI - 22 Dec 2003
Jump-Off XXV - 10 Dec 2003
Jump-Off XXIV – 28 Nov 2003
Jump-Off XXIII - 15 Nov 2003
Jump-Off XXII - 25 October 2003
Jump-Off XXI - 1 October 2003
Jump-Off XX - 1 September 2003
Jump-Off XIX - 12 August 2003
Jump-Off XVIII: Not-The-Equestrian Awards - 17 July 2003
Jump-Off XVII - 14 June 2003
Jump-Off XVI - 24th May 2003
Jump-Off XV - 25th April 2003
Jump-Off XIV - 31st March 2003
Jump-Off XIII - 6th March 2003
Jump-Off XII - 12th February 2003
Jump-Off XI - 16th January 2003
Jump-Off X - 12th December 2002
Jump-Off IX - 14th November 2002
Jump-Off VIII - 19th September 2002
Jump-Off VII - 6th September 2002
Jump-Off VI - 13th August 2002
Jump-Off V - 2nd August 2002
Jump-Off IV - 15th July 2002
Jump-Off III - 27th June 2002
Jump-Off II - 20th June 2002
Jump-Off I - 14th June 2002

Other fun:
South East Asian Open World Dressage Championship 2004
Rodrigo to ride for Malaysia
Jump-Off's New Years Resolutions - 29th December 2002
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