The Equestrian Association of Malaysia celebrated the achievement of the national Young Rider and Junior endurance riders with a luncheon at The Selangor Polo Club on Thursday 11th November. Faris Haikal Hassan Sa’ari, Yusuf Luqman Zakaria, Nur Qasrina Amani Zakaria, An-Nur Muhd Imran Eirfan Anuwar and Anfal Insyirah Abu Talib were feted for their silver medal performance at the FEI World Endurance Championship for Young and Junior Riders which was held in Ermelo, Netherlands, on 6th September this year.
Malaysia achieved their goal of a highest ever finish at the FEI World Endurance Championship for Junior and Young Riders, finishing in second place. It was a first ever podium finish for the young Malaysian team, having run 4th in 2013 and 5th in 2019.
The Malaysian team clocked 19’11:16 in the 120km race to secure second place behind the French team, which ran away with the championship in 16’57:27, while Belgium claimed the bronze medal with 20’43:03.
It is the first time Malaysia have made the podium. Malaysia have had five tries since 2013. The previous best were fourth and fifth at the 2013 Tarbes (France) and 2019 Pisa (Italy) editions.
Team captain Yusuf, Faris, and Nur Qasrina had previous experience, as they took part in Pisa. “In the first, one of our riders had to stop because his horse fell ill and we dropped into sixth position,” said team manager Wan Mohd Kamaluddin Wan Yussof. They used they experience to change strategy and improved to fourth as a team, after the third loop.
“It was only in the last 10km when we managed to secure the second overall position. It is a historic success for Malaysia in equestrian as we managed to finish ahead of the top countries in endurance discipline like United Arab Emirates, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Germany, United States, Belgium and Holland.
“I salute our riders as they had to continue training in the Covid-19 situation to maintain their fitness as part of their preparation for this competition,” said their proud Team Manager Kamaluddin.
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