We've just heard that our sponsored Endurance rider in France, Selena de Wasseige, has won an individual Bronze medal and team Silver at the Open Junior Endurance Championships at Kreuth, in Germany. The championships were run over 120kms and the "open" competition was won by a rider from the UAE. Individual gold medallist in the European Championships was Laetitia Pegaz from France, with another French rider taking individual silver.

Nineteen year old Selena, who lives near Moye, in the northeast of France, was riding for the Belgian team as she holds Belgian nationality, although she is permanently resident in France. Hilton Herbs has sponsored Selena for five years now and we have enjoyed enormously watching her progress her career in endurance.

Selena was crewed at Kreuth by her father, Patrick, and he reports as follows:

"We are back from Kreuth, where the Junior European Endurance championships have just been held and the results are attached. Selena won the individual Bronze medal and team Silver, with her Arab mare Kalah Grey, averaging 19.8kms over the 120kms.  This course was fairly hilly and very technical and the average speeds were fast, with the last leg being run at around 25kms an hour.  This was a great result for this horse as she caught an infection the Sunday prior to the ride and had eaten virtually nothing for two days"

Selena (Bib no 10)  & Kalah Grey at Kreuth