“Historical Group photo with Gentlemen Riders” at their first Fegentri race in Qatar on 23rd February, 2011 with Nathalie Bélinguier, President of Fegentri, (fourth from right) and Susanna Santesson, General Secretary of Fegentri – Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
15 Lady Riders from 13 different countries before their Fegentri race at Al Rayyon Park on February 23rd, 2011 – Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Qatar, Oman.
Fegentri lady and gentlemen riders with H.E. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Faleh Al Thani, Sami Jassim Al Boenain (General Manager of REC) and Tariq Abdulhamid Al Siddiki, Stewards Consultant and Fegentri President Nathalie Bélinguier and General Secretary Susanna Santesson
Fegentri President Nathalie Bélinguier (second from right) and General Secretary Susanna Santesson with two lady riders from Oman, Fatma Al Manji (left) and Azhar Al Wardi (right)
H.E. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Faleh Al Thani presents a souvenir to lady rider Khadija Abdulhawed from Qatar,
Second from right: Nathalie Bélinguier, President of Fegentri and Susanna Santesson, General Secretary
Lady riders before the Fegentri race
Fegentri Ladies Race at Al Rayyon Racecourse in Qatar on February 23rd, 2011
** Winner – February 23rd, 2011 **
Tina Henriksson from Sweden on her easy winner “Soviet Secret” at Al Rayyon Park in Qatar on 23rd February 2011
Happy Tina Henriksson returns to scale after winning the Fegentri race in Doha
French gentlemen rider Edouard Monfort after his win in Doha (Qatar) on “Jalmoud Al Jazeera” on 23rd February 2011
** Winner – February 24th, 2011 **
Rachel King from England winning the Arab Race on “Al Jeali” on 24th February 2011 at Al Rayyon Park Racecourse in Doha (Qatar)
Return of the winner Rachel King from England
German gentlemen rider Dennis Schiergen finishing home on Perigueux at Al Rayyon Racecourse in Qatar on 24th February 2011
First ride first win in Qatar: German Dennis Schiergen returns to scale
** Social Activities **
Hat competition at Al Rayyon Racecourse in Qatar
Gala Dinner before the Qatar Equestrian Festival 2011:
The Fegentri World Championship Final for Gentlemen Riders was organized by Maienfeld in Switzerland yesterday. It was a historical date: 10.10.2010.
It was a beautiful sunny day with a big crowd of visitors at the racecourse – just worth a World Championship.
Florent Guy from France was breaking the record by riding 11 winners in the Fegentri World Championship series in 2010 (3 over jumps, including the big steeple chase Prix Marechal Foch in Auteuil and two steeple chase races in Germany – Mannheim and Bremen – with the same horse “Alanco”). His eight winners on the flat were ridden in Belgium, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden (2 wins), USA, and Maienfeld.
Never before has any Fegentri rider ridden that number of winners nor has any received as many points in one year as Florent did: 314 points in 2010.
Last year he was runner-up to the German rider Marian Falk Weissmeier who was announced as the youngest (17 years old) Fegentri World Champion in Fegentri history.
Congratulation to Florent Guy!
But congratulation also to Paul Power from Ireland and to his Club as a runner-up with 111 points in total.
The third and fourth in the ranking, Harry Challoner (Great Britain) and Marian Falk Weissmeier (Germany) turned professional this year and did not participate for the rest of the series anymore.
On the last day of the World Championship series Patrick Deno from Belgium finished second and is sharing the fifth place with Kjetil Kjaer from Norway who participated in Fegentri races in 2010 for the first time.
