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More than 2,500 km by car across half of Europe. Three flights – 12 hours in the air and almost as many hours waiting for connections. Fighting against time and terrible fatigue – both human and equine.

The journey itself to the Al Fursan Cup 2024 could be the plot of a story from the Arabian Nights. But Martyna Kamińska and her brave Magico de Sao Pedro have already arrived. They are relaxing, taking in new flavours, colours and smells. They watch the desert. They greet the local spirits, on whose prosperity much depends here. And they are gathering strength for the extremely demanding Al Fursan Endurance, the fifth edition of which starts tomorrow.

On 10 February, the world's best athletes will line up at the start of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Endurance Cup race. It is a 120 km route running through the beautiful and mysterious, but also extremely demanding, surroundings of AlUla. The day after, there will be a 160 km competition. This will be a tough test before the World Championships, scheduled for 2026.

The Al Fursan Endurance will undoubtedly be a great sporting celebration. The top 20 riders in the FEI world ranking, the best riders from the GCC and members of the royal family are among those who have confirmed their participation. In total, representatives from 51 countries will gather in AlUla to compete and win in one of the world's most prestigious races.

The best are attracted by the unique prize of around EUR 5 million. This is why the Al Fursan Endurance is now one of the most important events on the international endurance calendar. The organisers promise that this year's race will be an extreme battle against time and the elements. The ultimate test of endurance for man and horse, and a testament to their bond and skill.

Martyna and Magico de Sao Pedro, our fingers are crossed for you! May the force be with you!

2024 is going to be a strong international year for us. We want to compete effectively against the best, so we’re taking on challenging routes and targeting the world’s most important Endurance Riding Competitions.

And we welcome a new, highly talented and very experienced rider to our stable, whose skills, passion and desire for international success will inspire these ambitious endeavours.

Martyna Kaminska is a member of the Polish National Team and the first Polish rider to achieve the international ELITE Junior status.

She has participated in the biggest, most prestigious competitions in Poland, Europe and around the world, including Estonia, Slovakia, Germany, Italy and the UK, as well as Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

So, together with Martyna, we are launching a new, international STS LovEnPeas Arabians sports programme for 2024.

We start in Portugal, where our three bravest horses: Elberiusz, New Lady and Gambia, will arrive in January. This is also where we will start our first endurance races.

Keep your fingers crossed!

All about this year's successes and passion for endurance riding. And the dreams that gave birth to them. About consistency in action and the courage to reach higher and further than others. About a deep connection with nature and a philosophy based on caring and focusing on needs and talents.
And finally, about our outstanding horses, our most talented riders and Piotr Kochanski, the breeder and trainer who has been building and developing the potential of our LovEnPeas Arabians Training and Education Stables for over 20 years.
You can read about all this in the latest issue of the ‘Polish Horse' (Koń Polski) magazine >>
And as the material is only available in Polish, let us know if you find the English version useful as well.

This year's endurance season is slowly coming to an end. And with a bang, because we come back from the last regional Endurance Riding Competition organised by Beata Dzikowska’s Champion Stable with more trophies!

Maja Wiatr and Eucharis won the gold medal in Class L (20 km), in magnificent style and for the second time in a row. And not everyone knows that this was only the second competition for our four-year-old mare, so the brave Eucharis has a 100 % winning record!

A great success was also achieved by Maria Filipska and our other four-year-old, Wasima, who made her debut. They finished second in the same Class L (20 km).

Our mares have an incredible potential and talent, which bodes well for the future and promises more challenging seasons to come. So see you on the track this spring!

Elberiusz, a magnificent, fiery stallion and a true champion of our stable, became the winner of the Polish Young Horse Championships in N class (a distance of 81.5 km) held in Olsztyn Jurajski. In addition to the title of Polish Champion, Elberiusz was also recognised as the fastest horse in the competition, the best state-bred horse and the best horse from a private stable.

Piotr Kochański, who owns, trains and breed our horses, has much to be proud of. It was he who first noticed the talent and potential of our champions.

Six-year-old Elberiusz comes from a long and award-winning line of outstanding purebred Arabians. His sire was Ascott DD and his dam was Elbera, whose parents were QR Marc and El Emeera. The latter’s sire was the famous stallion Ekstern, who was bred at the State Arabian Stud in Michałów.

Elberiusz has been training with us for over four years. Strong, brave and courageous, he is true champion material. That's why at this year's championships there was no one better than him.

In his class and on the longest and most demanding course he won with a fantastic average speed of 15.48 km/h and entries at three vet gates in a total time of 3 min 15 sec. Elberiusz was ridden by Maria Filipska, an experienced and equally talented rider from our club.

This pair deserve a huge congratulations! Our pride and joy is immense, even though we knew from the beginning that Maria and Elbi were going to be champions. Now we just have hard proof. And this bodes well for international competitions.