Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Racing and spectating

After St. Petersburg FEI international race there has been multiple events and we have been super busy.

Racing at Raasiku, Estonia

This was first race for our newest horse. Everything went fine and we were really happily surprised how the horse performed in his first race. The event was well organized and crewing was easy to do as the track crossed roads in multiple locations that were however in close proximity of each other.


Spectating at Kiviõli, Estonia

At Kiviõli there was sidecar world championships and quad european championships. Team SunRacing was only spectating and cheering for the great athletes in these events.


Spectating and racing at Kegums, Latvia

At Kegums there was again sidecar world championships and quad european championships. Also there was mini world championship for veterans. Team SunRacing was competing in the veteran class. We had lot of bad luck during the race. First heat went without bigger problems but bad start made our effort harder. However second place from the first heat. Second heat our start was even worse and we was last after the second corner's blockage. After that we rushed to the top but fell over in one sandy right corner. It took some time to gather our selfs and get back racing. We finished fifth. Overall third place was surprising but it was due to other team's mixed results. So it was not that perfect day but as others had also some bad luck the overall result was satisfactory.


Racing at Rõuge, Estonia

Second race for our newest horse. Just before the start horse was agitated and during that time the horse lost one of his shoes. First phase the horse raced without this shoe but was able to complete the phase without any problems. Before the second phase farrier was summoned to put the lost shoe back but of course it took some time and the horse wasn't ready after the compulsory time. Thus the clock started ticking before the shoeing was ready. However the horse was able to continue and was able to complete the second phase before time limit. Besides the problem with the shoe everything went really well and we are getting the feeling that this horse might have real potential.

Race at Rõuge was really well organized and the track was excellent in every way. It is really nice to see how the experience in organizing events really sums up in all the events in Haanja-Rõuge area.


Racing at Kose, Estonia

At Kose there was second to last event in the Korvikunnid Cup. Both heats we ended second so not much to complain. However first heat was really hard because bad start and we had to get past over dozen of other competitors. Sadly one of our main competitor was injured during the race in unfortunate crash. We wish speedy recovery to him!

Before last event at Põlva we are second in total with 292 points and the first team has 296 points. So everything is still open!