Ons Omrs @yr or Family Name, Name TAHER, TAREK Year Experience Nationality Languages Mr, Tarek Taher Photo Proposed by NF 100 KM DOHA WORLD CUP FINAL 15° PLACE ON NAMOUK DE DUCOR CEI A 160 ELVAS BADAJOZ EUROPEAN CHANPIONSHIP 2"° PLACE ON JAVA @ ER 144 KM TATTERSALLS NEWMARKET 151 PLACE ON JAVA CEI A 200 KM MONTCUQ 1S PLACE ON NAMOUK DE DUCOR Etrearn) Background SAMORIN CH-M-E 127™ ®LACE ON TAORI R MADINE CEI3* 2° PLACE ON TSAGAN NOUR COMPLETED ONE WEG (2002 Jerez de la Frontera) AND TWO WECS (2000 Compiégne- 2016 SAMORIN VICE PRESIDENT OF RADWA (POULTRY FARMS) VICE PRESIDENT OF AAL TAHER GROUP, A MULTI NATIONAL GROUP OF COMPANIES, HOTELS, POULTRY FARMS, CONTRACTING, LUBRICANTS, CHEMICALS INDUSTRIALS. CHAIRMAN & CEO OF AL TAHER GROUP. CHAIRMAN & CEO SAUDI RADWA CO. LTD. eer) Career FOUNDER OF REEFCHIEF ENVIRONME MARINA, UNDER WATER MOVIE MAKER PROFESSIONAL WATER SKI COMPETETOR, ENDURANCE RIDER , SHOW JUMPING RIDER, BREEDER AND OWNER DEDCATED TO PROTECTION OF REDSEA Sea BACHELOR DEGREE ARTS & SCIENCE, OF CALIFORNIA, USA MAJOR.IN BUSINESS & ECONOMIC, UNIVERSITY Ete Carrey Candidate's fenaxreta sll cya slat pany Tarek Abdulhadi Taher A Horse Saved My Life By Tarek Taher (a True Story) A horse saved my life at eight years old when I was attending summer school at Surrey in the U.K. My name was mistakenly put on a list to go riding with older boys and girls who were riders already. At that early age in my life I had never ridden a horse, T was too embarrassed to say I can’t ride. So I went along with the rest of the kids to a nearby farm where I was put on a horse along with the rest of the kids. We went out of the farm in a single file on the country lane then crossed through open gates into a massive country side English field, as soon as the gates opened all the horses bolted into a full gallop (No walk, No trot, No canter) and so did my horse with no choice of mine, I was holding on to dear life, the situation got worse when my horse kneeled into a diteh. I flew off the saddle into the horses neck, then she pushed me back into the saddle and stopped. I saw my life flash before my eyes. That Mare saved my life. Two things happened to me at that point, the first is that I fell in love with that horse for saving my life, the second is that I fell in love with the adrenaline that came with that speed. As of that day I had no fear of speed and felt indebted to this horse for saving my life. Hence then I started riding lessons and became a lad on a thoroughbred race farm just across the creek from our home in Obhur, Saudi Arabia. I was able to race thoroughbred and Arabian horses on the track as a reward for training the horses. That was in the 70°s. Irode endlessly in the desert by the sea just outside our home for years then became a Show Jumper in the 90°s. In 1996 I was selected to be an endurance rider on the national team of Saudi Arabia, and the rest is history. Since then I participated in several WECS, several WEGS and several European Championships. The highlights of my career is winning the World Cup in Qatar in 1997, Silver Medal Euro Champs in 1999, 1” place Moneog in 1999, and 1" place in Tattersalls New Market, most recently qualified for WEG 2018 in Madine with 2" position. Horses did not only save my life but also gave me honor and pride. I am 61 years old now and I feel it is time for me to give back to these wonderful amazing animals, and the sport that gave me so much over the past 22 years as a professional endurance rider I have seen the sport evolve to be reckoned along with the rest of the equestrian disciplines, I have also seen it deteriorate with doping and unfair horse welfare treatment by riders, trainers, owners and in many cases by some judges. This must stop, my Moto is “let’s bring true endurance back”. Doping has become a complex reality in the endurance sport especially the pharmacological and technological developments. Illegal enhancing drugs have no place in our sport. Endurance is our sport, it is our responsibility to keep our sport clean. [ am willing to go the extra mile and do whatever it takes to bring back true endurance, clean endurance. Let's put our hands together and “Just Do It”! ‘Tarek Taher P.0.Box 1178 - Jeddah 21431 - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia E-mail: TT-S@icloud.com