Edric Lee

D.O.B: 18/02/1990

Adress:69,Tingkat Nibong Dua Bayan Baru,1950,Pulau Pinang

P.O.B:Pulau Pinang

School:Bukit Jalil Sport School,Kuala Lumpur

Name of Horse:Beefeater a.k.a Beefy

Place of training:UNITEN Equestrian Centre

Best Achievements: Hong Kong Showjumping International Championship 2006 ( silver ),S.E.A Games 2007 ( eventing;Silver ),KRA Cup CSIO 2 **Seoul Showjumping Championship 2008 ( Silver ),S.E.A Eventing League 2006 overall
( 2nd ) best MAS eventer,and SUKMA 2008 ( Gold )


Goals Set : The Asian Games 2010 competing in Eventing and the Olympic Games in 2012 ( London ) competing in eventing.

Idols: Mark Todd , Clayton Fredericks and Andrew Hoy

" My name is Edric Lee.I started riding when I was 8 years old in Penang.I was at the Penang Turf Club Equestrian Centre under the coaching and guidance of Johari Lee.I was introduced in this equestrian sport through my father's friend that came down from Singapore to ride in Penang.So,ever since I started riding I never look back or stop riding till this day.

At age of 14,I was selected to continue studying and training at the Bukit Jalil Sports School in Kuala Lumpur.I took eventing seriously in 2005 in the SEA Eventing League and continue through 2006,2007 and 2008.

Thanks to Mitavite I have been sponsor and become one of their riders in 2006 till now.I won 2nd in the overall SEA Eventing League 1* in 2006 and as the best Malaysian Eventer as well.In 2007 I entered the the national squad to compete in the SEA Games 2007 to represent Malaysia and managed to bring back the silver medal.I am now targeting and training for the upcoming Asian Games 2010 and the 2012 Olympic Games in London."

Syed Kamil Nafis

Syed Kamil Nafis,also known as Nafis,18 years old was born in Sungai Petani,Kedah.He began this sport when he was 9 years old.He joined Penang Turf Club Equestrian Centre after some encouragement from his parents.

He started representing his state in 2003 when he was 10.From then on,he never look back and competed in various competitions.Under Johari Lee's tutelage he managed to secure the Malaysian Games gold medals for both the team and individual showjumping events. He was chosen to represent Malaysia in the CSIJ 2008 in Daegu,South Korea.

He is very grateful to his sponsor, Mitavite Asia who has paid particular attention to him and for the trust Mitavite Asia have on him to shoulder the Mitavite Flag and to ensure that it fly high.

Achievements 2007/2008 :

Premier Cup Series 2007 ; Putrajaya Equestrian Park

Dressage: 1st place - Novice 2.1 & Novice 2.2

Showjumping table A2 - 4th & 6th place

Malaysian Open 2007 @ 3Q Equestrian Centre

Dressage : 2nd place - Novice 2.1 & 3rd place - Novice 2.3

Sukan Malaysia ( SUKMA )

Dressage : 4th place -Novice 2.1

Showjumping : Individual - GOLD & Team -GOLD

CSIJ 2008 Daegu,Korea

Showjumping : 4th place- Individual

**Nafis has also been selected to represent Malaysia at the Australian Youth Olympic 2009 in Sydney Australia.

Deborah Bottreau

Deborah Bottreau

Deborah's love affair with horses began when she was very young.Her mother,an active competitive rider in many disciplines from Dressage to Flat and Hurdle Racing,taught her to ride when she was 2 years old and since, Deborah shares her love for horses with school,university,travelling,other sports and now her job as a business development executive and graphic designer in an IT Company based in Kuala Lumpur.

Born in Singapore,Deborah rides for Malaysia where she grew up and is also very proud to wear the Argentine colours from time to time at the international events representing her home country where she spent most of her holidays.

Deborah's early successes were as a junior rider on her pony Priscilla,she was Show Jumping Junior Champion riders for several seasons.Today Deborah regularly rides her old boy Supernova a chestnut thoroughbred which is exactly what his name means,a sudden explosion ..."it can happen anytime,anywhere and soon after...he is a fantastic ride.." she says smiling.


Particularly talented in handling difficult thoroughbreds,lately she took on the challenge to partner a known difficult but gorgeous to her ex-race horse Forever Charming."I love him so much,but he is so sensitive we have to nurse him from the stable into the ring,though every jump is a separate challenge,he gives me the most fantastic feeling over them.This last season we were very successful;hoping to just get round we ended up greeting the judges and bringing home lots of rosettes "


Deborah looks forward to another successful season,with her thoroughbreds,and her new addition a Bay Brown TB Mare DB Senorita,previously owned by her friend Michelle Barrera.


" One of my most exciting moments was jumping at the KL Grand Prix indoor in the Young Rider Class and my wins last season on Supernova.This year I will take it easy with him as he is already 19,my mother evented him so he is also a nice dressage ride.We like to take all our horses together to the shows,this includes our new prospect ex-race horse Double Tap.I will take Charming & DB Senorita in the higher classes.

During the off season I like to travel and socialize" says Deborah.


"The horses go to the Hills to my mum's place where she runs a really nice riding and spelling facility.The horses thrive in the cool breezy highland environment and enjoy the conditioning rides up the hills much more than the conventional flat work,and so do I,it is also great quality time with friends and family "

Amanda Sivaraj

Amanda Sivaraj

Age:17



"I first started riding when I was living in France ,at the age of 6.As we moved from country to country due to my dad's work,one of the first things we did once we settled in was to look for a riding school.When we were living in Russia,we would often go to watch the world class horse shows,and even travelled to England to watch Olympia ( The London International Horse Show ).

These visits introduced me to the world of show jumping and cultivated my interest in the equestrian sport.My show jumping career took flight when I moved to Dubai at the age of 10.There,I entered my first competition ( the height of the jumps at around 40-60cm ) on a sweet pony named Bilbo,and placed 3rd.Soon after,we were transferred back home to KL, and my competitiveness in the equestrian sports escalated.I am now riding a pony named Pepsi from STC and am entering classes at the metre level.We are in good form this year,thanks to my coaches Alex Maurer and Mohd Razali. I am also currently searching for another horse so that I would be able to enter higher level competitions such as the SEA Young Riders Series,the KL Grand Prix and the Youth Olympics.

Putri Alia Soraya

Having started horseback riding at 10 years of age,Putri Alia quickly became competetive in the equestrian disciplines of dressage ,showjumping and eventing.As a junior ,her passion was showjumping but she soon came to see the refined elegance of dressage.

Ever since 2000,she has competed regularly in dressage at the national level and keeps pushing the level of dressage in the country higher.She has proudly represented her country at the Kuala Lumpur 2001 SEA Games and 2002 Busan Asian Games,Korea,the 2006 Doha Asian Games,the 2007 Korat SEA Games in Thailand and at international meets in Europe.

With that,Putri Alia Soraya has established herself as a senior member of the Malaysian equestrian team in the discipline of DRESSAGE. She has been training in the Netherlands with Rien van der Schaft since October 2006.With her horse Odurin,she has competed in the Light Tour classes (Prix St George and Intermediare 1 ) amongst European and International riders and shown much growth as an athlete.

Her goal is primarily to learn the skills to ride and compete at Grand Prix level and to be able to train horses and riders in the correct school of dressage , in order to build up the next wave of successful dressage riders representing Malaysia.

Results :

2008

2008 Assen (National Show );Netherlands;16th November
15th Place out of 25
Prix St George - 61% (Odurin )

2008 Ermelo ( National Show );Netherlands ; 12th October
9th Place out of 30
Prix St George - 62.25% (Odurin)

2008 Schaijk (National Show);Netherlands;28th September
19th place out of 30
Prix St George - 57.88% (Odurin)

2008 Schaijk (National Show);Netherlands;28th June
30th place out of 70
Prix St George -59.13% (Odurin)

2008 Emmen (National Show);Netherlands;15th June
5th place Prix St George - 62.25% (Odurin)

2008 CDI Wiesbaden (International Show);Germany;10-12 May
15th place Prix St George - 57.550% (Odurin)
12th place Intermediare 1 - 59.800% (Odurin)

2008 Almelo (National Show);Netherlands;16th April
11th place Prix St George-63% (Odurin)

2008 Indoor Zevenaar (National Show);Netherlands;9th March
8th place Prix St George - 64%(Odurin)

2008 Indoor Deurne (National Show);Netherlands;8th February
12th place Prix St George-61.13%(Odurin)

New Members of TEAM MITAVITE~!

We would like to extend our warm welcome to Ahmad Imtaz Amir Hamzah from Perak Turf Club and Amanda Sivaraj from Selangor Turf Club, our latest member for TEAM MITAVITE.

Both of our new riders started riding in their early years at the age of 6. Ahmad Imtaz, now 21 years old, currently working as an instructor in Perak Turf Club, while 17 years old Amanda Sivaraj just finishing her highschool.

Congratulations on making it on board with the rest of the team. We believe Imtaz and Amanda will be a role model for other young Malaysians and would actively promotes Mitavite.

Mitavite Clinic by ANDERS GULSTAD

The first Mitavite Clinic for 2009 was held on the 24th - 26th March at Selangor Turf Club Equestrian Centre by Anders Gulstad.

"Anders Gulstad is educated as a professional trainer from the Danish Riding Association. He has since then been active as a professional rider and trainer in Norway and Denmark.

Anders runs his own training centre in Jutland,Denmark where horses are educated up to high level dressage and jumping.

Anders gives jumping and dressage clinics at his training centre Stald Gulstad in addition to clinics in Norway,Denmark and Holland.

He is competing at Grand Prix level in showjumping and teaches students from pony riders to Grand Prix level in jumping as well as dressage. "

Mitavite Clinic starts from 7am-11am for the morning session and 4pm-6pm for the afternoon session.We had 13 riders including 4 Team Mitavite riders participated in the 3 days clinic.

Participants are :-

. Mia Johansson

. Annika Johansson

. Bee Yan Ee

. Amanda Sivaraj

. Raja Alysa Zafira Raja Azlan Shah

. Nur Alia Nazri

. Cindy Cosset

. Shane Landsberger

. Ady Sebli

. Melanie Carter ( Team Mitavite Asia )

. Ong Wan Ming ( Team Mitavite Asia )

. Hazrin Abdullah ( Team Mitavite Asia )

. Mayazura ( Team Mitavite Asia )

There were 7 groups altogether and each groups ( private lessons,group of 2 riders and group of 3 riders ) get their lesson's slot according to the schedule that was prepared by STCEC.
Before Anders starts his lesson,he will ask each riders about their horses and their problems and studied them.

We get positive feedbacks from all riders & here are some of the comments from the riders...

"Anders is very approachable and lot of fun too and we all love him for that especially the knowledge that he has given to us....priceless ! "....

"we want him back in KL soon"..

"please arrange for him to come back..."

The clinic which was planned for 3 days has to be extended to one more day due to few requests for private lessons from the participants.

Overall,it was a successfull clinic and the riders hope to see Anders back in Malaysia for more clinics.
THANKS ANDERS!!! WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEE YOU AGAIN IN KL .....

Ong Wan Ming

" I have been riding since I was 9 years old.I started off with Pony Club Games,then proceeded on to dressage,jumping,eventually eventing and even carriage driving/horse driving trials. When I was in college,I took a year off riding but the passion for horses pulled me back into the game. Currently, I am a coach at the Selangor Turf Club Equestrian Centre and also in charge of the Ex-Racehorse Rehabilitation Programme-the only one of its kind in Malaysia.After qualifying as the youngest level 1 coach in Malaysia in 2001,I then spent 7 months in the UK training and obtained the Preliminary Carriage Driving Certificate. This year has been a hugely successful one for me with one of my "Track to Hack" horses,Timbertop.With consistent training with my coach , Sandra Baljeu,we were winning Preliminary and Novice classes as well as having a successful end to the year with Harry Porter,my jumping horse "

Qabil Ambak Bin Dato' Sri Hj. Mahamad Fathil

Qabil Ambak, 28 year's old born in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.He completed his High School education in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur.He is the National Rider for Malaysia in Equestrian sport since 1995 and is currently based in Malaysia and often goes to Europe to train and compete professionally under Dutch Team Showjumping rider Wim Schroder at the Eurocommerce stables in Lochem,The Netherlands.

Awards :

2001

BEST MALE ATHLETE AWARD of the 21st South East Asian Games- presented by former Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dato Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed for SEA Organizing committee.

OLYMPIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2001- presented by DYMM Sultan Terengganu,Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin for the Olympic Council of Malaysia ( OCM )

RIDER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2001 for Showjumping and Dressage-presented by the Prime Minister of Malaysia for the Equestrian Association of Malaysia ( EAM )

2002

RIDER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2002 for Showjumping - presented by the Prime Minister of Malaysia for the Equestrian Association of Malaysia ( EAM )

2003
KLGP BEST SEA & ASIAN RIDER AWARD 2003 - presented by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia,Tun Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed for Asia Promote.

2004
KLGP BEST MALAYSIAN & SEA RIDER AWARD 2004-presented by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dato Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed for Asia Promote.

BEST ASIAN RIDER AWARD 2004 -presented by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dato Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed for the President of the Asian Equestrian Federation

Mr. Douk-Kee AHN

2006
RIDER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2006 for Dressage-presented by the King of Malaysia HRH Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di Pertuan Agong Tuanku Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin for the Equestrian Association of Malaysia ( EAM )