ECM Turns 7
Friday, August 18th, 2006
On 18th August 1999 Equestrian.Com.My went "live" on the internet and our lives changed forever.
We were a "monthly" internet magazine when we first started seven years ago. Now there is hardly a day that we haven't got multiple updates. Then, when there were 300 page views a day, we wondered who all these riders were. Now it takes 30,000 to make us blink.
One of my first articles was "Screwed" which was about me breaking my ankle and getting 15 screws put it. As I sit at my PC writing this, I am still recovering from an ankle broken six weeks ago. No screws this time, but if the next seven years are as exciting as the first seven, we are in for some ride!
Thank you to all of you who have kept us going - you who hits the site for your daily dose and laughs and cries with us along the highs and lows, the forum personalities, the jump-off junkies, the people come seeking fellowship in our equestrian community.
Thank you to the sponsors and advertisers especially to our staunch supporters Malaysian Horseshoes. It is you who have truly kept us going over the years.
Thank you to everyone who has supported Equestrian.Com.My: Alvin Tan and your team at Inscribe Webmedia, Transtheme's staff past and present, everyone who has contributed articles for ECM, especially Dr Nik Isahak Wan Abdullah, Ong Wan Ming, Sherry Thomas, Lorna Fisher, Norinne Dewal, Amir Zulkefle; All the photographers who have contributed, especially Halim Berbar, George Gill, Julie Wilson, Roz Neave and Daryl Yeap.
Thanks also to those who gave us special help along the way, especially my uncle, the journalist and PR guru Felix Abisheganaden, Chris Hector of The Horse Magazine, Ho Nai Yue, Paul Weier, Dato' Awang, Md Azar, Lorna Fisher, Major Yap Mou Soon and Dato' Seri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis of EAM, Tun Musa and Toh Puan Ika, Peter Imran Winton, Wan Zaleha, Ahmad Mustapha Hassan, Adrian Tan, Michele Chong, Titien Irvianty, Dittagorn Pantapa, Toni Leviste, Malik Jeremiah, Stuart Mitchell, Hj Muhd Ibrahim Miller and Farouk Khan.
Thank you to all the riders and organisations who have given us your news and results: FEI especially Michael Stone, Capt John Roche and the Communications Dept., Samsung Super League, EAM, MEM, Malaysian Pony Club, RDA, MEWS, RMPA, RSPC, Raja Azima at Equestrian Promotions, Cheryl Victor, James Ravindra, Johari Lee, Mohd Siraj, Catherine Brown and Pedja at SPC, Dr Bala, Zarina Jan, Gabrielle Tiong, Wai-Fai Lo, everyone at Asiapromote, Mimi, the 'anonymous' Jump-Off contributors, riders and friends, Syed Omar, Qabil Ambak, Quzier Ambak, Husref Jeremiah, Michelle Barrera, Larasati Gading, Eric Koh, Eva Frantzich, .... The list of friends is endless.
I would especially like to thank my wife, my partner in Equestrian.Com.My and life, Natasha Mustapha, for your wonderful photos, occasional articles, insightful comment, and your hard work on the graphics, logos, designs and jumps and everything else we do at Equestrian.Com.My and Transtheme.
Thank you all for seven great years!
