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Death Valley Encounter on New Year’s

The ride went really well overall.  The weather was just perfect and the trail got better each day of the ride.
I got a lot of photos during the ride and will post them in a couple of days.  We are trying to conserve bandwith here at the ride so the service allotment doesn’t get used [...]

Why I like using hoof boots rather than shoeing…..hehe

I’m at the Death Valley Encounter right now and wanted to share this photo for those of you that go through the effort of keeping your horses barefoot and/or use hoof boots rather than shoeing your horse. Today on the ride this horse got a rock caught in it’s hind foot and wedged in [...]

DVE Days 1 & 2, My First Goal DONE! – I actually have 22,000 miles – doh!

Just a real quick update – the weather has been fabulous at the ride. Ride entries this year are down by more than half of normal, which is a major bummer.
I rode Chief yesterday and had a great ride. Today I decided I wanted to ride him again because this was the day [...]

Merry Christmas!

The Warmth of a Horse
When your day seems out of balance
and so many things go wrong …
When people fight around you
and the clock drags on so long …
When some folks act like children
and fill you with remorse …
Go out into your pasture and wrap
your arms around your horse.
His gentle breath enfolds you as he
watches with [...]

The Myths and Reality of Beet Pulp, by Dr. Susan Garlinghouse

Preparing to soak beet pulp

The baskets are used to strain off the excess sugars

Below is an excerpt and link to an article about beet pulp and covers just about everything you need to know on the topic.  It’s by a really good equine nutritionist – be sure to check out a few of the other [...]

Google Map of DVE Start Basecamp

This should make things easier for those coming to the Death Valley ride ride.  The written instructions on the sunriseranchrides.com website also work – but this is a nice visual aid.
Click here.
Apparently some people have had trouble with putting the GPS coordinates in.  We aren’t sure what causes this but in either case – that [...]

Horse tack cleaning tip

I have found a really easy way to clean my horses tack.  Most of my tack is biothane and the reins are rope style.  It cleans up super well in the top rack of the dishwasher.  I wouldn’t recommend putting leather in but for other materials like biothane (beta, or Zilco), nylon or rope tack [...]

Horseshoe Nail (old fashioned hoof protection) meet new fangled hoof protection (Renegade Hoofboot)

Horseshoe nail meet horse hoofboot! Here is a tip on how to make cable adjustments on a Renegade boot super easy.   But first……I had a super fantastic ride on Bo today.  He really needs a job and since I enjoyed riding him so much I think that I will bring him to Death Valley, along [...]

Keep you and your puter happy while your surf the net & other tech misc.

I’ve been using a really cool add on to Firefox called “Juice” that I just love.  You can download it here.  It works really well, is incredibly intuitive and is a nice way to find content in a variety of types or formats (google, news, blogs, video, etc.).  It does a real nice job of [...]

Death Valley Ride Entries: December 28-31, 2008

Everybody that has entered the ride for this year has been sent a newsletter with important information relating to the ride.  This covers everything you’ll need to know so be sure and read it!  If you entered the ride and have not yet received this, let me know!  The ride has been changed quite a [...]

California Endurance Riding Videos on YouTube

There are more and more videos on YouTube that relate to endurance riding – horses in training and videos from actual rides. Some of them are better than others. It’s another nice way to check out the trails at a ride you are thinking of attending. Or just want to remember a [...]

Watering horses in the winter

Watering horses this time of the year in a cold climate can be a challenge. Recently, Merri at The Equestrian Vagabond posted about getting water heaters installed in the water troughs in Idaho.  She waited too long and had to do it after things froze!
I use the plug type water heaters for my troughs [...]

Useful tip for transitioning from shod to barefoot

Or, just for toughening up your horses already bare hooves.
Here is a description of what Durasole is: Durasole acts as a fixative on the exfoliating sole and insensitive frog on the solar surface of the equine hoof. It disables the intrinsic enzymes which would weaken mechanical composition of these structures, protects the structures from [...]

Training video on one rein stop – great stuff for any horse rider!

There are lots of great videos on YouTube these days. Here is one I learned about from a Facebook friend and is about one rein stops. Great info, and if you click here you can go to the Horse Problems website and get even more info. Also, be sure to check out [...]

Blog and online shopping savings :)

I have done a bit of rearranging on the blog today.  I removed the current visitors Feedjit -mainly because it wasn’t that accurate (WordPress gives me way better stats-for example, my blog has already had 21,868 visitors for the month of December!) and I think it slowed loading times down.  I also added a few [...]