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 [...]
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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 I [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 ride. Here are [...] 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 [...] 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 some of the [...] 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 [...] |
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