There were 30 riders the first day of Bar H with 28 finishers. First was Suzie Kelly with a ride time of around 5:15, and BC was Jonathan Bowman. The weather was fabulous, very warm (hot for those of us not from around here–around 80′s) with beautiful blue skies. Today was the hardest endurance ride [...]
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The DVE Warmup ride has been sanctioned for December 12 & 13, 2009 and is now on the online ride calendar. It is a 25/50 each day. http://www.doublejoy.com/erol/Calendar/RideDetails.asp?rideID=4821 Some basic info on the ride is on the Sunrise Ranch website as well. http://sunriseranchrides.com/DVEWarmup.html The regular Death Valley Encounter ride will still be on the same [...] More XP Poetry can be found on the xprides.com website. This was written by Russ at the Grand Canyon XP last fall. Layers by Russ Faure-Brac, the XP Poet October 2008 The majestic Grand Canyon is a sight to see You can even fly over for just a small fee But most striking of all, [...] For true equestrian art there are no recipes and no tricks, regardless of what saddle we ride in. One has to learn that the greatest attention must be paid to the seemingly easiest things and that that is often the most difficult thing. One of the most important principles for a rider is always to [...] So who is going? Now is a good time to start shopping for the best deals on airfares. I sure would like to see them do more education wise in the seminars with multiday endurance rides! Hoofcare would be a great topic too. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Endurance riders and equestrians interested in checking out the [...] Here are a couple of photos of Rocky’s hooves. I took these this morning. We are keeping him trimmed frequently (current toe length: 3 inches). All of the stress rings from the laminitic episodes have grown out. He still has a small area on the bottom of the white foot where an abscess had come [...] Chief and I had a nice long ride today. The weather has continued to be quite pleasant, though it felt cooler with the cloud cover. It is perfect weather to ride in with horses that have winter coats – Chief definitely was feeling good and we had a lot of fun burning off all of [...] I’m going to start riding Rocky again more regularly now that his feet have grown out and he’s sound again. How wonderful is that? He had a slight episode of laminitis last year. His feet fully recovered. He’s considered to be insulin resistant so I had to make a few changes with how I manage [...] |
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