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Click here to download the pdf file of the ride results from this years Cuyama Oaks XP Pioneer Ride. There were 25 same horse and rider teams along with 13 riders who completed all three days on two horses. In addition there were a total of 276 ride starters for the three days. This is only down slightly from the 306 riders the previous year – still a pretty good turnout especially considering the Continue reading 2009 Cuyama XP Ride Results The Cuyama ride has several gates on it. After doing the ride this year, it was pretty clear that there are a lot of riders out there who don’t know anything about gait etiquette. I thought I should do a post and explain the proper way to go through a gate during an endurance ride. During the three days and 155 miles of the ride I think I only counted less than one handful Continue reading Gate etiquette at an endurance ride I just made a photo album with nearly two hundred photos from all three days of the Cuyama Oaks XP ride. The first day started with a bit of fog. It was fun to ride in and kept the temperatures down so the horses could go up the hills without getting so hot. The second day found us waking up to rain. It wasn’t too bad though and we got a little sprinkled on Continue reading 2009 Cuyama XP Pioneer Ride Photos Here are a couple of photos from today. The weather was perfect and we had 72 riders today. I rode Bo (finally) and we had a perfect ride. There were a couple of loops with lunch back in camp so that made things easy. I was really happy with Bo overall, that 100 he just did really helped him get his brain on track. He did pull a bit on the first loop when Continue reading Cuyama Day 3 Dave Rabe & Rushcreek Okay, Cuyama XP Day 2 Here are a few photos from today–click to enlarge. I’ll get a full album up later. I had a really nice ride. Don’t anybody laugh but….well….I kind of woosed out and this morning after I got up in the rain I changed my mind about riding Bo, and decided to ride Chief instead. I know. I just couldn’t help it. So I went and Continue reading Cuyama Day 2 We had 132 riders today with 127 finishers. First was a tie between Michelle Roush and Heather Reynolds and BC was Michele Roush. The ride was really nice today. We started in a heavy fog which was kind of neat and fun to ride up and down the hills and be able to hear the people talking and riding without being able to see them. Chief had a nice ride today and went really Continue reading Cuyama Day 1 First of all, I should announce the year end award winners for the two biggest awards, which are Horse of the Year and Horseman of the Year: The Wendell Robie horse of the Year award goes to Oliver Twist, ridden and owned by Terri Tinkham. Oliver completed ALL of the XP rides in 2008, Congratulations Terri and Olly! What a fantastic year that they had. The Ed Johnson Award for Horseman of the Year Continue reading Nite Before the Ride….at Cuyama XP and 2008 XP Year End Awards I can’t believe that it’s Friday already. Lots of riders are already in camp. I have no idea how many there will be as there have been quite a few cancellations. It still looks like there’ll be a pretty good turnout. The trail is all marked, except for the changes that will need to be made for each days ride. Daune is going to be getting water out today on the trail. Yesterday I Continue reading Ride starts tomorrow |
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