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Eastern High Sierra Classic is next Saturday, August 15, 2009

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August 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: endurance ride, fun and misc., Karen's horses, ride report, Uncategorized, useful tips | Leave a comment

Have you ever had a really special horse?

I really miss Weaver.

I’m going to go mark some trail tomorrow for the EHSC (Eastern High Sierra Classic) ride.

This photo is of Weaver in a previous year when we marked trail for that ride.

We also rode the EHSC 50 a lot of times.  It was my first 50….on Weaver.

Fifteen years ago.

I will shut my eyes and silently remember.  With tears, and joy.

I so loved riding Weaver and will

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August 8th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Karen's horses, useful tips | 12 comments

Running Martingale Modification and Other Uses for Adhere Glue

This is a photo showing my running martingale after it has been altered.

The single snap on the top clips to the center ring on a breastcollar.

The other side originally had round rings on each end.  I took the stitching out of the biothane there and took those round rings off.

I put the two round rings from the martinale on my reins.  The reins are rope reins and they have rubber stoppers

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August 6th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: education, fun and misc., Karen's horses, useful tips | One comment

Update on the horses and a chainsaw massacre (sort of….)

Good job Chief, pick up those apples for me!

Okay where do I start?  I’ve had a busy and exciting couple of days with lots of good news.  First and most importantly – BO PASSED HIS VET EXAM!!  Whew.  Major sigh of relief!  Actually, I was pretty confident that he would and I think he would have passed it about two weeks before the Tevis.  I just couldn’t bring myself to do it

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August 6th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Hoof Care, Karen's horses, videos | 4 comments

Back from Tevis, catching up!

Here I am with Roxanne Greene – She has completed the Tevis 20 times and is now a ride official and on the Cup Committee

Another Tevis Cup ride is now history.  Out of 169 starters, 87 completed this year for a 51% completion rate.  Some of the stats have been posted on the Tevis News Twitter page.  Once more info comes in and gets verified it’ll go up on the Tevis Cup

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August 5th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: endurance ride, fun and misc., ride report | 9 comments

Announcement from WST

4th Tevis Cup Ride – August 1st 2009

The Tevis Cup Ride Director Mike Pickett along with the Board Of Governors of the Western States Trail Foundation have expressed their condolences to rider number 110 Skip Kemerer and his family for the accidental death of Skip’s horse Ice Joy while participating in the 54th Western States Trail Foundation 100-Mile One-Day Ride.

Approximately one quarter of a mile past “swinging bridge” on

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August 3rd, 2009 | Tags: | Category: endurance ride, ride report | 15 comments
 
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