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Karen and Chief. Photo by Steve Bradley I started my photo albums from the Grand Canyon ride with the middle day – because that’s the day Chief reached 9,000 lifetime miles . It seems like I was just starting him. My how time flies. He has really been a nice horse for me. It’s definitely something to celebrate when you have a horse as reliable and consistent as Chief has been. Plus, he Continue reading First album of photos from Grand Canyon XP, 2009 Heather and Corbin Jill and Walker Kerry and Rio Karen and Chief Here is a list of the XP Medal horses for 2009. Photo of each of the Gold Medal horses with their barn names and riders are above. Thanks to Steve Bradley for the use of the photos! In order to qualify for Gold, Silver or Bronze level the same horse and rider must complete the following at any Continue reading Congratulations to the 2009 XP Medal horses! I always find these kinds of research projects interesting. I know they were doing more this year at the Tevis. This one just came out in PubMed. I thought it worth noting that horses that colicked had a lower PVC (which means they were more dehydrated) than horses with poor recovery. The one time Chief felt colicky at a ride he came right in with a 60 or less HR and recovered even lower Continue reading New endurance horse research from Loomis Basin & WST (Tevis Cup) Karen and Chief on the Rim, Day 5. Photo by Steve Bradley It’s always good to get back home after a long ride. Yet, it’s also kind of sad that it’s over already. It seems like the multidays just fly by sometimes and this one was no exception. I always like riding at the Grand Canyon even in the years when the weather doesn’t cooperate. This year we only had bad weather on Continue reading Grand Canyon Wrapup: Good Karma Made it home from the Grand Canyon – hard to believe that I was riding on the rim just yesterday, and now I’m 670 miles away back at home! The horses both traveled well and the truck ran good – we had a nice trip traveling with Dave Rabe and the Fredrickson’s most of the way back. We stayed in Hurricane last night which was nice – 62 degrees (versus 24 where camp was). Continue reading The trail of an endurance addict Another great day. I ended up riding Bo one day – the fourth day, and Chief the other four days, days 1-2-3 and 5 for a total of 250 miles between them. The weather ended up cooperating very nicely for us. Steve Bradley got some great photos. I also have quite a few that I took while riding. I can’t believe how quickly the week went by! My propane ran out last night – Continue reading Grand Canyon Day 5: It’s over already, wow! Photo by Steve Bradley. Chief made 9k AERC miles today plus XP Gold Medal! Riding Bo tomorrow, I figure Chief deserves to get a day off and I really want to ride Bo. It’s a tossup though, because I sure love riding Cheefy…we had a great day today. Weather is beautiful! More later…..gotta get some sleep. The second went really well. It was gorgeous! We were blessed to be able to ride under beautiful blue skies and it warmed up nicely – what a great fall day to ride. I rode Chief and we finished in the back 1/3 somewhere. 42 started and 38 finished with Howard Kent taking first and BC on J.K. I have added some photos to Facebook, so be sure to check them out! I was Continue reading Grand Canyon XP: Day 2, How much better can it get? Chief after finishing day 1, Grand Canyon XP 2009 I had a really nice ride today on Chief. There were 41 riders, and I finished at 3:43 p.m. Crockett finished first with a ride time of 5 1/2 hours. The first photo is Chief after finishing, I let him eat hay at Dave’s trailer (parked next to mine) while I put a blanket on Okay (Dave’s horse), since it was just about to Continue reading Grand Canyon Day 1: The Snow Globe Day The Grand Canyon XP ride starts tomorrow. I think I’m ready, or as ready as I’m going to be. I rode Chief yesterday to get the edge off, and also to help mark another section of trail. He is such a character, that horse – he definitely doesn’t need to be entered in an endurance ride or be on the trail with other horses to be as enthusiastic as ever about getting to go. Continue reading Getting ready to ride – Grand Canyon XP |
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