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Product Reviews: Zephyr’s Garden Thrush Spray

So far this  ride season, I’ve glued Renegade glue-on boots on Chief twice.  The first time he completed three endurance rides in the glue-ons, and the second time he completed four endurance rides in the glue-ons.  I know you are probably wondering what does that have to do with thrush spray?

Well…a lot!  One of the reasons why I am not a big fan of gluing boots on is because I don’t like having

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Pre endurance ride habits

I think most of us develop a routine each morning before we ride an endurance ride.  i’ll share with you one of mine.  What are yours?

First of all – I love Emergen-C!  I’ve been using it for at least a decade now.  It really kept me going on the 2001 XP.  Back then there was only one flavor.  Now there are several flavors.  The photo shows the ones I currently have in my

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Endurance horse health: Vitamin E supplements

Adding extra Vitamin E to our endurance horses feed ration on a daily basis can be really helpful. Especially for those horse that are working consistently and do not live on pasture.

I’ve always used the 400 I.E. gel caps that I get in a big jar from Costco.  I’ve been doing this for years and years…originally based upon the original recommendations by Susan Garlinghouse after I heard one of her lectures.  Since then

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Feed for great feet: Low starch, low NSC horse feeds

I’m going to share a few things that I learned about horse feed in this blog post.  Then I will do another one showing a bit more about what I learned about actually managing the horses hoof itself, when the horse is hoof sensitive.

New Low Starch and Low NSC feeds are becoming readily available at feed stores.   Almost all of the major brands now have something.  This is great news and will allow

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Pro Bono hoof photos, May 15, 2010

Here are some current photos of Bo’s hooves.   These were taken over the weekend while I was at the Hell’s Kitchen Canyon ride.  Bo has been doing very well barefoot.  I’ve ridden Bo barefoot on quite a few rides in the last few months.  I’ve found that it’s been really super easy to pull his Renegades off and then put them on when the terrain changes.  Together, Bo and I have been gaining our

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On the trail of the pony express!

On the trail of the Pony Express. The express mail service lasted less than two years, but its lore lives on in a trail blazed across the West. The trip today offers intrigue and glimpses into history.  Click here to read the rest of this LA Times article!

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HorseGuard vitamin discount

If you’d like to order ANYTHING from Horseguard you can get 15% off by entering this code when you get to the check-out section: endurancefromkaren click on the logo to visit their site

I’ve been using the MegaDose vitamins on my guys for years now – mainly for the selenium but also for good hoof health, probiotics, etc.

MegaDose seems to be a good all in one vitamin that comes in pellet form,

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Hell’s Kitchen Canyon 2010 – Ride Report & Photos

Applegate Lassen

11 Photos

South Dakota

12 Photos

Lake-Oroville-Vista-Endurance-Ride

25 Photos

Outlaw-trail-2000

morgan-springs

35 Photos

smokeykillen

45 Photos

silverstate2004

40 Photos

silverstate2003

brotheltobrothel

33 Photos

pinenut-trails

32 Photos

34 Photos

20_Mule_Team_100

20 Photos

Pro-Bono-body-condition

9 Photos

cuyama_trail_marking

19 Photos

cuyama-xp-pro-bono

cuyama-xp-renegade-hoofboots

16 Photos

color-country-2009

17 Photos

granitechief-rolls

11 Photos

high-desert

20 Photos

granite-chief-washoe

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From endurance ride to endurance ride

I haven’t had much time to post lately, and the internet has been pretty slow and consistently iffy. When it has worked I’ve used it to get the Mt. Carmel XP ride results posted and other work done that I needed to.  I still have a ton more to do and know that there is still quite a bit of content that hasn’t been put back on the XP site.  I’ll try to get

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Mt. Carmel XP Photos 2010

Applegate Lassen

11 Photos

South Dakota

12 Photos

Lake-Oroville-Vista-Endurance-Ride

25 Photos

Outlaw-trail-2000

morgan-springs

35 Photos

smokeykillen

45 Photos

silverstate2004

40 Photos

silverstate2003

brotheltobrothel

33 Photos

pinenut-trails

32 Photos

34 Photos

20_Mule_Team_100

20 Photos

Pro-Bono-body-condition

9 Photos

cuyama_trail_marking

19 Photos

cuyama-xp-pro-bono

cuyama-xp-renegade-hoofboots

16 Photos

color-country-2009

17 Photos

granitechief-rolls

11 Photos

high-desert

20 Photos

granite-chief-washoe

6 Photos

pro-bono-washoe

5 Photos

buckets

12 Photos

high-line

12 Photos

schellbourne-day1

19 Photos

chief-hooves-july09

7 Photos

trail-marking-ehsc

17 Photos

ehsc-finish-bo

bryce-trail-2009

13 Photos

bryce-trail2-2009

16 Photos

virginia-city-100

44 Photos

grand-canyon-xp-2009

9 Photos

high-desert-2009

35 Photos

grd-2009

35 Photos

chiefs-hooves-december-2009

25 Photos

pro-bono-hooves-12172009

20 Photos

death-valley-warmup

35 Photos

death-valley-encounter-2009

Death Valley Encounter endurance ride photos, December 28-31, 2009. Four day 200 mile pioneer ride.

31 Photos

organized-tack-room

22 Photos

Eastern-Mojave-Scenic-2010

4 Photos

dave-rabe-hall-of-fame

20 Photos

bar-h-2010-endurance-ride

41 Photos

Cuyama-XP-2010

34 Photos

Color-Country-2010

23 Photos

hells-kitchen-canyon-2010

50 Photos

hells-kitchen-2010-007-medium

59 Photos

pro-bono-hooves-05152010

8 Photos

Owyhee-fandango-100

113 Photos

tevis-pre-ride

44 Photos

Tevis-2010

24 Photos

astro-photography

10 Photos

EHSC-2010

93 Photos

bryce-canyon-xp-2010

152 Photos

grand-canyon-xp-2010

23 Photos

karen_chaton_ride_photos-1

35 Photos

Bar H 2012

50 Photos

Cuyama Oaks XP 2012

31 Photos

  Here are some of my ride photos from last weeks’ 5 day Mt. Carmel ride!  I had a great ride, three days on Chief and two days on Bo.  Results are done and posted on the XP Rides website.