Check this out, 7 of the top 10 horses in the AERC National Mileage Championship are competing in hoof boots and are NOT using nailed on shoes for hoof protection! My two horses are both in the standings – Chief is 4th with 970 miles and Bo is 7th with 750 miles- though Bo now [...]
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Oh man, the anticipation and thrill of getting to go over Cougar Rock was one of the highlights of riding the Tevis for me this year. I so enjoyed getting to go up and over Cougar Rock with Bo! I felt safe, secure and knew he was going to be sensible and that he would [...] Here is my rider query report from the Tevis Webcast. I was rider #49 – it was a lucky number I think! We kept a fairly steady pace throughout the ride and lucked out getting through the vet checks without ever having to wait. It may look like we spent more time getting short distances [...] Instead of spending much time writing about Chief, I’ve been spending time with him. He is really a kind and gentle soul who has impacted my life in so many wonderful ways that I can’t even think of the words to describe how fantastic a journey we have shared so far. Today I shampooed Chief’s [...] It took me awhile to get these posted, because I had to go through a lot of photos. I have narrowed them down to only 265 in the album. There are a lot of photos here – from all four days of the ride plus trail marking and trail work. Rider photos were taken by [...] I’ve been offline for awhile – no internet or cell service at Strawberry Fields in Utah. I turned everything electronic off, except for the GPS – what a great time! I would have gotten home sooner but decided to stay in Winnemucca last night after getting a blow-out on the right hind trailer tire (right [...] Home from being gone for three weeks. In that time I got to ride five days of endurance rides on my horses, and Bo got five stitches in his head. I’ve got a lot to blog about, but just haven’t had the time. It’s kind of funny – as I thought I would have all [...] This is the third of three articles that I wrote for Endurance News after the 2001 XP ride. This one was about the accomplishments of the horses and riders. It was pretty amazing when you think about it. Here is an excerpt: 230 horses were ridden 67,400 AERC miles by 104 riders in eight weeks. [...] This was the 2nd of 3 articles I wrote for Endurance News following the 2001 XP. XP’loring the Trail, 2000 Miles of Memories. Be sure to click on the link to read the entire thing! If you want to read my diary from the ride and see photos from all 8 weeks, click here. Karen [...] I said that to Bo a lot today. It was funny, kind of like the song “Jimmy Crack Corn”….only it was more like “I know you wanna go faster and I don’t care…you wanna go faster, and I don’t care…we ain’t gonna go faster…so there! (because I do care) Not that there isn’t anything wrong [...] I’m a little slow with this post but haven’t had a lot of time to really think about planning what I’d like to accomplish this ride season with my two horses. What have the rest of you come up with – anybody have anything to share? Please post links to other endurance riders who have [...] I’ll start with posting photos along with links to the results. Then next, will work on a ride story. We had a fantastic time at the ride. Bo and Chief both got to do 50 miles of competition and well as mark the trail a couple of days before the ride. Click here for the [...] I love it when the horses reach new milestones. Interesting that it worked out this year that on the same day Chief reached 9,000 miles I reached 24,000. It is kind of weird to think that I have ridden 15,000 miles *without Chief*. Every single mile on the endurance trail that Chief has done has [...] The AERC office got the results online today from the Grand Canyon ride – so now it’s official – Chief has his 9,000 miles! Actually, he’s at 9,075. It’s kind of hard to believe. I dunno – like maybe it’s not real? Where did the time go? Just how did we rack up that many [...] 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 [...] |
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