Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff » endurance ride http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog miscellaneous musings about horses, health and life in general Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:55:40 +0000 en hourly 1 2012 Cuyama Oaks XP Ride http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/04/2012-cuyama-oaks-xp-ride/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/04/2012-cuyama-oaks-xp-ride/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:53:37 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=9008 [[Show as slideshow]] I know I’ve been a bit behind on my blog.  I did finally manage to put together some photos from the ride.  I’ll post another album below from a previous year.  The ride was nice this time, but it was certainly lacking color (compared to other years).  The ride went fairly well overall – I rode Chief on days 1 and 3, and Bo on the middle day.  I’m trying to

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/04/2012-cuyama-oaks-xp-ride/feed/ 1 Bar H 2012 Ride Report http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/03/bar-2012-ride-report/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/03/bar-2012-ride-report/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:05:52 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8950 I’ve been behind on blogging due to being at rides for the last three weeks.  I rode Bo and Chief both two days at Eastern Mojave, then from there we moved over to the Bar H ride in Perris, CA.

It was a great trip overall and I was happy to get back home.  It was quite a change going from 80 degree temps on Sunday to being home where it’s 20 degrees and

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/03/bar-2012-ride-report/feed/ 0 Eastern Mojave http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/02/eastern-mojave/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/02/eastern-mojave/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:13:32 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8942 Ride is going well so far, around 46 to 49 starting each day. Two days down, two to go.  I rode Bo on day 1, and Chief today (day 2).

Weather was windy and cold the first day and we rode in snow and ice.  It melted off, and then warmed up.  Today we rode under brilliant blue skies with warmer weather and it was fantastic.  You can see in the first photo that

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/02/eastern-mojave/feed/ 2 Endurance Basics: Training your horse to deal with a vet check http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/01/endurance-basics-training-horse-deal-vet-check/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/01/endurance-basics-training-horse-deal-vet-check/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:26:09 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8712 They say that practice makes perfect, and in this case it certainly can’t hurt! The more you can do to prepare your horse ahead of time for what they are going to experience at an endurance ride, the better.

There are a lot of great books and websites that cover the basics for endurance riders.  There aren’t a lot of things (that I could find) that deal specifically with the finer points of exposing

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/01/endurance-basics-training-horse-deal-vet-check/feed/ 0 Death Valley Warmup, December 10 & 11, 2011 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/12/death-valley-warmup-december-10-11-2011/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/12/death-valley-warmup-december-10-11-2011/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:04:17 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8589 We had a pretty good time last weekend.  I rode Chief on Friday to mark trail along with Sue Wilkie and her horse Rocky.  Then, I rode Bo on the first day of the ride in the 50, and Chief in the 50 on the 2nd day.  The weather turned out great, and all things considered the turnout was decent – though still down over the previous year.  I think that may just be

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/12/death-valley-warmup-december-10-11-2011/feed/ 0 2011 Ride Season Comes to a Close http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/11/2011-ride-season-close/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/11/2011-ride-season-close/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:41:49 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8406 This was how the first day of the 2011 XP started. We rode as carefully as we could and managed to get through the entire 2040 mile ride! This is Chief with Nannette's horse Wizard.

What a ride season I have had.  I was just looking back at this post from last year when I listed my goals for the 2011 ride season.

Here is an excerpt where I discuss why I was

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/11/2011-ride-season-close/feed/ 2 Year End XP Stuff http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/11/year-xp-stuff/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/11/year-xp-stuff/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:38:46 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8401 I was good and got all of the year end results put together for XP and posted on the website.

Yay!  So without further ado, here they are:

1)  Overall Rider Results for XP & Sunrise Ranch Rides

2)  Overall Horse Results for XP  & Sunrise Ranch Rides

If anybody spots an error, let me know.

Congratulations to everyone who participated this year!

Next I’ll put together a list of the Gold, Silver and

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/11/year-xp-stuff/feed/ 0 Bill Thornburgh Family & Friends Endurance Ride 50/50 2011 Ride Report & Photos http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/11/bill-thornburgh-family-friends-endurance-ride-5050/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/11/bill-thornburgh-family-friends-endurance-ride-5050/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:35:34 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8353

A photo of my ride photo from day 2.

This past weekend was the 2-day Bill Thornburg endurance ride.  I rode both days of it on Pro Bono (“Bo”).  The weather was perfect, though a bit warm for those of us with horses that already have winter coats.

Ride entries have been down a lot this season and this was a fairly small ride.  The first day there were 28 or 29

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/11/bill-thornburgh-family-friends-endurance-ride-5050/feed/ 3 2011 Grand Canyon XP – Photos & Ride Report http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/10/2011-grand-canyon-xp-photos-ride-report/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/10/2011-grand-canyon-xp-photos-ride-report/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:17:22 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8337 Karen and Bo, Grand Canyon XP 2011. Photo by Steve Bradley.

Karen and Bo, Grand Canyon XP 2011. Photo by Steve Bradley.

I’ve been trying to get these photos posted for the last couple of weeks!  The first two at the top were taken by Steve Bradley.

You can see we had a really gorgeous ride this year.  The fall colors were spectacular and as an added bonus we even got to

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/10/2011-grand-canyon-xp-photos-ride-report/feed/ 2 Outlaw & Virgin 2011 – 155 Mile Pioneer Ride http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/10/outlaw-virgin-2011-155-mile-pioneer-ride/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/10/outlaw-virgin-2011-155-mile-pioneer-ride/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:15:40 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8310 The 155 mile Pioneer Outlaw and Virgin ride was September 18, 19, 20, 2011. It was a point to point to point ride on the first day. We trailered from the new camp back over to the camp where the Bryce XP ride was held. From there we rode around that area before heading over for the new camp.  The ride was really nice that day with pleasant weather and moderate difficulty.

The second

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