Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff » hoof boots 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 Endurance Horse Basic Training: Hoof Boots http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/01/endurance-horse-basic-training-hoof-boots/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/01/endurance-horse-basic-training-hoof-boots/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:36:11 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8853 If you choose to use ride in any type of hoof boots then you need to prepare your horse for the eventuality that one or more may come off during an endurance ride.  Many horses will react adversely the first time that happens to them.  Even more-so if it happens during an actual competition; your horse is excited, and there are other horses going by!  It’s not fun to be stuck on the side

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/01/endurance-horse-basic-training-hoof-boots/feed/ 3 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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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/10/outlaw-virgin-2011-155-mile-pioneer-ride/feed/ 4 Bryce 2011 XP – 2 days made for 16,000 miles, yay Bo and Cheefy! http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/09/bryce-2011-xp/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/09/bryce-2011-xp/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:28:26 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8278 We had a most excellent ride this year at the 5 day Bryce XP.  We headed down early to help with trail, as there was a severe blow-down of trees on the trail.  It took a lot of work to get everything cleared and the trail marked so that horse’s could get through.  The FS, Dave Rabe and Dwight, Ann and Dave Nicholson all really worked hard chainsawing and clearing trails.  Kerry Redente and

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Where do I start?  This photo was taken on the final day of the 40 day, 2040 mile 2011 XP ride.  Chief had just finished an 18 mile leg and was about to be loaded into the trailer to be hauled to a drop-off point to finish the remaining 30+ miles of the ride.

Wearing Renegade Hoof Boots the entire way, of course!  

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/07/product-reviews-hoof-boots-renegades/feed/ 6 What I did this summer (so far) http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/07/summer/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/07/summer/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:54:57 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=7987 I haven’t had time to devote much time to this blog.  I had a great time on the 2011 XP this summer.

I wrote a journal during the trip, which is here (from that link, click on my name – Karen Chaton).

I had the most amazing trip riding Granite Chief and Pro Bono 2040 miles on the Pony Express trail, from St. Joseph, MO to Virginia City, NV.

It was some adventure.  We

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/07/summer/feed/ 9 Hoof Photos: Granite Chief+/ – February 2011 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/02/hoof-photos-granite-chief-february-2011/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/02/hoof-photos-granite-chief-february-2011/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:39:12 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=7690 These were taken during and after the Eastern Mojave Ride of Chief’s hooves on February 17 and 19, 2011. I rode Chief on days 1 and 3 of the ride plus marked trail with him. I rode him completely barefoot for marking trail (the footing was excellent), then during first days ride he did approximately half of it barefoot and half with four Renegades on.

On the second day that I rode Chief (day

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/02/hoof-photos-granite-chief-february-2011/feed/ 2 Hoof Photos: Pro Bono – February 2011 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/02/hoof-photos-pro-bono-february-2011/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/02/hoof-photos-pro-bono-february-2011/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:41:32 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=7670 I took these photos at the EMS ride on February 18th at the lunch check of Bo’s hooves.  I rode Bo two days on the ride plus marked trail with him one day.  Bo did days 2 and 4 of the ride, 100 competition miles total.

I took Bo’s Renegades off for a good portion of day 2 and rode him barefoot where the footing was excellent (which was quite a bit of the

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/02/hoof-photos-pro-bono-february-2011/feed/ 3 OMG! Australia and misc. musings…. http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/01/australia-misc-musings/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/01/australia-misc-musings/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:36:43 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=7628 The OMG part is in regards to the fact that tomorrow….I’ll be on my way to….Australia!  I can’t believe that it’s time already and I am sooo looking forward to it!   It will be a long trip but what a fun and exciting thing to get to do.

I’m going to be attending the Functional Hoof Australian Conference where I will be speaking about endurance riding and management of my barefoot horses.  I’ll also

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Day 4 of DVE. Karen and Granite Chief. Photo by Steve Bradley.

Getting to and setting up camp.

We stayed longer at Jackie’s helping Annie get stuff together.  We drove stuff over to camp and set up some water and dropped the portable toilets and horse trailer (for crewbags/pulled horses) off.

While on those trips Annie had to pull a couple of rigs out of being ‘stuck’.  It wasn’t that it

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