This year was the 25th anniversary of one of the most popular rides in the West region. This ride is very popular for good reason too – it’s in incredibly beautiful country (the Sierra’s) plus it’s got a lot of fun technical trails. The 50 mile ride consists of two loops. The first one is [...]
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I rode Bo today, maybe 10 to 12 miles with Jackie and her horse Tank. We had a really great ride. I still have not managed to find the time to finish writing up about our Tevis adventures. Though, suffice it to say we had a really great ride and since then Bo has been [...] I really dislike having those awful grease #’s on my horses. Fortunately, most rides that I go to do not use them. It reminds me of a horse that came from an auction. I’m sure for some it’s like having a badge of honor. But at some point, it’s just nice to have it off [...] 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 [...] One of the most useful pieces of advice I was given prior to riding the Tevis this year was to make sure I got in line to vet as soon as I got my horse’s pulse timed in. This is good advice. If you stop for even a minute after getting your pulse and in-time [...] My actual “moving” average speed on the Tevis was 6.07 mph. During the 24 hours of the Tevis Cup there were 2 one-hour holds (vet checks), and eight vet checks total. The majority of the vet checks do not have hold times so you have to ride so that you have time to allow for [...] 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 [...] new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: ‘profile’, rpp: 10, interval: 6000, width: ‘auto’, height: 300, theme: { shell: { background: ‘#333333′, color: ‘#ffffff’ }, tweets: { background: ‘#000000′, color: ‘#ffffff’, links: ‘#4aed05′ } }, features: { scrollbar: true, loop: false, live: false, hashtags: true, timestamp: true, avatars: false, behavior: ‘all’ } }).render().setUser(‘tevisnews’).start(); This will likely be [...] I took Bo out for a ride yesterday evening to do a final check on our tack and hoof boots. The first photo is of Bo just before we left to head out for the trail. I think everything is good to go – after our ride I put most of the tack in the [...] Can you tell this is a spoiled horse? I mean really – look at how many bags of hay and buckets of water and feed he has? This is for just one horse! I put out plenty of water so that way I’d have it available for sponging during the vet checks, and also for [...] Heading over to Washoe State Park for the Washoo 50 tomorrow. I’m taking Bo! I am looking forward to trying the new alpaca saddle pad that I got. It’s beautiful. I can’t wait to see if it stays as cool on the horse as the Toklat Woolback pads do. Enjoy this video – it’s from [...] 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 [...] |
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