Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff » videos http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog miscellaneous musings about horses, health and life in general Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:55:40 +0000 en hourly 1 Been riding! http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/08/riding/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/08/riding/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:12:08 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=6190 While I haven’t had anything as exciting happen as occurs in this video, I’ve been busy and look forward to catching up next week!

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Enjoy this video – it’s from VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945.

VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 from Richard Sullivan on

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/05/trail-pony-express/feed/ 1 Tevis Video – lots of footage from the 2009 ride! http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/02/tevis-video-lots-footage-2009-ride/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/02/tevis-video-lots-footage-2009-ride/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:15:28 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4985

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Bryce Canyon XP

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IN MY RUSTY CHEVROLET DOWN THE ROAD I GO SLIDING ALL THE WAY I NEED NEW PISTON RINGS I NEED SOME NEW SNOW TIRES MY CAR IS HELD TOGETHER BY A PIECE OF CHICKEN WIRE

CHORUS: RUST AND SMOKE THE HEATER’S BROKE THE DOOR JUST BLEW AWAY I LIGHT A MATCH TO SEE THE DASH AND THEN I

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If your horse takes even one step before you have both feet in the stirrups

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I took this video at the High Desert ride in October.  I rode Bo both days there and this was some of the trail on the second day.  We finished in the top ten that day and were 1st in our weight division, so there aren’t a lot of tracks ahead of us – I would guess after more horses went through it got even more beat up.

Bo has had a fair

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The “Arabian Silk” DVD is now available at www.arabiansilk.com for purchase. It includes the 49 minute version, 2 trailers and a 15 minute documentary on “The Making of Arabian Silk”.

The cost is $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping and sales tax.

This would make a wonderful gift for any horse lover! 

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and this…is what it looked like before the mud…

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I decided to take only Bo to this ride.  Chief had just done four days at the Grand Canyon XP he needed a break.  Plus the vet came back out the week before High Desert and did some more work

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