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Tevis Cup 2018

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” If there ever was a year to sit out the Tevis Cup, it would have been this year. I had a million reasons not to enter this year… it’s been over a year since I have actually slept any decent […]

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Jenna’s First 50

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” One of my students, 15-year-old Jenna Asnault, finished her first 50-mile endurance ride back in November at the Gold Rush Shuffle. Last month, she wrote a beautiful testament of her ride and her experience trying out different equestrian disciplines. Her […]

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A Ride Called Mud

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” This endurance season didn’t quite start off the way I had planned… I hit a first. The first time I went to a ride and didn’t start. I had been working out and training hard. My head was finally back […]

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My First LD

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” The following is a guest blog post written by one of my students: July 11, 2015, the day of my first LD.  I was up before the alarm had even gone off and ready to go as soon as my feet […]

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My First Endurance Ride: June 27, 2015

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” The following is a guest blog post written by one of my students:   I had my first of many endurance rides on June 27, 2015. It was supposed to be at Lake Almanor, but ended up at Camp Far […]

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I have a story to tell.

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” I have a story to tell. But, even as I write, I am terrified to tell it. I have shared bits and pieces of my past on this blog, but mostly from the perspective that I have “overcome” a painful […]

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2015 AERC Convention

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” The boys and I enjoyed our quick trip to Reno for the AERC Convention over the first weekend in March. The highlights for the boys were, of course, go-kart racing, laser tag, and video games galore in the hotel’s arcade. I, on the other […]

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End of Season Notes

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” It is difficult to describe the feelings I am feeling right now. There are many who, looking in from the outside, did not see the effort, the trials, the tears, the doubts, and the great fear that I have experienced […]

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The Tevis Cup

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” Last night, I received a text message from one of the juniors who crewed for me at Tevis. It read: “I know it’s not Thanksgiving yet, but I am very thankful to have you in my life. I know it […]

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The Sport We Call Endurance

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” We are less than a month away from Tevis and my mind is filled with all kinds of thoughts. At night, I dream of crossing the finish line on my gallant mare, Asali, a horse I now know can do […]

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