Endurance Riding

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So, This is Endurance.

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” On Saturday, September 3rd, I rode the Camp Far West 50 Mile Endurance Ride on Asali. It turned out to be the ride where I finally learned what endurance is all about. The night before the ride, Asali and I […]

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Redwood Ride I: Our First 50!

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” We did it! With a ride time of 10 hours and 1 minute, we finished our first 50! *Watch our videos at the bottom of this post!* My favorite memories from the Redwood Ride: The beautiful drive up the 101 […]

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Tevis Cup Training: Days 2 & 3

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” It was 5:15 am. I awoke to a knock on the door and Linda asking, “Are you awake?” “Yup, wide awake!” I had been dead asleep, even though Linda and I had decided the night before that we would get […]

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Tevis Cup Training: Day 1

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” It was about a 45 minute drive to Auburn. Linda drove me by the fairgrounds, pointing out where we’d be at the conclusion of the Tevis Cup. When she showed me the stadium and said, “That’s where you’ll take your victory […]

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God’s Country

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” Wow! What an amazing ride we had today. Mom had been wanting to go down into the canyon, so last night we mapped it out on the GPS. We took Doon Grade Road to Coutolenc and then connected to Jordan […]

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Super Handy, Super Fancy

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” Today, Mom (and Sophie) joined Asali and I for our endurance training. Before we started out, Mom taught me how to wrap Asali’s legs. I decided that it would probably be a good idea to start using those polo wraps […]

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6.2 Miles in 83 Minutes

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” My last ride with Asali was uneventful… we covered four miles, with me in the saddle for two miles and then on foot for the last two. After the ride, I found a great article on the AERC website about […]

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Training Day #4

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” The weather was definitely nicer today – warmer and sunny at times. But I knew I had to work Beauty today before I did any training with Asali.     Beauty is my son Jakob’s Appendix mare. We adopted her […]

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Training In 30 Degree Weather?!

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” Today my goal had been to do another long ride with Asali. I decided we’d ride up Lovelock Road. I took Forest, a 6 year Appaloosa I started under saddle last year, because he needed the work and he’s a […]

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Training Day #1!

Click The Title Of The Post To Comment And Don’t Forget To”Subscribe to Endurance Riding!” I woke up on January 6th and decided to make the commitment to train for endurance. My New Year’s Resolution. This would be our first day of training. I decided to ride English, saddling Asali in my Pessoa. I wore […]

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