Endurance

I knew 2009 was my little mare’s year for Tevis; she was tough, mentally and physically, and she had taken to endurance like the proverbial duck takes to water. We had only gotten started...

In the Beginning: I purchased a 7-year old gelding (Aidan) in May 2008. Aidan came with “a good start on him”, but had absolutely terrible looking white hooves. They had tons of superficial cracks...

This ride actually took place on Saturday September 26, and it’s taken me this long to write it up! My friend and fellow Mounted Search and Rescue member, Melissa, brought her TWH mare Peek-A-Boo over so she could ride...

The Tevis Cup 100 Mile Horse race is is the Granddaddy of endurance sports.  The 100 mile horse event climbs through the Granite Chief Wilderness and snakes it's way along single track trails on...

I have been an amateur horse rider since the early 1990s and started riding endurance in 1994. Since then I have accumulated more than 6,000 competition miles throughout Canada and the US.I was raised...

Far at the McDowell Turkey Trot 75. Photo© Steve Powers.There are times when things just seem to go right. I had one such ride this weekend on our last race of the 09 season....

Global Endurance has racked up more than 30 wins, 15 best conditions and 3,300 miles in the 2009 AERC season alone.Christoph Schork installing glue-ons before the Tevis CupChristoph Schork and Dian Woodward from Global...