Beautiful Biltmore with “Honor”

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Barbara Hershberger, Garrett Ford, Jeremy Reynolds, Heather Reynolds and Rachel Shackleford.  All riding Reynold horses.Beautiful Biltmore!  An event I will return to.I had the opportunity to ride the Biltmore Challenge Endurance Ride over the...

Kevin Myers

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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...

Complacency (And Why You Shouldn’t Have It)

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Submitted by Carla Richardson, Team Easyboot 2012 MemberComplacency. Defined as "self satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies." Hmm.  Well ok, I'm guilty.Some of you probably know that my horse...

Big Horn Celebrates Its 40th Year

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Forty years ago, endurance riding was in its infancy, and riders took to the trails wearing blue jeans and cowboy hats on horses sporting Western saddles and leather halters, carrying hand-drawn maps of the...

Introducing Horse C — or We’ve Come A Long Way

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Uno came to us a few years ago. Originally he was supposed to be Patrick's horse but the two didn't mesh well. At that point Uno lacked confidence - not helped by encountering a...

Open Nailing Slots – Why Are They Important?

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Curtis Burns and I received great news over the holiday break that our open nailing slot nailing plate had received a patent! (Yes, Curtis is the farrier who shod the 2018 Triple Crown winner...

5 Steps to Perfect Harmony

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There are times when events just seem to come together perfectly: all the elements are in harmony. The Mt. Carmel XP 5-Day ride last weekend was one of them, and EasyCare was there in full force.1. Good...

Bonus Fun at a ACTHA Ride for This Team Easyboot Member

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By Martha Nicholas, Team Easyboot 2012 MemberA gal should not have so much fun at a ACTHA ride. I headed down to another ACTHA (American Competitive Trail Horse Association) competition. This one was down...

The Seven Steps to Tevis Booted Success

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Ali, Stoner and Far riding into Foresthill at 38.6 miles. Photo by Lucy Chaplin Trumbull.The 2011 edition of Tevis was more successful than 2010 for Easyboot Glue-Ons. Of the 152 horse hooves that started...

Amanda Washington Reports on the Dynamite Dash 50 in Scottsdale

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Submitted by Amanda Washington of Middleton, IDI had the amazingly generous opportunity to ride one of Garrett's horses, Belesemo Inferno, in the 50 at the Dynamite Dash endurance ride put on by Rusty Toth...