Endurance Training Burro Style
Are you looking for a good way to train for the ultimate endurance race? Check out this ride in Fairplay, Colorado. This is burro racing, but there is no riding. it's you on one...
4 Lessons Learned From the 2012 Big Horn 100
The halfway point between vet check 1 and vet check 2 at Big Horn.There are four lessons to remember when embarking on the transition to a barefoot/booted protocol for your horse. As I rode...
Boot Evolution
I grew up around horses, and never heard of Easyboots until last year. I got my first Arabian and fulfilled my life's dream to ride endurance. The first year we competed, Buffy had metal...
Tevis Fun Ride (In Which Half the Herd Gets to Go on An Outing)
The narrow, drop-off trail a few miles out of Deadwood in El Dorado Canyon.In the middle of May it was time for the Annual Tevis Fun Ride. This weekend is spent horse camping at...
Part 2 of Triple Crown (In Which Fergus Gets Boots Glued to His Feet)
Fergus' scalped heel - perfect timing meant that it had grown down so his weight-bearing heel buttress was effectively 3/4" square by the time the NASTR 75 endurance ride rolled around. <sigh>In late May...
Beautiful Biltmore with “Honor”
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...
American River 50. Where We Take Steps Backwards and Move Forward
The ride started with beautiful views of Folsom Lake.As endurance riders, I think sometimes we are so focused on conditioning that we forget about *training* the horse. I’m guilty of this myself. As a...
Three Good Reasons to Use Easyboot Gloves
Far on Day 1. Photo by http://azcowgirlphotography.com/It was a very good weekend for Easyboot Gloves last weekend at the three-day Prescott Chaparral 155-mile endurance ride. The trails there are always diverse and often challenging,...
NATRC and Easy Boot – A Buzzing Success
Submitted by Kandace FrenchAs a NATRC rider and ride manager, I have often heard in the last year that “NATRC now allows hoof boots in competition.” This isn’t quite an accurate statement, but the...
Working On My Farmer’s Tan (In Which I Watch Riders Who Travel Much Faster...
Jeremy Reynolds and Riverwatch.October 8th 2011 was spent working on my farmer's tan watching 175-odd horses and riders set forth on the Tevis Trail.The 20 mile loop out of Foresthill was the make-or-break for...