Ever since River’s mysterious tying up at Cuyama Oaks, I’ve been researching exertional rhabdomyolysis (aka tying up) in horses. Much of that research has been… Read More »One way to deal with a horse tying up: River’s story continues
On Saturday River and I started the Cuyama Oaks 50 mile endurance ride. Around mile 3.5, she gave three big uphill bucks and came down… Read More »River’s mysterious tying up (Road to Tevis #126)
River completed back-to-back 50s at Laurel Mountain last weekend. It wasn’t her first time there (she completed her second 50-mile race last year at Laurel… Read More »River completed back-to-back 50s (Road to Tevis #125)
Last weekend River completed her first 50 after her 6-month layup. (Read about her lameness after Montana de Oro last June. The vet counseled a… Read More »Riding in the Eastern Mojave (Road to Tevis # 124)
A little over a week ago (Jan. 17), I drove to Ridgecrest for the Fire Mountain endurance ride for the fourth year in a row.… Read More »River’s ride to the Trona Pinnacles (Road to Tevis # 123)
I have very little time to write a blog post, but I want to to a quick post about River’s current fitness as I pack… Read More »River’s current fitness going into her first LD (Road to Tevis # 122)
A week or so ago I came across this post on Facebook’s Equine Behaviour Interest Group. A woman asked what she could do to discourage… Read More »Don’t be Rodney Dangerfield: If your horse bites you, bite it back
A few weeks ago I took Ron to the Sesenta Años xpride. We completed the LD on Saturday November 9th. (LD = limited distance. You… Read More »Ron’s endurance adventure (Road to Tevis #121)
A few weeks ago, I rode Ron through water for the first time. It was his first ride over ten miles, and the first time… Read More »How to ride your horse through water (Road to Tevis #120)
As I explained in my last blog post (read it here: What’s going on with my horses), I’ve been without a horse to condition for… Read More »Meet Ron the National Show Horse with Personality+