Landing page for all of my Road to the Tevis Cup posts. I start by introducing my partner-in-crime, my chestnut mare, PGN Fantazia. The series then chronicles our progress towards attempting the Tevis Cup.
Since my last post about her (read it here: Update on River’s progress), I have confirmed that River needs a lot of training. Of course,… Read More »River needs a lot of training (Road to Tevis #105)
Time for an update on River’s progress! I took her on her first solo ride off the ranch Sunday. At that point, I’d had her… Read More »Update on River’s progress (Road to Tevis #104)
Getting to know River is taking far more time that I had imagined when I bought her in August. First, it took a month to… Read More »Getting to know River, slowly (Road to Tevis #103)
As soon as Jazz was on his way back to Auburn I started looking for a replacement. Once again, I posted on Facebook on endurance… Read More »Meet my new mare River (Road to Tevis #102)
I didn’t know at the time, but the Buck Mountain Boogie was Jazz’s and my final endurance race together. (See Saying good-bye to Jazz.) There… Read More »The Buck Mountain Boogie endurance ride (Road to Tevis #101)
I caught a lot of lasts this year. Most were xprides, because the Nicholsons have decided to stop coming to California. Jazz, Fantazia and I… Read More »The last La Grange Ditch 50 (Road to Tevis # 100)
My last post covered much of Jazz’s adventures in the far north. I wanted to keep riding in the Marble Mountains separate because it was… Read More »Riding in the Marble Mountains (Road to Tevis #99)
The events described in this blog post took place in the last few weeks of June. Since then, a lot has happened. Most significantly for… Read More »Jazz’s adventures in the far north (Road to Tevis #98)
The 2023 Tevis Cup happened while I was on vacation on the East Coast, so I did not follow it as closely as usual. This… Read More »Results of the 2023 Tevis Cup (Road to Tevis # 97)
Read about Jazz’s first 100-mile ride with Rachel Shackelford here: what’s up with Jazz? Looks like he did great! As anyone who has followed this… Read More »Saying good-bye to Jazz (Road to the Tevis Cup #96)