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update on Fantazia's progress

Update on Fantazia’s progress: Road to the Tevis Cup # 42

A brief update on Fantazia’s progress and my plans for the immediate future.

Speeding up a slow walk

Speeding up a SLOW walk: Road to the Tevis Cup # 41

Some ideas for speeding up a slow walk. Because jigging is a closely related problem, I include suggestions on how to deal with that too. Please share your ideas and I’ll add them!

Road to the Tevis Cup # 40: Update on Fantazia’s soundness

My last post about Fantazia was all about identifying her mysterious injury. She had come up slightly lame in the right hind at the Cuyama… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup # 40: Update on Fantazia’s soundness

Road to the Tevis Cup # 38: Identifying Fantazia’s mysterious injury

On March 27th, the third day of the Cuyama Oaks xpride (and our second), Fantazia came up lame. Or, as Dr. Nicholson put it, she… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup # 38: Identifying Fantazia’s mysterious injury

My first experience with riding tights

Road to Tevis #37: My first experience with riding tights

Believe it or not, my first experience with riding tights was last month, at the Coso Junction xpride (supposed to be in Eastern Mojave, but… Read More »Road to Tevis #37: My first experience with riding tights

Road to Tevis #36: Benefits of using a heart rate monitor

Yesterday Fantazia and I came back earlier than planned from the Cuyama Oaks xpride. There are so many things to write about, and I will… Read More »Road to Tevis #36: Benefits of using a heart rate monitor

our second ride in the desert, the evening before

Road to Tevis #34: Our second ride in the desert, xp at Coso Junction

Lots of pictures and videos, and a few words, about our second endurance ride in the desert, at Coso Junction. Mostly what we had to endure was weather!

Fantazia's pasture mate Beroni

Road to the Tevis Cup #31: Introducing Fantazia’s pasture mate, Beroni

A fun post about WSG Beroni, a Morgan gelding who is Fantazia’s pasture mate.

our first endurance ride

Road to the Tevis Cup Post #30: Our first endurance ride, finally!

Our first endurance ride, finally, nearly four months after I had planned to do our first fifty, was last weekend. We did the 50-miler on… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup Post #30: Our first endurance ride, finally!

Road to the Tevis Cup Post #28: Riding up to the snow!

Last Monday (January 25) it snowed here for the first time in decades. We are a bit low for snow, at around 800 feet. It… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup Post #28: Riding up to the snow!