Endurance Riding

I feel like I need to have a good cry. I had a discouraging day. I am feeling defeated. I’m recovering from an injury and my horse (not my Tevis horse, thank goodness) came up lame. And then Asali didn’t accept the crupper again today after I’ve tried a few times with her now. My […]

On Friday afternoon, the 31st of May, I found myself in Foresthill, camping off Bath Road, in the place that would turn into a busy vet check come the day of the Tevis Cup 100-Mile-One-Day-Ride. I parked next to my hoof trimmer and friend, Dianna, who was there with her Arabian gelding, Launi. Once I […]

This was my third consecutive year at the Cache Creek Ridge Ride. It was Jakob’s second. Although Jakob wanted to ride the 50 this year, I wanted a relaxing, casual ride. So I signed us up for the 25-mile limited distance and was looking forward to an easy ride. Jakob and I had anything but […]

Several weeks ago, as I had thoughts of the Tevis Cup ride racing through my head as I tried to sleep, I thought of my friend Bren. She is a fellow equestrian and we also share the same occupation of Registered Nurse. Bren and I have shared many stories in the saddle and I have […]

Cuyama By Jakob Gregory My family and I went to Cuyama for an endurance ride with our horses. My mom and I rode thirty miles on the first day. We got to ride with the cows! It was very fun. The second day, I took a break and my mom rode fifty miles with her […]

Cuyama couldn’t come soon enough. For days, weeks before the ride, I had been itching to get back into competition. Training rides are fun, but there is something different about an endurance ride… there is the thrill of the race. And Cuyama would be our first XP Ride — our first three days of back-to-back […]

One week ago I ran my first 5K. I have never been a runner. I hated running. In high school, I was a swimmer. And I had no desire to do track and field. EVER. After the New Year, even though I had been going to the gym, I decided I had to incorporate running […]

I had six days off work. The plan was to leave town the day after my husband’s birthday. I was going to stay with Teresa, my friend and fellow endurance rider. We had planned a girls’ night together and then a full day of training on the Tevis trail starting early the following day. Well, […]

I knew it was going to be cold. I chose my riding apparel carefully – an undershirt, a long sleeve shirt, the warm fuzzy zip-up hoody my mom gave me, my favorite riding vest over that, and then a coat on top of it all. I wore long underwear under my jeans and stuck toe […]

This month, the American Endurance Ride Conference published stories on rescue horses who have become endurance horses. Jakob wrote a story on his rescue horse, Beauty, and his short story was chosen for the publication! He also included his favorite photo, from November’s Lake Sonoma ride, to go along with the story. Click the link […]