Ride Stories

Granite Chief wins the Mileage Award in Hoof Boots - 2000+ Miles and Still Going!

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Chief and I completed the “Rides of March 50” on March 18, 2006 in Reno, Nevada. This was the same ride that Chief completed the year before—right after having his shoes pulled. In the last year, he has completed more than two thousand miles using Easyboot Epics or Bares over his unshod feet. He is the first horse to win the AERC Mileage Championship without using nailed-on shoes, as well as the first horse to do more than two thousand miles in a single year that way… (read more)

Shahzada 2006

DUNC'S SHAHZADA STORY:

Shahzada is a marathon event and that means this is a marathon story; so before reading go make a cuppa, or, if you are one to get into the spirit of things, grab a bottle of Gatorade… (read more)

CAROL LAYTON'S SHAHZADA STORY:

It is difficult for me to find the words to convey my sheer joy and amazement at successfully completing the 400km Shahzada endurance ride on my 6 year old Arabian gelding, Omani Mr Sqiggle (Sqig)… (read more)