Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff

Here’s my first 2010 hoof boot tip!

Karen Chaton — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:11:03 +0000

I thought I’d post this before getting involved with a writeup and photos from the Death Valley Encounter. This is a real simple tip if you use Renegade strap ons! Before the ride I took all of my horses Renegade strap on boots out of the trailer. I filled up my bathtub full of warm [...] Related posts:

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2009 Death Valley Encounter

Karen Chaton — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:33:56 +0000

I am so excited about getting to go and ride in a warmer climate. The weather is looking really good for the trip, and also for the ride. I haven’t decided yet which horse I’ll ride which days. Last year I rode Chief days 1 and 2, and Bo day 3 and 4. I remember [...] Related posts:

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Some Holiday Humor – Down the road I go, sliding all the way!

Karen Chaton — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:19:50 +0000

I thought this was great….enjoy~! I posted the lyrics below the video. DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW IN MY RUSTY CHEVROLET DOWN THE ROAD I GO SLIDING ALL THE WAY I NEED NEW PISTON RINGS I NEED SOME NEW SNOW TIRES MY CAR IS HELD TOGETHER BY A PIECE OF CHICKEN WIRE CHORUS: RUST AND SMOKE THE HEATER’S BROKE THE DOOR JUST BLEW AWAY I LIGHT A [...] Related posts:

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Blog Updates

Karen Chaton — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:34:32 +0000

I just updated my blog to the newest WordPress version – 2.9. It went really smoothly and everything seems to be working in the dashboard. If somebody spots something that doesn’t work in a previous blog post, let me know. I see that the links in my right hand column are gone. I’ll work on [...] Related posts:

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Death Valley Warmup RIDE Report (part 4)

Karen Chaton — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:59:36 +0000

I decided to ride Bo the first day. I’m not sure why, maybe because Chief did more miles trail marking so I figured he could use the extra day break he’d get before going on day 2? In either case, there wasn’t any real definite reason for picking which horse to ride which day. Sometimes [...] Related posts:

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Death Valley Warmup Ride Report, Part 3

Karen Chaton — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:46:07 +0000

I was really glad to make it to camp at Coso Junction. I was surprised to pull in and find that I was the only one there! Henry Griffin was supposed to be there for the ride, but after seeing the weather report for the weekend he went on home. At least I had cell [...] Related posts:

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More bare hoof photos: Pro Bono, December 17, 2009

Karen Chaton — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:59:27 +0000

These were taken today. Some are before, and some are after a bit of a touch-up trim. He hasn’t needed much due to being ridden barefoot, and also from doing those two endurance rides barefoot in November. Keep in mind when looking at these photos that there is a lot of pigment in Bo’s hooves [...] Related posts:

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Granite Chief’s Hooves 12/16/2009

Karen Chaton — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:47:54 +0000

I just took these today. There are photos of all four of Chief’s feet from the outside and bottoms, plus I took at least one of each hoof showing the rasp being held to the hoofwall to look for flares. I also showed the angle gauge. I’ve been seeing some improvement but there are still [...] Related posts:

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Ride Updates for XP Rides, 2010 Season

Karen Chaton — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:47:52 +0000

Some good news – The first XP Ride of the 2010 season is the Eastern Mojave Scenic Pioneer ride. We just got approval from the AERC to add another day on to it. We did this partially because we lost 5 days when Schellbourne was canceled….and also because the Young’s have been so accommodating. This is [...] Related posts:

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Death Valley Warmup Ride Report, Part 2

Karen Chaton — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:28:24 +0000

I’ll start with what it was like just getting to the ride. For a few days leading up to the trip, we were experiencing extremely cold temperatures (for here). We’d had a high temp the day before I left of 16, while it got down into the minus 10 and teens at night. A storm [...] Related posts:

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