Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff

2012 Cuyama Oaks XP Ride

Karen Chaton — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:53:37 +0000

[[Show as slideshow]] I know I’ve been a bit behind on my blog. I did finally manage to put together some photos from the ride. I’ll post another album below from a previous year. The ride was nice this time, but it was certainly lacking color (compared to other years). The ride went fairly well overall – I rode Chief on days 1 and 3, and Bo on the middle day. I’m trying to

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Some more useful phone apps

Karen Chaton — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:57:07 +0000

Most of these are available for both Android and iPhone. I always try these apps out before blogging about them. I often end up uninstalling more apps than I keep. The more I use my phone, the more I am in awe over all of the things that it can do. I may as well use it for as many things as I can, since it is sort of pointless to have a “smart

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AERC Decade Teams are Now Official!

Karen Chaton — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:54:42 +0000

At the March 2012 convention in Reno, NV last week, the AERC board of directors voted to approve a motion to make the Decade Teams an official award category!!!

This is great as it is a way to encourage riders to set long term goals for their horses in the sport of endurance. I think it’s great to have both short term and long term goals. Short term = what I want to accomplish

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Horse Radio Network – I was interviewed about endurance riding!

Karen Chaton — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:01:41 +0000

I was recently interviewed by Horse Radio Network on the topic of endurance riding. Click here to listen! Thanks to the Stable Scoop and hosts Helena and Glenn for giving some exposure to our sport. Doing the interview was a lot of fun. The part where I come on is a few minutes into it.

I was in Reno at the AERC convention when the interview came out and I got

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Bar H 2012 Ride Report

Karen Chaton — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:05:52 +0000

I’ve been behind on blogging due to being at rides for the last three weeks. I rode Bo and Chief both two days at Eastern Mojave, then from there we moved over to the Bar H ride in Perris, CA.

It was a great trip overall and I was happy to get back home. It was quite a change going from 80 degree temps on Sunday to being home where it’s 20 degrees and

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Eastern Mojave

Karen Chaton — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:13:32 +0000

Ride is going well so far, around 46 to 49 starting each day. Two days down, two to go. I rode Bo on day 1, and Chief today (day 2).

Weather was windy and cold the first day and we rode in snow and ice. It melted off, and then warmed up. Today we rode under brilliant blue skies with warmer weather and it was fantastic. You can see in the first photo that

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Clipped my endurance horses

Karen Chaton — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:51:11 +0000

Chief after a full body clip. Feb 2012.

To clip or no to clip. I finally gave in, and did it. I did full body clips on both horses over the weekend. When I clip, I like to do it a couple of weeks prior to a ride.

I had been putting clipping off because I just knew that winter was going to appear. Didn’t happen. Neither horse had started to shed either.

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Endurance Horses & Joint Products

Karen Chaton — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:17:02 +0000

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have found it quite interesting that those turning in their Decade Team interviews recently have nearly all answered this question: Do you give any kind of joint products? with a yes, and then followed by a description. Many are using a feed through product with a large number using Adequan IM. I also answered yes and covered what I use on Chief in our

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Endurance Horse Basic Training: Hoof Boots

Karen Chaton — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:36:11 +0000

If you choose to use ride in any type of hoof boots then you need to prepare your horse for the eventuality that one or more may come off during an endurance ride. Many horses will react adversely the first time that happens to them. Even more-so if it happens during an actual competition; your horse is excited, and there are other horses going by! It’s not fun to be stuck on the side

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Endurance Rider Basics: What to do when….

Karen Chaton — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:33:11 +0000

I was thinking about all of the times I have avoided being run over or knocked down by another out of control horse at an endurance ride. I guess when you ride more than 30,000 miles including a few point to point or long cross country rides you gain that kind of experience. It’s NOT the kind of experience I want to have, but since I do….I thought I might share a few of

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