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2013 Nevada Derby – Ride Report & Photos

Karen Chaton — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:31:46 +0000

Ride Volunteers at the Nevada Derby 2013

Chief and Karen on Sunday. This was Chief’s 18th birthday!!

We had a nice ride both days at the Nevada Derby this past weekend. I rode Bo on the first day, and Chief on the second day. The last time i did this ride was in 2009, so it was nice to be able to go back and do it again.

The ride is in

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AERC Convention in Reno, Nevada

Karen Chaton — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:48:02 +0000

The AERC convention is coming up and is on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9, 2013 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. The convention is where the AERC gives out it’s regional and national ride awards to riders. There is also a tradeshow (that is free to attend!), and on both days there are several speakers lined up to talk on various topics.

Since I had to miss the ride last

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Eastern Mojave Scenic XP 2013

Karen Chaton — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:31:19 +0000

Daily results from all four days are posted on the XP website here. The ride seemed to go very well this year. I was happy to get to ride all four days – two days on Bo and two days on Chief. Everything went well for us. The footing on the third day was so nice that I never put boots on Chief the entire day – he completed the entire

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Ride Awards: An easy way to repurpose t-shirts!

Karen Chaton — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:36:06 +0000

After accumulating ride t-shirts for 33,000 miles I decided it was time to stop procrastinating and finally do something with them. I had wanted to do this for years and somehow always managed to never find the time.

The hardest part, as it turns out….was getting started! The actual doing of this project was pretty easy, and simple. If you can sew and cut on a straight line, you can do this!

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A new ride season, goals and achievements

Karen Chaton — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:29:27 +0000

Karen and Chief at the finish of the 2011 XP. Photo by Nannette Young.

“They say to touch Heaven, your soul must go higher, to streets that are paved with gold and with pearls; But for me, it’s a ridge, high above an endless valley, being one with my horse, at the top of the world. Thank you Chief, for showing me the world thru your ears.”

******* I wrote that many years

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A fun blog contest: Redmond Salt!

Karen Chaton — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:04:10 +0000

The Redmond Rocks when I first got them.

The folks at Remond Equine have generously allowed me to run a fun blog and FB contest. I’ve been using their products and think this is a great way to share with others.

For the first time Bo has met his match when it comes to his Remond salt rock — he’s got it licked smooth but after a few weeks has not managed to

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Bill Thornburgh Family & Friends 2012

Karen Chaton — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:31:56 +0000

Bill Thornburgh Ride, Karen and Bo. Photo by Tony Wilkie.

Here is an album of photos from the Bill Thornburgh ride that I did in October. I rode Bo both days and we had a great time!

They do a nice job on this ride – it’s well marked, there is plenty of water and hay on the trail plus they serve a wonderful dinner. For awards we got tie-dyed t-shirts. This must

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Ride Photos – Outlaw and Virgin 2012 Pioneer Ride

Karen Chaton — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:26:22 +0000

Chief and I on the Thunder Mountain trail – we rode it to mark it, then I rode it again on both Chief and Bo during the actual ride.

Bo and I on the Thunder Mountain trail. Photo by Steve Bradley.

We found some new trail for the ride this year, which turned out to be pretty spectacular. Plus we got to ride on the stunning Thunder Mountain trail.

If you have

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Tevis 2012 Ride Report: Part 2 – My Ride!

Karen Chaton — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:03:47 +0000

How exciting – one of our Tevis photos ended up on the September 2012 cover of Trail Blazer!

Tevis 2012

Karen Chaton

Getting to the start of the Tevis Cup is often the hardest part. It takes so much preparation, planning, and then of course worrying about every little thing that could or does go wrong. This year I had the hardest time making my mind up about going. In the end, I

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A real quick update

Karen Chaton — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:49:14 +0000

Photo by Steve Bradley.

I have been a real bad blogger…I have my entire Tevis ride report written up, but have not had the time to post it along with the photos.

Since completing the Tevis on Bo I have done the EHSC 50 on Chief, the Grand Canyon 5 day XP ride on Chief and Bo, and the Virgin and Outlaw ride on Bo and Chief.

The Bryce XP starts tomorrow….it’s been

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