Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff

Riding in sand, High Desert endurance ride, lucky ride #7

Karen Chaton — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:26:49 +0000

I took this video at the High Desert ride in October. I rode Bo both days there and this was some of the trail on the second day. We finished in the top ten that day and were 1st in our weight division, so there aren’t a lot of tracks ahead of us - I [...] Related posts:

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Arabian Silk is now available on DVD!

Karen Chaton — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:49:07 +0000

Earlier this year I did a review of Arabian Silk after viewing it at the Reno Film festival. Click here to read that review. The “Arabian Silk” DVD is now available at www.arabiansilk.com for purchase. It includes the 49 minute version, 2 trailers and a 15 minute documentary on “The Making of Arabian Silk”. The cost is [...] Related posts:

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Grand Canyon XP Ride Photos - All 5 Days!

Karen Chaton — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:33:07 +0000

Click on each day in the list below to see a separate photo album. I have previously posted the 3rd days photos, but the rest were all just put up this morning. This year, on day 1 we had a light rain in the morning followed by some snow flurries after lunch. After that, it cleared [...] Related posts:

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Barefoot transitioning: Hoof Boot Q & A

Karen Chaton — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:29:38 +0000

Now that more and more people are reading my blog, I get a lot of feedback and requests from people about topics that they would like to see covered. I’m definitely not running short on ideas anytime soon, which is great! At any given time I’ve got at least a dozen or more posts in draft [...] Related posts:

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Chief’s eyelid

Karen Chaton — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:30:37 +0000

Here are shots showing the eyelid healing as of 11/09. There are still stitches in - they are blue and in the back corner of the eyelid (upper part). It looks like the last little surgery that my vet did on the eyelid is working. Through all of this Chief has been an excellent patient. I know [...] Related posts:

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2009 H1N1 Flu…aka the Swine Flu

Karen Chaton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:13:09 +0000

Well, it looks like so far about six of us that went to the GRD ride have come down with it. IT being the dang Swine Flu! Here is more info from the CDC about the H1N1 virus. It’s really going around. I know a lot of people that have it now, or have already had [...] Related posts:

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Attn: XP Riders - Multiday rides for 2010 Changes

Karen Chaton — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:10:21 +0000

There will be more on these new ride changes in the next XP newsletter that will be going out soon to the XP riders. You can also check the xprides.com website for updates. Next year we will NOT be holding the Fort Schellbourne ride. We have applied to add two more days onto Mt. Carmel so that it [...] Related posts:

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Git-R-Done Ride

Karen Chaton — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:12:14 +0000

We had a really nice ride both days at the GRD ride. I rode Bo both days in the 50. The weather was beautiful, the trail was well marked and there was plenty of water. They had lots of volunteers and overall did a really great job on the ride. The ride was small this year [...] Related posts:

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Well, it’s official - Cheefy’s got his 9k!

Karen Chaton — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:31 +0000

The AERC office got the results online today from the Grand Canyon ride - so now it’s official - Chief has his 9,000 miles! Actually, he’s at 9,075. It’s kind of hard to believe. I dunno - like maybe it’s not real? Where did the time go? Just how did we rack up that many miles [...] Related posts:

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My horses problem couldn’t possibly be related to…..his rider!

Karen Chaton — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:57:35 +0000

This cartoon is great. So many endurance riders are experts and finding excuses for whatever is wrong with their horse. It can’t ever be their fault that something is wrong with their horse. I admit to looking at things a quite a bit differently than others. First things first. When I have a pull [...] Related posts:

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