We have a Paso Fino here that is doing 50s
this season. He is on our endurance team. Just finished 3--50s so far this
season since end of March in good shape. He will be doing 50s this whole
season. Tough little horse and quite determined!
Yippeeee .. another Paso Fino! I also ride a Paso
Fino and we just had our first completion (his and mine) at the No
Frills 30-mile ride in the rain, sleet and snow. If that's not
enduring, I sure don't know what is!! I was so hyyped up after the
ride that I entered the 50 at Old Dominion. Now I'm sitting here
wondering "what the heck was I thinking"??? Oh well, its done and
we're going to give it a shot. At the very least I'll come home
with some fancy new tack
As for doing 100 miles -- I don't
know. I'm not the best trail follower and have little sense of
direction so I'm very wary of being out on the trail after dark, unless of
course, they install street lights and flashing arrows pointing the
way.
I have thought about hundred mile
rides. Right now I'm not sure I am going to be able to survive the 50
mile ride that I'm training for. And I ride a Paso Fino. I was
told when I started this sport that Paso's couldn't do endurance. I
laughed and said sure they can, you just have to be more careful with
them... So we did two LD's. The first one Alpine was fit
and came in bouncing. I came in limping (the vet told me it was a
good thing he didn't have to judge my gait!). The second one was the
first year of the Jennings Boogie, and I took my unfit horse out just to
support the ride. He finished bucking! I finished slightly
better off than the first one. After that, I knew he'd do a 50 mile
ride.
So we are planning on doing the River Run and the Jennings 50
mile rides, and we'll see what happens. I don't know if I'm cut out
for 100 miles, and I'd worry about my little paso...if he's capapble of
holding up to a 100. Eventually, maybe, I'll do one, but one step at a
time.
Juli & Alpine (50 LD
miles) ============================================================ In
my experience (22 year worth) most endurance riders are great people
who will go out their way to help and be friendly. ~ Laura
Hayes
============================================================ I
still prefer what it is that BH100, Tevis, The Duck's Soup of
Endurance, etc. has to offer...but, to see a horse canter over sand for
those distances...Good Lord, it humbles me. ~ Frank
Solano
