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[RC] The year behind us, thank you - Antuzzi, CharI wanted to take a
moment and thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all the encouragement,
support and friendship you all have given me along the trail this year. It has
been a tuff road, abdominal surgery in the early year that wasn't planned, weeks
of recovering from that, losing my loved one whom I rode Tevis last year in his
honor to cancer, bouts with personal injury, etc. This year I learned a lot, a
ton! Most of you know that Gali choked at Tevis, scared me to death. Yet he came
back and we finished a very tuff Virginia City 100 last weekend. Along that dark
night I thought about our year, how Gali has really come along way, all the
friends I've met and how many ride stories I've heard. Thank you for being there
for us.
No matter what, we
bicker about barefoot vs shod, hot vs cold shoes, pads or not, to wrap legs or
not, treeless or tree, Arab or non, we bicker. BUT when it comes down to the end
of the trail, we are all here for one reason. To go the distance with our
horses. To see trails, to log miles, to meet new friends, to get away from
hectic lives we all live. To camp with our horses and to see the world through
the set of our horses ears, feeling their manes in our freezing fingers at 2am
on a 100 mile ride in the early morning hours, or getting a top 10, coming in
dead last on your very first limited distance or getting year end awards,
getting pats on the back for a job well done, or a hug when a horse chokes. This
sport is full of friends.
If if weren't for
our horses, the vets that vet the rides, the managers that year after year put
on the rides, the mentors that take on the new riders, the debates, ride camp,
our friends, family and crew that don't even ride, yet are there for us to enjoy
this sport, we wouldn't be out there on the trails. THANK YOU. At the end
of the year you can look at how many miles you've rode or rides that maybe
you've not finished. But remember, its just another day on the back of your
horse, surrounded by all that makes up endurance and the sport it is.
Our summer is coming
to a end, another year is almost over. Points will be changing, some will see
their names on the list of points, some will fall off. Its just another season.
Hug your horse, thank your crew and remember the miles, friends and
encouragement you've all received along the way. I know I sure will. Thank you
again for being there for us!
Char and Sir
Galahad.. enjoying a rest after his 100 mile ride...
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