Re: Purple Passion

["Karen Steenhof" <steenhof@cyberhighway.net>]

And Steph is too modest to mention that she and Kruschev  won Best Condition
on the 75!  Congratulations Steph!

Karen Steenhof
Boise, Idaho
steenhof@cyberhighway.net

PS- The winner of the 50 (with 37 starters/finishers) was Nikki Bates of
Vale, Oregon.



-----Original Message-----
From: Steph Teeter <step@fsr.com>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 8:12 AM
Subject: RC: Purple Passion


>Many thanks to Pam Haynes and all of her helpers.
>The Puple Passion ride was wonderful - rolling sagebrush
>foothills of southern Idaho, excellent footing, well marked
>trail, well organized. One snafu when one of the vets had to
>go out to treat a tied up horse and the vet line got
>pretty backed up. But other than that it was just
>right. It was cold but sunny - breezy on the ridge
>tops, and a few blustery clouds blowing through, but
>really perfect riding. The ride times were pretty fast -
>I'm not sure who won the 50 but the winning time was
>4:45. Roxi Anderson won the 75 in 7:30 riding one of
>Bob and Arlene Morris's homebred mares. I had a fun
>ride on Khruschev - 8 hr ride time, and he felt great.
>Plenty fast for him this early in the year. We've been
>battling snow, wind and rain here in northern Idaho
>all spring (not to mention "the White Supremacists that
>hide in the bushes, the tourists that clog the roads in
>the summer and other minor troublesome things" - thanks
>Bob!) - so conditioning has been a real challenge.
>
>There was a big archery meet going on a few ridges
>over - we had to ride through the camp a couple times.
>500+ archers, plus fake game (target) animals scattered
>all over the area. We didn't have any problems riding
>through-  everybody was friendly and talkative. But
>when John rode through on his last loop he got there
>just as they launched their moving target - a dummy
>elk on a long cable line stretched along the draw.
>Poor Squeak (his horse) froze - just like the stuffed
>animals all around him. Not your typical endurance
>ride experience....
>
>Pam has a great sense of humor - and kept us all
>laughing at the ride meeting and awards. All of the
>awards were purple (can you imagine?) - and there
>was an award for the best dressed purple rider. Pat
>Perry won the award - her bay appaloosa (no natural
>spots) had blue, red, purple and white spots tastefully
>scattered over his rump, and Pat's outfit was a
>good match.
>
>We had a good time - thanks Pam!
>
>Steph
>
>
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