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NEWSFLASH | Summer 2011 | ||
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It
was a strange summer, with the EHV preventing travel early on and then
a devastating loss in the family. We were in need of some down time, but
eventually, we, and most of the family, went to Ft. Stanton just to be
away, and together, all at once. It was a great ride, even though Magnum
ended it with a bang, literally. On day 6, Virginia and I were in 1st
place and she was holding my reins at a water trough as I went to refill
our water bottles. Magnum got spooked and took off at full blast, off
a 12 drop into a rocky creek bed (somersault #1,) and then up and
blasting again through a barbed-wire fence (somersault #2.) We
found an opening, and walked back to the trough where the radioman called
the vet and a trailer to come get us. Miraculously, Magnum was relatively
OK. Although we were concerned he was on his way to a colic, and
gave him appropriate drugs to prevent it, he didnt even need stitches,
all of his cuts and scrapes were minor. They bled profusely at first because
he is an extreme athlete whose heart was probably at 220bpm when he hit
the fence, but they were not major and dried up like anyday-scrapes. In
the end, he had a pulled hamstring and a fractured sacrum. All of which
will be fixed with time and therapy. Im devastated and thankful
all at once, it could have been MUCH worse. But I will have my race horse
back soon, watch out for our return to the trails in 2012. Im happy
to report that he is already doing VERY well. We ended the summer on a better note at the AERC and AHA National Championship Ride, where Pearl took 3rd overall in the 100 mile race and Moxy took 8th in the 50 her last training ride before Tevis! Moxy got her 1000 miles as Tennessee got her 6000 miles when they crossed the finish line. Tennessee was so proud of both mares, Pearl was so tough, she finished the 100 even after bumping her shin on a rock. They had to pull back from the front but maintained pace for a 3rd place 100 finish, and 2nd FW National Champion. And although she had to hold Moxy back in the 50, with Tevis as their true goal, she made sure to stay in front of the other Half-Arabs so Moxy gained the title of National Champion Half Arabian AND National Champion Half Arabian Best Condition! |
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| NEWSFLASH | Spring 2011 | |||
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AERC convention was a fun way to get back in touch with endurance friends
and get excited about the upcoming season, Team Easyboot was represented
well at the tradeshow and across the board with regional, national, and
international awards. Tennessee was ranked 10th in the nation by USEF, along
with some regional awards. After the Springdale experience, we were reluctant to go to any more Spring rides. But its hard to keep an endurance rider off the trails! Tennessee and Jody Goodman loaded up and went to the Old Pueblo Pioneer where they got what they were looking for, sunshine! Jody completed her first 50 on Rahj, his first 50 as well, riding with MRER teammate Kerry Redente, while Tennessee Tied for 1st on Magnum, the trios first team completion. The next day Tennessee got to sport her new secret weapon, Moxy, who she is training for Tevis, in the LD where she took 1st. On April 26th, we woke up to a brand new baby boy, Calamity Jane did it again, she never clues us in! A beautiful big bay colt that we have named RRQ Ballistic, a full sibling to RRQ Shooter, by DWA Express (see Global Endurance for information on Express.) On May 21st, at 3am, Tennessee and Sean (in their PJs) in the stall downstairs, pulled a beautiful Palomino colt out of Sabella, he was made to order! He is absolutely gorgeous, straight, and friendly as can be. Named RRQ Moonlit Wanderlust, for Tennessees endeavors (by Raleighs Full Moon.) Tennessees dream horse. |
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| NEWSFLASH | Winter 2010-11 | |||
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It
was torture, but Tennessee promised Sean to take the winter off. Sean
immediately winterized the trailer, emptied it out completely (and I mean
tack, feed, blankets
EMPTY), pressure washed it inside and out, and
stored it in the very back corner of his shop triple parked in.
Guess there wont be any quick, last minute oh Ill just
throw the horses in and go to one more ride, trips. Does February count as spring? As usual Tennessee got cabin fever and wanted to escape to the warm, dry trails of the South. But so much for that, it was all time record lows in Arizona for the Springdale Romp. The entire trip was a bit of a disaster; we got caught in a blizzard on the way down and had to stay in Albuquerque until the reopened the interstate, arrived at camp late, froze our butts off for 4 miserable but successful days, and planned on 2 more days but on day 5 Tennessee blew her back out (big time, she was literally immobile), the fan clutch blew on the way home, had to overnight in Socorro while they worked on the truck, and barely made it home, limping (the truck and Tennessee, not the horses.) Thank GOD Sean came on that trip! |
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| NEWSFLASH | Fall 2010 | |||
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After a summer dominated by training for FEI rides and Tevis, Tennessee opted to head down to the La Cienega 100 on a very fit and ready Khyber. She trailer-pooled to the ride, picking up Jennifer Shirley and Zorro (and some sushi) in Santa Fe on the way. As luck would have it Khyber smacked his shin on a rock on the first loop, trotted in sound, pulsed down, then immediately stiffened up to a 3-legged state as he grazed. Ten was aggressive with the treatment, icing and poulticing as she crewed for Jen throughout the rest of the day and evening. Jen and Zorro finished their first 100 miler in 3rd place! Khyber was sound the next day. We finished the season, as usual, with family and friends in Moab. Sean took Rocky Top and both Neecee and Nelson brought horses to explore the canyonlands. Since this was not a points season for Tennessee, she opted to ride relaxing LDs with friends, she even got her mother, Neecee on |
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| Treasure Hunter, through a very fun and beautiful 30 miler. On the last day, alongside Jennifer Shirley on Zorro, she rode Magnum in a gorgeous and relaxing 50 to a 7th place finish to end the season (in Rainbow Bright tights!) | |||
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NEWSFLASH
| Summer 2010 |
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In
a futile attempt to qualify horses with very few FEI sanctioned rides
available to attend, Tennessee reluctantly took Khyber to the Ft Howes
FEI ride. The course up there is amazing but the weather always seems
to deteriorate just for the ride days. We had hoped that Pearl would be
able to complete her final 75 there, she was fit and staying sound but
the last thing we wanted to do was throw her into another 75-mile-long
mud puddle. In her stead, Khyber performed on-par for his FEI career...flying
down the trail calmly and then FREAKING OUT in the vet checks, at least
we expected it this time. Regardless, he completed in 5th, with straight
A's and 20 minute-drag-me-around-the-vet-check-whinnying recoveries, and
received his CEI**. At the last vet check he finally settled in and pulsed
down immediately; I guess it just takes him 60 miles or so to warm up. Khyber and Dunedust got the mountain training treatment in preparation for Tevis. Tennessee rode Khyber and |
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| Duncan McLaughlin rode Dunedust all the way to Chickenhawk where they were both pulled! Khyber was pulled for a cramp in his back right, they sent him to treatment where 6 vets observed him trot and pee, and palpated him and said theres nothing wrong with him he looks awesome! As if that werent frustrating enough, Dunedust passed the vet exam and then choked on her last-minute bite of hay on her way out. We told the vets and they pulled her. It was a very fun but unfulfilling trip. Dunedust cleared the choke on her own and Khyber was sound the whole time, he took 4th and BC in a 50 not 3 weeks later. | |||
| NEWSFLASH
| Spring 2010 |
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April Tennessee got lucky and rode Steadys Tempo, one of Flight Leader
Farms backup horses, at GetRDone in the FEI 100, a spur
of the moment decision. The two paired well and crossed the finish line
in 3rd place in 10 hours and change, giving Tennessee the points she needed
to get on the National Training List (the USAs Top 35 ranked riders).
She nominated Pearl for the Selection Trials and was excited to get her
through her final qualifying ride, a 75 miler, at the Bluebonnet Classic
in Texas. Pearl made an awesome comeback over the winter (thank you Amanda
Lackey!) and was stronger than ever. Unfortunately, it rained for days and the course was a mess. All Pearl needed was a completion, since she |
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already taken 1st in a previous FEI 75
there was no reason to rush, so they took it extremely slow. As luck would
have it, Pearl slipped in the mud, tore a muscle in her shoulder, and was
pulled at about 50 miles. This shoulder injury ended all our hopes for making
the US team. Without her final qualifying ride she could not attend the
selection trials. She has been in and out of lameness ever since. In May Remuda Run took horses to Mt Carmel, where Magnum did his first back to back 50s, and Sangre Scenic, where he tied for 1st in his first 75 miler! On May 16th, Sabella gave birth to the most beautiful, perfect, bay filly one could ever ask for. Her name is Beaujolais, in honor of the DWA wines and her French sire DORAN. Shes everything we hoped she would be, we are a proud family. |
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| NEWSFLASH
| Winter 2009 |
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Tennessee took advantage of the Indian Summer and drove Dunedust, on their maiden voyage together, to Las Cienegas in Sonoita, AZ along with Magnum. They both did great, Dunedust completed her first ride since 08 and Magnum started his season with one 2nd and one 1st & BC. The trio was then chased all the way home by the biggest snow storm since the 30s -CS The
winter season was broken up with monthly trips to Randy Eilands
rides in fair-weathered Southern New Mexico to keep everyone loose and
fit. Tennessee & Sean drove all the way back down to Ocala, FL to
kick off the FEI season at Gallop on the Greenway and the trip went well,
although Dunedust was the only one who brought home a star. This allowed
her to enter the FEI 75 at Sun City, where she took 2nd, Khyber took 1st
in the FEI 50 there as well, kicking off his FEI career. Albeit a difficult
winter, Remuda Runs 2010 season is off to a fair start! |
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healthy, and happy with his new roommates Shooter and Tonka. He and Pearl
handled the weaning process better than the rest of us, and Pearl is happy
to be hitting the trail again in preparation for more FEI action. The R
& R has clearly been good for her! |
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| NEWSFLASH
| Fall 2009 Tennessee rode FLF Ruleta; a beautiful little white mare owned by David and Tracy Kaden, at the Kentucky Cup in Lexington. The pair was setup to have a great ride but the weather was just too much for Ruleta. It rained the entire week |
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turned the beautiful turf course into a freezing, miserable, mudfest. At
30 miles, Ru simply put it in park and wouldnt take another
step so, Tennessee was forced into a rider option pull, with Ru getting
straight As. Regardless it was awesome to be a part of the Mountain
Zone Team, which ended up taking a Bronze Metal home, and getting to experience
the Horse Park and Lexington! As usual, the Moab Canyons Pioneer was a wonderful gathering in a beautiful setting. Its great to be able to end the season at such a fun ride. On day 1 Tennessee and Sean did some pleasure riding through the scenic desert. Magnum and Khyber were rockstars on days 2 and 3, both taking Top 10 placings, plus Magnum took High Vet Score & Best Condition, his very first! On Day 3, Tennessee rode through her 4,000th AERC mile on Khyber, with Dian Woodward on Salty by her side. Both rides were so much fun; beautiful and challenging, and the horses felt great. They now have the base on them that they needed so watch out for them on the trail next |
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| season! Pearl is now mother to a beautiful chestnut colt, affectionately named You Better Run. She wisely decided to wait and have her foal in the warm foaling stall during a dinner party upstairs, she must have known Zack (Equine Repro,) was one of our guests. We all got to see the whole thing, and yes, I teared up. |
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| NEWSFLASH
| Summer 2009 Its been a busy summer, packed with crazy weather, great rides, and big surprises. The great rides included lots of 50s on Magnum and Khyber, who really stepped up to the plate to fill Pearl and Sabellas shoes, and four 100 milers |
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the Tevis! Tennessee rode Salty, a Belgian-arab cross owned by Dian Woodward,
at the Tevis and they came in 6th (out of about 175 starters of which only
87 finished, 51% Completion) to bring home the coveted silver buckle. The
Tevis aka Western States 100 Mile One Day Ride is regarded as
the most difficult endurance race in the country, if not the world, through
the Sierra Nevadas, and some of the most beautiful and rugged terrain on
the planet, from Lake Tahoe to Auburn, California. Tennessee and Sean came home to the big news, Pearls pregnant! Yes, Pearl, Tennessees FEI horse (aka DWA Sabsons Abby) is pregnant. Last Thanksgiving, while everyone was feasting on turkey elsewhere, a gate got left open and all of Tennessees mares got out and backed up to Shoguns Joshua Fadjurs fence and yes, they all got bred. Not to worry! the vet said, bring them in in a couple of weeks and well ultrasound them to see if they took. So we did just that, and no one was pregnant, so we never thought of it again until we got back from Tevis and saw the baby bump! We are over the initial shock of it all and now making preparations and excited about the baby which should be joining us around Halloween. Surprise! |
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| Tennessee
was invited to the invitation only Kentucky Cup and North American Endurance
Team Championship, in Lexington, where, on October 14th, she and 3 others
will represent the Mountain Zone on the same 100 mile course that the 2010
WEG will be run on. |
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| NEWSFLASH
| Spring 2009 Pearl and Tennessee are well on their way to being qualified for the 2010 tryouts. They've completed every FEI challenge that lay in their path and have done everything neccessary apart from Pearl growing another Hand in height and Tennessee putting on 20lbs to make wieght! There's only so much one is capable of! They are excited yet aware that this still doesn't mean anything as far as selection. With thousands trying out for 6 available positions there's bound to be lots of bottlenecks to squeeze through. |
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"No
Sweat! Pearl and Tennessee cantering
across the finish line at the FEI Owyhee Fandango 100 miler." |
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| Khyber,
Magnum, and Treasure Hunter have come along nicely, starting their endurance
careers out right, all three completing their first 50 miles rides at Mt
Carmel XP! Jennifer rode her first 50 alongside Tennessee at Mt Carmel,
then rode in her second 50 the next day. Congratulations Jen on your first
100 miles!
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| NEWSFLASH
| Winter 2008-2009 As usual, winter is a quiet time for the endurance horse and rider (at least in the mountain region;) lots of blankets, warm mash and time off. But forget taking the whole winter off! With fairly mild weather it was too irresistible, November and December flew by and suddenly I found myself driving down to Southern New Mexico in search of warm, sandy trails. What a great time of year to take it easy, get back in shape, and just enjoy your horses company. |
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Pearl
and Skye soaking up the
morning's first rays of warmth along the new corral posts. |
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| NEWSFLASH
| Fall 2008 With the Mountain Regions endurance season coming to an end, and cold weather on the way, we have no choice but to fatten up our fit horses and |
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on youngsters. Khyber, Magnum, and Treasure Hunter will be ready
to make their debut rides in the Spring while Rahj,
Jabbar and Hondo make for fun starter projects.
Sabella
has been receiving shockwave treatments since immediately after her injury
this summer and ultrasounds are showing amazing results. We are excited
to say that she will make a wonderful recovery! We will be giving her
the 2009 season off and breeding her this Spring to make sure we dont
satisfy the urge to bring her back sooner! |
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Sean
on his quarab Rocky Top at
Moab Canyons while on a pleasure ride with Tennessee and Fletcher. |
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It was great to end the season off on a good note, Pearl bwas awarded her 5th Best Condition on her second day out at the beautiful Grand Canyon XP ride and the whole family (including Sean and Fletcher) had a fun, relaxing Halloween weekend at the Moab Canyons ride. |
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| NEWSFLASH
| Summer 2008 Although we ended up reaching every goal we set for ourselves here at Remuda Run this summer, we definitely had a more relaxed approach to this endurance |
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| season.
I set out with the aspiration to turn Sabella into a 100 mile-caliber horse,
and to see if little sister, Pearl, could fill Sabellas 50 miler shoes.
They both stepped up to the plate without hesitation. Sabella and I completed
our second 100 miler, the Big Horn 100 (which speaks for itself,) in 9th
place in 17 hours and 47 minutes (another statistic that speaks for itself.)
She finished perfect, I couldnt have been more proud. Pearl is rolling
in the Top 10s and BCs with her trickle-down-the-trail efficiency. Remuda Run welcomes home its new resident stallion; Shoguns Joshua |
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Sabella
carrying Tennessee
toward the second of three vet checks at the Big Horn 100. |
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| Fadjur,
aka Josh, an arrival weve been anticipating for a year!
This stallion has impressed me since the moment I first saw him racing along
side Sabella and I at the SFT ride last year. |
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| NEWSFLASH
| Spring 2008 While couch bound after her foot surgery, Tennessee had plenty of time to rethink her goals for the season, and research ways to improve her performance. |
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| In
the end it boiled down to stepping up to the 100 miler plate instead of
chasing points, as well as cutting carbs
and steel! All of the horses
at Remuda Run are on a low carb diet and are going barefoot this year! The
horses are making a great transition to barefoot life with the help of boots
during most races. Pearl completed her first race totally barefoot without
missing a beat at the Wyoming in June.
With the goal of completing 100s on Sabella and stepping up Pearls 50 miler game, Tennessee eased her mares in to the 08 season at Color Country at a less aggressive pace. In April, Tennessee and her mare, Sabella, |
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Tennessee
and Pearl on their way
to a 1st Place and BC at the Owyhee Fandango Pioneer in Idaho in May 2008 |
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their very first 100 miler at the Owyhee Fandango FEI 100 in 12 hours and
11 minutes, taking 15th place! The next morning she tied for 1st Place and
took BC in the Day 3, 50 miler with Pearl; the two had already taken 8th
place on the Day 1, 50 miler. What weekend! Not to mention they came home
to the aftermath of the tornado in Windsor. She and Sean spent the next
couple of weeks cleaning up all of the debris, repairing their home, and
putting fences back up.
Tennessees foot is still recovering, but there have been some problems and delays because she got back in the saddle a little too soon. Shes still struggling with it but has her sights set on completing another 100 on Sabella this summer. Also this Spring, Remuda Run welcomes it's newest family member, Rocky Top, a gorgeous 4-year-old, 16.2H-and-growing, half-Arab half-Quarter horse gelding. Congratulations, Sean, on your first horse! See Rocky Top on the RR Horses page. |
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| NEWSFLASH
| Winter 2007-2008 All the girls are bundled in their blankets and enjoying the new shed that Sean built for them. They're getting a significant increase in grain and hay rations |
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to keep warm and to plump up for the season. They've worked very hard this
year, and deserve a nice vacation to
fully recover. After several years of extreme pain in her left foot, especially when riding, Tennessee decided to have surgery on December 27th. In short, the Doctor broke two bones, removed a couple chunks, then pinned and screwed it all back together. The pins will be removed after 6 weeks, at which point she should be able to make a full recovery, and get the girls back in shape for the '08 season. |
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The
girls in their blankets enjoying
the shed that Sean built for them. |
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NEWSFLASH | Fall 2007 Sabella, Pearl and Tennessee were pretty exhausted after the Great Santa Fe Trail race (SFT,) both horses contracted Scratches while in Kansas which |
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their recovery a long and slow one. Pearl
went lame with Scratches on Day 4 of
SFT so she was only able to complete
a single day of that ride. Sabella carried
Tennessee all the way to Kansas City,
where they crossed the finish line, after 550 miles of trail. A special
thank you goes out to the Remuda Run Crew: Sean, Nelson, and Neecee. Another
thank you goes to Global Endurance Training Center, who sent Miss Kris along
as a spare to relieve Sabella for one day. After about a month of R&R, Sabella, Pearl, and Tennessee were done licking their wounds, and the three of |
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Tennesse
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| them traveled to Moab to finish off their 2007 endurance season on a good note. The Moab Canyons ride was beautiful; we recommend it to everyone and plan on returning in '08. Sabella took 3rd in Saturday's 50 miler, and Pearl took 1st in Sunday's 25 miler. | |||
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