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In the News (Thu 26 Nov 09)

  
  Arabian Horse America - Distance Riding
Distance riding in general is a test of horse condition and stamina, rider intelligence and horsemanship, and the team effort of both over a cross-country trail under veterinary supervision.
Endurance riding is particularly appealing to the person with an average income; you need not be wealthy to participate.
Endurance riding is defined by the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) as an athletic event with the same horse and rider covering a measured course within a specified maximum time." Endurance rides are races which vary in distance between 25 and 100 miles and are covered in a single day.
www.arabianhorseamerica.com /Events/Distance.asp   (1093 words)

  
 CONSEILS - L'ALIMENTATION DU CHEVAL D'ENDURANCE
The basic rules for endurance riding are simple: the first horse to finish, in acceptable condition, is the winner.
In addition, endurance horses are routinely rested and fed during the ride further increasing the impact that proper nutrition would have on performance.
In addition, endurance horses are fed at rest points during the ride, so time of feeding and the composition of the meal may have a dramatic influence on exercise performance.
www.endurance-belgium.com /conseils/alimentation/alimentation.htm   (5126 words)

  
 Endurance Riding
Endurance Riding as defined by the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) as an athletic event with the same horse and rider covering a measured course within a specified maximum time.
Endurance rides are races which vary in distance between 25 and 100 miles and are covered in a single day.
Endurance Riding is very standardized throughout the US because of the sanctioning by AERC.
www.ahdra1.com /html/endurance_riding.html   (539 words)

  
 EnduranceWorld.net: 2004 Abu Dhabi Arabian Nights CEI*** - Oreana Idaho, USA
A typical Endurance Ride is between 50 and 100 miles in length and must be completed within 12 hours (50 miles) to 24 hours (100 miles).
The Arabian horse has for centuries been an integral part of the culture of the people of the Arab nations, and Endurance Riding is the ultimate test of the physical ability of this breed and the strength and horsemanship of the rider.
The involvement and promotion of Endurance by the Royal families of United Arab Emirates is felt in all of the 60 countries, 5 continents, that maintain Endurance Riding programs.
www.enduranceworld.net /events/2004Arabiannights/note1.html   (1095 words)

  
 Distance Riding
Endurance Riding typically covers distances ranging 25km to 160km, and in competitive situations is a "first past the post" race.
An endurance ride is an event in which the same horse and rider compete together to complete a marked trail of 25km or more within a maximum specified time.
Endurance riding is "mass start" although 15 minutes is allowed to actually cross the start line.
www.geocities.com /nzcdrc/distanceriding.htm   (1463 words)

  
 Horse endurance riding gear
This modernized piece of endurance riding gear is adjustable in the throat latch and noseband.
Endurance riding gear should be fun, so this breastplate is available in nine bright colors that won’t fade.
Endurance Riding Gear Crupper features a distinctive seamless “moldable” dock that will hold any tail set to provide some of the best fitting piece of horse tack.
www.advancedequine.com /horse_endurance_riding_gear.php   (863 words)

  
 Horses - Endurance Riding - Equiworld - Equestrian Information - horses and ponies on the internet
Endurance Riding is one of the newest and perhaps the fastest growing branch of equestrianism.
Endurance Riding is a sport for everyone, with rides to suit every ability and age, from 10 mile pleasure ride right up to endurance rides of 100 miles in a day, and longer over several days.
Although endurance rides are often hotly contested, at every level of endurance the welfare of the horse is paramount, with the strictest veterinary checks of all horse sports, and awards for best condition often being regarding as important as wining.
www.equiworld.net /uk/sports/endurance   (334 words)

  
 Endurance Riding In Australia
Endurance Riding is a test of the athletic ability of horse and rider over distances of 80 km and greater.
The idea of starting Endurance Riding in Australia was proposed by a group of Arabian horse breeders in NSW who knew of the famous Tevis Cup Endurance Ride in the USA.
The committee is responsible for setting a calendar of rides, ensuring that rides are run correctly, horse welfare, maintenance of records, promotion of the sport, and the myriad tasks a state management committee of any sporting body must attend to.
www.aera.asn.au /vera/end_aus.html   (840 words)

  
 EnduranceNet: What is Endurance Riding?
Endurance riding is defined by the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) as "An atheletic event with the same horse and rider covering a measured course within a specified maximum time."
Endurance rides are races which vary in distance between 50 and 100 miles and are covered in a single day.
The horses are monitored by veterinarians throughout the ride at predetermined check points and will be withdrawn from the ride if they are judged to be unsound or metabollically unfit.
www.endurance.net /WhatIs   (282 words)

  
 Old Dominion Endurance Ride, Inc.
The Old Dominion Endurance Ride, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1973 to promote and sponsor the sport of endurance riding.
Our organization is dedicated towards the education of excellence in horsemanship and sportsmanship in endurance riding, and to promote the preservation and use of public riding trails for their recreational, historic, and environmental value.
We annually host several endurance rides in Virginia including The Old Dominion - one of the premier 100 mile endurance rides in the United States.
www.olddominionrides.org   (130 words)

  
 Endurance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Endurance races were part of military history and also have a place in the history of the American West.
Endurance races include the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring, and the Petit Le Mans, the Spa 24 Hours at Spa-Francorchamps, and Zolder 24 Hours in Belgium, as well as the 25 Hours of Thunderhill in California, and Takashi 24 in Japan.
The concept of spiritual endurance is a foundational principle of the Christian faith for some people, and the notion of spiritual endurance plays a role in many other world faiths, belief systems and cults throughout the world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Endurance   (442 words)

  
 BBC - Mid Wales Sport - Endurance Riding
These are long distance rides which start at 30 km (20 miles) and horses must be registered with Endurance GB and have a logbook.
Rides progress between 30 km to 160 km (100 miles) over multiple days or in a single day.
However, endurance was the only thing that Harvey enjoyed doing and allowed me to stay in the saddle for anything longer than 3 minutes.
www.bbc.co.uk /wales/mid/sites/sport/pages/endurance.shtml   (2620 words)

  
 Endurance riding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Endurance riding is an equestrian sport based on controlled long distance races.
Endurance riding is governed by the FEI, which sets down rules with the welfare of the horse as top priority.
One well known 100 mile endurance ride is The Western States Trail Ride, popularly called The Tevis Cup.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Endurance_riding   (260 words)

  
 Akhal-Teke News - Endurance Riding
The Akhal-Teke is a natural for endurance riding.
While the Arabian horse is most commonly found in modern endurance riding, Akhal-Tekes and Akhal-Teke sport horses are proving their mettle in this demanding sport.
Endurance rider Monica Bennett, shown above with her Akhal-Teke/Polish Arabian sport horse "Inde", tells of a recent endurance ride: "RHR Atash 'Inde,' has completed his 300th mile at the 50+ distance, finishing 13th out of 46th riders at the Malibu 50 held on May 15, 2004 in Malibu, CA.
www.akhal-teke.org /enduranceriding.htm   (425 words)

  
 Endurance Riding
This team of equine and equestrian ride over terrain ranging from 50 to 300 miles, each in different time frames, depending on the distance of the ride.
Arabians are EXTREMELY good for endurance rides, due to the fact that they once trekked across the deserts of Arabia.
While riding with more experienced riders may be a good experience, it may also pose a threat if you cannot make choices for yourself.
library.thinkquest.org /J004730/endurance_riding.htm   (803 words)

  
 Ride, Endurance, AERC, UMECRA, GLDRA, AHDRA, RTM,  Myra Fleming, Midwest,
Yes, it's true we ride for up to 100-miles and have 24 hours to complete this but, please keep in mind all rides have several breaks with Vets recording all vitals on the horse.  If a horse is deemed "Unfit to Continue" this horse is "Pulled", end-of-story. 
Some times the system messes-up!  And there are always "those individuals" in any sport who are competing over their horses capabilities and the horse may get injured or perhaps killed.  This is America, we value our freedoms, lets have a little control over ourselves, not each other.
Myra has completed over 10,000 AERC miles as of the end of 2003.  She has completed 165 rides; 32 100-mile rides; received 33 BC's, and finished 87% in the Top 10 and 75% in the Top 5.  These rides were "rode to win".
www.rtm-anglo-arabs.com /Endurance_Riding.html   (764 words)

  
 Cypress Trail - Darolyn Butler :: Houston Trail Rides :: Endurance riding
Even though there was no such thing as Endurance Riding in her native state of Oklahoma in the 1960’s, she claims to have been born to do just that.
Endurance is normally a one-day event (much like a human marathon), of distances from 25 to 100 miles.
The famous Tevis Cup Ride, (considered the toughest ride in the world), was her third Endurance Ride, and she won her first of several National Championships in 1984.
www.horseridingfun.com /darolynbutler.html   (963 words)

  
 AERC.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mail a paragraph to Endurance News by January 1 for inclusion in the Members' Issue.
Endurance News is published monthly by the American Endurance Ride Conference.
Endurance News is sent without charge to AERC members as a benefit of membership in AERC.
www.aerc.org   (573 words)

  
 USA-Endurance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
For the past 16 years she has served in leadership roles for the American Endurance Ride Conference as a member of the Board of Directors, as a Vice President, and served as President for 2 years.
Additionally, she is an FEI licensed official, a member of the Endurance Technical Committee, and has been an organizer of endurance events.
This course is open to current FEI Endurance Veterinarians in need of an FEI Course to maintain their FEI status (required every 5 years) and veterinarians interested in becoming FEI Veterinarians in Endurance.
www.aerc.org /USAEndurance.asp   (483 words)

  
 Endurance Saddles - Custom endurance saddles from Synergist
Generally speaking, endurance saddles are built with less skirting and therefore retain less heat.
In competition the advantage of using an endurance saddle is simple: the horse carries less overall weight and the saddle is cooler for the horse to have on.
Most experienced endurance riders don’t like horns on their saddles as they get in the way when ducking under trees or riding uphill.
www.synergistsaddles.com /endurance_saddles.htm   (440 words)

  
 Endurance Riding Literature
Part two covers the basics of long distance riding that are found in most books on endurance riding: selection of the horse, conformation, schooling and conditioning, crewing a ride, care and competition tactics, feeding, equipment and veterinary considerations.
This 1979 book focuses on endurance and competitive trail riding in the United States and is an expansion of a 1967 mimeographed manual prepared by the authors for experienced and novice endurance riders.
This is an interesting article about the disfavor of early endurance rides in the late 19th century and the rules introduced to protect the horse in the Vermont rides sponsored by the Morgan Horse Club and the cavalry rides in the early 20th century.
www.wsu.edu /~chisman/endbibf.htm   (14772 words)

  
 Horseback riding lessons in dressage, centered riding, horse training and endurance riding
Our programs giving horseback riding lessons and clinics have been chosen with great care to offer the best available lessons with top notch instructors in their areas of expertise.
This lovely horseback riding center near the Spanish Riding School in Jerez offers trail riding in the morning and lessons from well qualified teachers in dressage and jumping in the afternoon.
It is an attractive riding center in a lovely area for trail riding with very comfortable accommodations.
www.ridingtours.com /horseback_riding_destinations/instructional.cfm   (630 words)

  
 Global Endurance horse race training
Through all the years of raising and riding horses, we have acquired a lot of valuable knowledge about training and conditioning the endurance horse, from 25-50-100-mile rides to multi-day rides up to 275 miles in a 5-day period.
We love riding horses and exploring the beautiful red rock desert and the 10,000-foot mountain peaks in spectacular Moab.
Come have fun with us, learn the about the sport of endurance riding, or just experience the adventure in the vast red rock and slick rock Canyonlands in the Moab area.
www.globalendurance.com   (285 words)

  
 Endurance Riding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Endurance rider Wendy Rude explains how to fix the problem of horses who fight for the lead on the trail.
K.S. Swigart recommends Ride & Tie as a way to become a better endurance rider: it most definitely provides a better understanding of just what it is we are asking of our horses, and just what it is we can do to help them.
Endurance riding enthusiast Alexandra North and her horse CV Butter Bea have met the challenges of the sport of endurance riding - and then some!
www.equisearch.com /horses_riding_training/sports/endurance/index.html   (327 words)

  
 Open Directory - Sports:Equestrian:Endurance
Endurance Riding is unquestionably the most grueling, demanding, and physically challenging of all the equestrian disciplines.
For those less inclined to race at speed past the scenery, the sport of Competitive Riding offers no less of the horse and rider in terms of an ideal partnership, but at a slower pace.
Open to all associations and clubs, both national and international, specifically devoted to the sport of Endurance Riding.
dmoz.org /Sports/Equestrian/Endurance/desc.html   (247 words)

  
 Endurance Saddles from Down Under Saddle Supply
The Longreach Endurance saddle was extremely successful in Australia's most challenging and famous endurance ride, between the far western Queensland towns of Longreach and Winton.
A super light close contact endurance saddle originally designed for endurance riders but also very popular on the trail, due to its light weight and exceptional close contact feel.
This is a great quality, light weight saddle, ideal for endurance riding or trail riding.
www.downunderweb.com /endurancesaddles.htm   (1065 words)

  
 Newbies Endurance Riding Information
The treatment is to ride as often and as far as you can and to train your horse well.
At least one EasyBoot carried in an EasyBoot bag during rides as a "spare" in case your horse loses a shoe.
If you are riding in very hilly terrain, you will want a breast collar and a crupper.
www.windridertack.com /newbies.htm   (609 words)

  
 Mackinder Endurance, Australian Saddle Makers
As a boy did showing and some Pony Club, and then started trailriding, which introduced him to the sport of Endurance riding, completing his first Endurance ride at St. Albans in 1976.
We make our own tree so that we don't have to accept what is avaliable, but rather set the standard for the necessities of the field we specialise in ie.
The Mackinder "FLEX RIDE SADDLE" should not be confused with a treeless saddle,our saddle has the benefits that a tree provides.
www.mackinderendurance.com   (104 words)

  
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Highland Long Distance Riding Club was founded in 1982 in Inverness.
Endurance Riding can be enjoyed at any level!
The involvement needed to train and compete an Endurance Horse can help to develop a unique relationship and understanding which many horse owners are simply not aware of.
www.scottishendurance.com   (135 words)

  
 Endurance
Endurance Net (A very complete information resource for those involved in endurance and distance riding.
American Endurance Ride Conference (Official sanctioning body for equine endurance rides in the USA and Canada)
American Endurance Ride Conference International (AERC liason in the USA for FEI International Equine Endurance Rides)
www.equineinfo.com /horseevents/endurance.htm   (169 words)

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