In April "Dhuzie" and I hit our first 25 mile Endurance Race - the Milwaukee Road Rail Trail just outside of Ellensburg, WA. And he was FANTASTIC! He is the reason for buying and breeding my Arab mares to Traveler. I wanted to produce the ultimate endurance horse by crossing my proven, tough Arab lines with a stocky, hearty and a calm Curly horse. Thankfully, Dhuzie is showing great promise for the world of endurance. He is my Tevis horse - just keep watching and reading and about 8 years from now, we will hit the Tevis. He just turned 5 years old this month and so we are taking it very easy, however, I plan on doing some serious 50 mile rides next year.
The 25 miles was absolutely nothing for him. He came into the vet check and pulsed down immediately and received an overall A score at the end of the ride.
We placed 14th and could have gone for another round of trails at the end of the ride. What a great boy - still lots to work on. He did not care much for the water sluices - I jumped off and walked him by those and we have some over obstacles to spend time on - but overall, a really great success. My goal this summer is to keep putting miles on him and training over a variety of obstacles. He has the breeding, the strength and the smarts to be a serious endurance competitor.
Happy Trails to us - going out on the second, 8 mile loop. It was the fastest 8 miles we have ever done. We did it at over 9 miles an hour.
Looking forward to another ride......
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