tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392238368679150362024-03-04T21:41:55.690-08:00Wren Loop ThoroughbredsCGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-61759230447592491672016-03-06T16:22:00.000-08:002016-03-06T16:24:10.469-08:00Back on the HorseThat title might be a slight bit premature. I won't really be back on the horse until next weekend when Cartman gets his shoes on. However, I am getting back into that mindset after what I consider a long lay off.<br />
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Cartman completed MRRT in the beginning of October, right before we moved. Oh yeah, it's just been a lay off from actively riding... we have been very very busy....<br />
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After several years of thinking about selling our beloved Castle Rock property and moving we finally took the plunge last summer. In typical Todd and Karen fashion, we weren't actually ready to list our house when we found THE ONE. <br />
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We had a few things to complete and lots of clean up to do on our house, since we'd lived there for 14 years. In August we each took a week off work to get some of the to-do list items done. For fun we also scheduled a few days to view properties and see what was out there for us.<br />
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Originally we had wanted to move south towards Ridgefield or LaCenter. It quickly became evident that 20 acre properties were scarce there, and while there were some beautiful ones, they were extremely expensive. <br />
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There was nothing around Castle Rock.<br />
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One day, after another disappointing viewing Todd got a wild hair and pulled up the MLS for the county North of Castle Rock. This was kind of ironic, because Todd has sworn off Lewis County after our last dealing with some property up there, where we got burned on some land.<br />
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He found a gorgeous horse property and brought the computer over to show me. I tried to calmly examine the listing but I couldn't after I got to the land and barn section. It was awesome.<br />
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We called our awesome realtor- Kristina Mack who is also a horsewoman and she set up a showing for the next day.<br />
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Long story short, after 2 months we had a new home. Our Castle Rock house sold to the first person who toured it and we actually signed papers two weeks before the formal purchase of our new house. It felt a bit weird to be renting and basically homeless for 2 weeks with 5 horses and 2 big dogs!<br />
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We moved in on Oct 19th and have been loving it ever since.<br />
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A few wrinkles have, of course, surfaced over the winter. What was advertised as a "Mud free" horse set up isn't really mud free when you have 5 rowdy TBs tearing around, The paddocks off the barn were made with hogs fuel footing and it is past the end of its usefulness.<br />
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I knew this before we moved in but by the time all was completed it was too wet to fix them. I despise hogs fuel after Winter Scratches Festival 2005... so I intend to dig it all out and replace with a layer of sand/gravel/pea gravel. This will have to wait until the ground is dry.<br />
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On a positive note, I'm getting lots of extra work out time dragging the manure cart through the foot deep rotten hogs fuel. Sigh.<br />
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Cartman got his shoes pulled in November so he has had the winter off. I think I rode one time, just to keep my membership up in the Washington Trail Riders Distance Derby (it requires some mileage every 60 days).<br />
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I hauled him down to Portland to get his teeth done on Friday and also to have a vet look at the odd bump on his head. It appeared shortly after New Year and was at first a small goose egg over his right eye. It then spread out across his forehead all the way to the other eye. I figured it was not a tumor after it smoothed out somewhat but still wanted to make sure it wasn't anything hurting him.<br />
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I have been enjoying working out at the Gym and lifting weights all winter. Actually, I have become obsessed with it. I joined a Pauline Nordin Fitness Challenge in January and have seen great gains in the muscle department and have lightened Cartman's load by 10 more pounds as of Friday! Squeeee!!!<br />
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It's going to be interesting trying to juggle the weight training schedule with Endurance conditioning, but I really need to find a way to make it happen.<br />
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Mom sold her house in Arkansas in the first week of listing it, and was able to pack up 18 years worth of stuff and move out here with us before the weather got too bad. We've been having a good time and it was great to be all together for the holiday's this year :)<br />
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Here are some pictures from the last few months. I "lost" my camera battery for about a month so was unable to get any photos of the moving and first 6 weeks or so. I finally found the battery, in the charger plugged in the wall of the dining room- where I had placed it the day we moved in. Lol.<br />
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We took a "vacation" in August to do some work on our house in preparation for selling it. It was a whole week of work but we did go out to dinner and breakfast a few times for fun.</div>
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We found a house that we want to buy and made an offer on Friday, so it was all ON after that- we had five days to list the house for sale.<br />
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Amber and Michelle came over and helped me clean out stuff and pack up stuff so that it would look presentable for showings. Oh my God!! I took 6 garbage bags of stuff to Goodwill and Erik took another SUV load for me as well. <br />
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We made two or three trips to the dump. It was amazing.<br />
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Long story short. We listed on Friday, no showings until Monday. The first people to look at the house made an offer and we had one other offer the same day. We accepted the first offer and then it was the waiting game.<br />
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Finally, signed on our house last Wednesday and are hoping to sign on our new house next week. Meanwhile we are renting our house back and packing!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proof, Cartman can follow.... you can see that right??? LOL.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Western Washington can be beautiful too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this view.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Official ride photo, by Cassidy Rae</td></tr>
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Bare Bones was a relaxed ride for us. It is only an hour north so I worked until about 2pm then headed up around 5pm. It was so hot that I actually considered just getting up at 3am and hauling in morning of.... but I didn't do it. <br />
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Michelle got there a bit earlier and snagged us a spot in the shade. Yeah! It's funny to complain of heat here in W. Wa. but it really has been quite warm this year. I think it was around 90 degrees on Friday.<br />
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We were set to go out at 5:30am so had to be up early. Good thing I typically get up at 4am anyway! <br />
We were hoping to keep Cinn. and C. out of a line of traffic as this ride is mostly single track with limited passing areas. So, we were on and ready right as the trail was opened. Unfortunatel I managed to push some button on the GPS and locked the key pad. So, we milled around and let the horses stand while I frantically tried to figure out how to unlock it.<br />
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Finally we were off!!! And walking!!! Both horses were great. No fire breathing dragon today. They headed out at a comfortable pace and into the forest we went.<br />
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I really do enjoy those trails. <br />
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It is not what I consider a really easy ride though. The horses are constantly working, twisting, turning, stepping over rocks and roots, climbing, descending. You can't always see what is coming around the bend either, and this is bike riding territory. <br />
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This year it has been hot so the bees are very active. We had been warned to stay on trail. There really aren't a lot of places to pass anyway. Most of the riders we encountered were very polite about it and we tried to be as well. Only one lady seemed a slight bit irritated to be behind us and we were fairly close to a road so I just let her wait. I will absolutely try to let anyone pass, I don't care about placing so it doesn't matter to me. I am stubborn enough to not be pushed by people though.<br />
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We were heading down a long hill when Michelle shouted out she'd been stung. Ooops. We took off at a fast trot and got outta there as quickly as possible. <br />
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We made it into the vet check for a trot by, I think towards the back of the pack. Back out of the trail we had gone about 2-3miles when Cinnamon lost a shoe. Crap. So, I had brought two Renegades along but we didn't have a good way to carry them and left them at the trailer. Lesson learned.<br />
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Cartman and I continued on while Michelle turned back to the vet check :(<br />
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I think this loop was 10 miles or so. <br />
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Cartman was on fire. He wanted to go. It's funny that at this ride I found he was absolutely taking care of watching the footing. Usually I will ride looking out about 15 feet in front of us and will slow him for rocks and collect where needed. When we hit open trail I ask him to pick back up the speed.<br />
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It's been what- three or four years of trail work now- and I can trust him to take care of it. I found that it is a lot easier on me to have him watching as well. It's very comfortable to have this understanding.<br />
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We got back to the vet check and it was pretty crowded. Michelle and Cinn. were there waiting for a trailer ride back to camp. Some nice lady had lent her a boot but by time she got back Cinn was still a little ouchy on the foot so they pulled. <br />
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I kept on task and was out on trail right on time this time! C was so forward, it felt like we were flying on this loop. At one point we were cantering for quite a ways on a nice little gravel road when I spotted ribbons leading up and back into the woods. I pulled him around intending to stop and turn back to the trail. He had other ideas and just leapt up the tiny hill back onto the trail. I think he was having fun :)<br />
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About 3 miles out I realized that I'd not gotten my water bottles switched out and was out of water. Ugh. It was going to be a hot dry ride back, as the sun was now pounding down on everything and the temp was rising rapidly.<br />
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As luck would have it I ran into some trail angels filling troughs! They gave us fly spray and a bottle of water! Whew, volunteers at this ride are awesome. I got to meet Eileen Reilich as she was one of the water crew- its fun to put names to faces from our PNER facebook page.<br />
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We made it back to camp at 12:01, pulsed in at 12:03 and then had to wait in vet line for a while. It was nice and shady and they had hay so we were all happy. I was offered another bottle of water and it tasted so good.<br />
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Cartman passed his check with all A's. Dr Randy Lee was vetting and it was nice to see him again.<br />
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Michelle and Cinnamon had just gotten back to camp as well, so we let the horses eat for about 2 hours. I just could not get enough water, I swear I must have drank a gallon of water and electrolyte water. Finally I felt up to wandering camp to visit a bit. <br /><br />We saw Laura Bond and Wiley and they had completed as well. Yeah!<br />
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Finally we loaded up and hauled home, it was really nice to be able to turn him back out after all that hard work. He took off running and threw in a few small happy bucks.... I think he will be ready for a 50 at OR100!<br />
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We headed over to the Ochocos for the 25th Bandit Springs Ride. <br />
It has not rained for months, yet as we came through Prineville water was running 8 inches deep in the ditches. It was thunder and lightening, right in the direction we were heading.<br />
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We made it to ride camp and there was a brief clearing that gave us a good opportunity to set up camp. I did make sure and turn the trailer around heading out, just in case the roads became really muddy. Plus I like to know we are ready to go quickly in case of fire.<br />
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Ride meeting was fun, we saw some familiar faces and enjoyed cake!<br />
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It rained over night, I woke up hearing it on the trailer roof and was glad we had put rain sheets on the ponies and didn't have to try to do it in the rain, with a headlamp.<br />
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The next morning it was pretty clear though and we headed out, around 8am? I can't remember exactly what time it was. <br />
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Cinnamon got a bit excited at the start, we had to go down a road out of camp and we had several groups of horses in sight. We went ahead and let them trot as soon as the road opened up and we had a clear path. <br />
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Cinn. started going faster and faster, so we put the 1200lb brakes in front of her. C was really good about it, I worried a bit that he might get amped up as well but he was pretty content. I could hear a fire-breathing dragon behind us though!<br />
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About 1 mile out we had to cross a small ditch. It was one of those downhill, into some muddy area, and a small stream deals. I had to encourage Cartman to go and for a few minutes I thought we were stumped as Cinn. refused to cross. Michelle got off, and used her long reins as a lead to get across and send Cinn through as well. Whew!<br />
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The ride was really nice, beautiful country. Before I could believe it we were at the vet check! We had to wait a bit longer that scheduled but I didn't mind. It was quite relaxing and the horses got to eat their fill.<br />
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Finally we were back out on the trail. About 2 miles out though the weather took a real turn for the worst. It started just dumping on us. Ugh. I had ditched my sweatshirt at the vet check so was soon wearing a clingy wet t-shirt. Yuck. I had a rain jacked tied on back but it was really too warm for me to even consider putting it on. Plus, I was already soaking wet.<br />
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We trudged on, trotted anywhere it looked promising and walked, and walked, and walked through the slick mud.<br />
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The long walking sets just make me tired and sore, so I was really happy when we got back the road outside of camp. So happy that I just turned right and cantered back in. Ooops.<br />
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We had already unbridled when the pulser asked us which way we had come in. I knew pretty much as soon as he started to ask what we had done. Crap. They had been really clear at the ride meeting that this years ride did not come in on the road. <br />
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We had 3 miles? to go. We were dry at this point but the sky was threatening again. Oh, the temptation to just stop right there and get out of those soaking boots and tights....<br />
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So, we rebridled the horses, I apologized to the horses and we headed back to where I'd gone off trail. <br />
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Those last three miles were brutal. It absolutely poured on us and water was running down the middle of the trail so hard we had to try to stay on the side on all the hills. It was becoming rather slick.<br />
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Finally we returned to camp. We both vetted through and got completions!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michelle's mare Cinnamon- see the family resemblence?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stocking up on fuel for tomorrows ride</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">25 year anniversary cake for Bandit Springs Endurance Ride</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still eating, must be anticipating a long ride.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These TBs know how to take care of themselves! At the half way vet check</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ha ha, C must have heard rumors of a multi-day- still stuffing his face!</td></tr>
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Cartman, Buddy, and I took a two hour pre-4th of July ride today!<br />
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It was already getting hot at 9:30am but there was a nice breeze down by the river and surprisingly there was nobody down there! Score!<br />
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We managed to get 9.22 miles in, but about 3 of them were in deep sand... so I'm counting those double :) Cartman got really sweaty and even had lather under his breastcollar. <br />
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We also got some time in the water, as there were not throngs of people there yet....<br />
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I should back up...<br />
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Last weekend Michelle and I planned to do a short ride on Friday night up at our favorite trails. Unfortunately (but not unexpectedly) the Timber Companies closed their land that day. It has been so dry here that we've been expecting it. So we had to settle for a ride at the path. We rode about 6.5 miles and I practiced making Cartman go behind Cinnamon some. This is a nice safe place to work on things like that. <br />
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Sunday we had decided to do a long ride as it is two weeks prior to the Bandit Springs Endurance Ride that we plan to attend on July 11. We picked Fort Stevens due to the hot weather we've been having and set out at 8am.<br />
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I almost wore a tank top as it has been in the 90's here for day. Thankfully I put a t-shirt on over top and had a sweat jacket in the horse trailer as we got RAINED ON heading west to the beach! I was almost to Cathlamet when I realized I had taken to long route... <br />
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Ooops, so we got to go across the Astoria bridge, which they are working on. So, we got to sit on the Astoria bridge, which was down to one lane. The wait was brief though and we were finally to Ft. Stevens at almost 10:30am.<br />
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Next I missed the turn that lead straight to the horse trailer parking and we got to do a scenic drive thru of the rest of the park... Goodness, so much for getting and early start on the day. It was, however, still a bit grey and breezy... <br />
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We were on trail by 11:15 and headed out for the long walk through the sand dunes. I was hoping to get C a teensy bit tired before we braved the wide open beach area and Cinnamon has never been there so we thought we'd start off with some trail.<br />
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Luckily Michelle had also brought a sweat jacket so we were pretty comfortable temperature wise, and it was not raining.<br />
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Some of the trails were extremely overgrown, one I think was called Sleepy Hollow Trail and I was seriously wishing for a set of brush cutters on that one. I had limbs, leaves and Scotch Broom seeds all over me and Cartman, in the saddle, in his mane, etc. by the time we got off that trail.<br />
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We did get some great stretches of long trot though and Cartman was totally into it!<br />
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We hit the turn around area and the mesquitos were out in full force. C was swishin' his tail and I even found a few on me (misquitos- how do you spell that????- they usually hate me).<br />
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We headed back on the loop trail and at one point came upon a very tall log across the trail. Cinnamon has not quite figured out the tall log thing and Michelle stepped off to get her over the log. I pulled Cartman up and waited for them on the narrow trail. <br />
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Michelle decided to adjust her saddle and as we waited Cartman was getting very agitated. I think it was the bugs because he was swishing his tail and being a brat. Cinnamon got over the log but before Michelle could remount Cartman started backing up into her. <br />
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He was totally ignoring me and wanting to back up where there was no room. Michelle was behind us and was forced to let go of Cinn's reins or get backed up over! Eek, it was not a fun moment.<br />
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Cartman finally stopped (we're only talking a few feet here- but there was very little room on this trail) and Michelle was able to get around us and grab Cinnamon- who had stepped on and then into her reins! Thankfully she didn't take off down the trail.<br />
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Now Mr Pissy Pants was in back. He was not happy. I felt like I was riding a stick of dynamite for the next quarter mile but he held it together. When we came out of the woods to a clearing I recognized an old dirt road heading back to the south that I had galloped one time with Glenn, Flo, Shannon, and Alex. <br />
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I said hey I think someone needs to do a long lope! We took off down the road and Cartman was jogging about 10-12 miles an hour. The footing is nice, the gravel is old and there is a grass strip in the middle that is a bit softer.<br />
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Cinnamon, being a normal Thoroughbred, decided that it would be more efficient to pick up a canter. Cartman, born a Thoroughbred- but wanting to be a Standardbred- continued on at the trot. I could have asked him for lope and he would but his true preferred gait is obviously the trot.<br />
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Cinn finally passed us after about a mile. We were having fun and she was starting to stretch it out a little bit. <br />
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Then I saw it.... the dreaded steel shoe with green pad. This could only have come from one place.<br />
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I yelled at Michelle to pull up and sure enough, Cinnamon was missing her front right shoe. <br />
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It was thankfully a clean pull, she didn't even bobble and was quite content to carry on loping down the trail. But we knew our ride was over for the day.<br />
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I turned around and jogged back North towards the center of camp to see if I could find a good spot to come in with the horse trailer and pick up Michelle and Cinnamon. As luck would have it we were only 1/2 mile from the main road that goes out to the horse trailer parking area. <br />
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I headed back into the woods to catch up to the trail that leads back through the dunes and Michelle waited on the corner where we could get the horse trailer in.<br />
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It was about 2.5 miles back to the trailer. We jogged where possible and finally made it to the trailer after about 45 minutes. I let Cartman eat beet pulp while I untacked him. He refused water (big surprise) but did want to pee before getting in the trailer. I love this horse.<br />
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We pulled in and picked Michelle and Cinnamon up and headed immediately (well not quite immediately- we did let Cinn have some beet pulp) to the Fred Meyer's Starbucks :) then home. All in all, we didn't get to ride the actual beach but it was a fun outing and we managed an 11 mile training ride.<br />
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I have settled on doing an LD at Bandit so we should be in good shape for that anyway!<br />
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Now, I'm off to do the Firecracker 5K.... it may be slow one today :)CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-67536319810646922262015-06-27T16:11:00.001-07:002015-06-27T16:11:09.501-07:00TB FeetFour days after we got home from Prineville Cartman was due to have his shoes replaced. <br />
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When Gary pulled off his right front and started to trim it he discovered a small bruise in the toe. It was actually oozing a little bit of fluid :(<br />
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As he trimmed he even found another tiny spot of bruising, also in the right front toe.<br />
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We deliberated. At first he wanted to leave the shoe off and have me wrap his foot. I was OK with that but didn't want to wait too long to get the shoe back on. The earliest that he would be able to fit us back into the shoeing schedule was 6 days later.<br />
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I was really hesitant to leave the shoe off that long, uncertain whether I could successfully keep his foot wrapped for almost a week. It is really hot and dry here and Cartman lives in a field. I could just see the wrap wearing off one day and him bruising that foot up even worse.<br />
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Finally, after several minutes of examining the bruise and coming up with other options we settled on a plan. He would pack the toe of that foot with a medicated material that he uses under the pads on Navicular horses. The regular Equi-Pak would fill in behind the medicated material and support his foot as it normally does. The medicated stuff is a little softer than Equi-Pak so would allow the spot to have less pressure.<br />
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If I observed any soreness, swelling, or other signs of foot trouble I would get the shoe off and start soaking.<br />
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Its been 10 days now and Cartman seems absolutely fine. Michelle and I did a real easy 8 mile trail ride the weekend after shoeing and he had no troubles with that. So, we have been back to regular training for the last week.<br />
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I believe that the bruising was caused by me riding him too hard on the logging roads prior to having his pads put on:( He never seemed sore or lame, except for that freaky spell right before Klickitat- and that was the OTHER LEG???? WTH. Horses will give you an ulcer!<br />
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My plan for next year is to pad immediately when I have his shoes put on for spring training. I always try to be careful with Cartman and it was just horrifying to think I caused him to bruise his sole.<br />
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Last weekend we got in almost 10 miles on our home trails on Saturday and the horses did some killer hill trots. I made sure that when we were riding on the older logging roads that we stuck to the grassy strip in the middle to keep the footing as soft as possible.<br />
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Sunday Todd and I took Buddy Weiderman to his first car show in Woodland. It was a blast. We relaxed and got some sunshine and even got some yummy Teriyaki!<br />
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CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-24523269125300475652015-06-24T22:06:00.001-07:002015-06-24T22:06:27.681-07:00Clinic at Sabiq Arabian Ranch!I've been trying to write up a post about the Celena Pentrack clinic Michelle and I attended at Sabiq Arabian Ranch two weekends ago.... stuff keeps getting in my way (like a 3 day splitting headache, and a car show, and shoeing appointment, and of course, work!) So, I'm going to do a clinic pictorial and recap what I can before I need to get to bed tonite :)<br />
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The weather has been unusually warm here in W. Wa. so we decided to wait until later in the afternoon to head over to Prineville. I definitely did not want to get stuck in Portland traffic with horses in the trailer during rush hour and it being 85 degrees and all.<br />
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I had most everything ready to go Thursday evening so I worked until 3pm and then headed home to get Cartman. I didn't really have time for dinner but I did try a new protein shake recipe- I used one meal replacement mix and instead of water I used a Starbuck coffee and milk. It was really yummy and helped me stay awake for the four hour drive.<br />
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We pulled into Celena's driveway about 10:15 and unloaded the horses. As luck would have it they had just gotten back from an evening ride and were having dinner. We had some salad and rotisserie chicken and everyone headed to bed pretty quickly.<br />
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Saturday morning was clear and sunny :)<br />
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We did a meet and greet with the other participants and talked about things we were hoping to address over the next two days. I was hoping to get some more instruction and practice on the horsemanship ground manner stuff that I struggle with. I've been having a few small problems with Cartman that have just started to pop up a bit more frequently. For instance, the misbehavior when we do an out and back and we turn for home that started on our first ride out on trail this year... Then the issue of him not wanting to follow but to always lead..... etc. <br />
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I've thought a bit about these issues and have the suspicion that his misbehavior stems from me being a bit too permissive with him and that starts on the ground. <br />
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Another thing I wanted to work on was getting my signals clear under saddle, kind of more refined I guess.<br />
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We made coffee and ate breakfast- Celena is an awesome host- she had all kinds of goodies out for us to chose from. <br />
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About 9am we went out and learned some yoga moves. I have never done yoga but some of the stretches felt pretty good! They offer a yoga class at the gym on Sundays and I think I might have to give it a try. It turns out I'm a little tight in the hip flexors- what a surprise! Lol.<br />
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After Yoga we got our horses and headed for the arena for groundwork exercises. Cartman and I definitely needed the refresher.... He was pretty good though and I Celena showed me how to get him to back off of me and follow less closely. I've been practicing this since the clinic and the other night I was able to hose C off with him ground tied!!! No sneaking off or leaning into me either.<br />
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It becomes so apparent when learning this stuff that you can build a real partnership with your horse through these methods... <br />
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Cartman likes Celena and it was quite interesting to see how he behaved differently when she was working him and then when I was!<br />
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After lunch break we saddled up and worked in the arena. I can't do all the concepts that we covered justice- so I will just say that I learned a whole bunch of interesting things about how we as riders affect how our horses move with our body position and riding style. I tend to lean a bit too forward with a closed hip angle- hey, didn't we just discover something similar to that in the yoga session? Hmmmm.<br />
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It was fun to watch the other riders as learned to influence their horses strides by posting lower and slower to slow down and posting higher to lengthen. I think we had some lightbulb moments!<br />
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After the second session of under saddle work, I was a ground helper for this one and got some good pictures, we all headed up the driveway for a short trail ride.<br />
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We hadn't gone too far and were riding along a canal when the resident stallion decided to put on a show for us! All was well at first, and I used some of the breathing techniques we covered in the arena to try and calm Cartman. It worked the first time, but when Mr Studly geared up for round two I felt like I was on a keg of dynamite. I circled Cartman and asked for a little room, Michelle and Cinnamon jumped out of our way... I was sure C was going to kick out- he was just pumped up. As soon as I felt him hesitate for a second I kicked out of my stirrups and jumped off.<br />
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Several other riders had dismounted and we all worked the horses from the ground. We backed up, backed him off, and made him move his back feet. In a few minutes C was leading attentively and the extreme excitement had dissipated. Whew!<br />
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So, there is one thing (actually there a many things!) I really like about Celena's teaching style and why I think she is one of the best teachers I've ridden with ( and I've ridden with a lot of different trainers in my life, despite what one would think after watching me ride). She never makes you feel bad about yourself or your riding. <br />
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The ability to take something that could be very negative (for example many trainers would belittle a rider for chosing to get off a horse and not ride it through the issue), but turns the incident into a learning experience that is positive for both horse and rider. This instills confidence and I ended up learning a new way to deal with this type of situation- so instead of avoiding a situation like this for fear of "failing" I can go on and work through it.<br />
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This is how I want my horse to be trained and taught. Always give them the chance, and set them up to be successful. It works for people too! <br />
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I've been doing a lot of training of staff at work lately (I am not a natural at training people) and this is an awesome example for me. <br />
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I was going to skip to Sunday but have to mention Saturday dinner. It was yummy- lasagna. I have not eaten lasagna for probably 10 years... it was devine- and gluten free noodles!<br />
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I stuffed myself at dinner with the lasagna and the cheesy bread but could not turn down dessert. Woody's cheesecake!!! OMG I was in heaven. I told Todd all about it when I got home, since cheesecake is his favorite dessert and all.... <br />
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Sunday we continued on with our Yoga, another session of groundwork and then more arena work with more canter transitions and some ground poles. After seeing the photos I am committed to trying and opening up my hip angle a bit more. Ugh. What works on the trail isn't always that pretty in the arena :)<br />
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Oh my, its almost 10pm.... I gotta get to bed to be up at 4am. I will post some pictures though!<br />
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<br />CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-51144697312118775542015-06-07T19:59:00.002-07:002015-06-07T20:36:03.286-07:00How I Once Again Missed One of My Favorite Rides.....Last Friday morning I got up early and was back from the gym by 6:30. I finished packing a few things out to the horse trailer and headed down to the pasture to bring Cartman up.<br />
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I like to let him eat some alfalfa before I put him in the trailer to go to a ride, and that way I can get him cleaned up and can take a shower right before I load and go.<br />
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The weather was looking perfect and I was pretty excited to ride the 50 at Klickitat. <br />
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Cartman was grazing out by the neighbors fenceline so I had to hike out to catch him. Dazzby thought I was after her, apparently, and she promptly trotted off towards the other end of the field, Girly followed her.<br />
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Cartman continued to eat grass for a minute then started jogging off to join the others. I watched in disbelief as he head-bobbed his way past me. Crap. I couldn't quite believe what I was seeing and I followed them down to the other end of the field. I finally caught up and put Cartman's halter on. We did a trial jog. He was pretty lame.<br />
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I examined his left front but only found the slightest bit of filling and a tiny scratch behind the pastern. The scratch did not look fresh, but more like a day or two old scab. <br />
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He had been completely sound the night before when I went out to feed dinner because I had seen him trotting and playing in the arena.<br />
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I brought him up to the barn and cold hosed his lower leg for a bit. Then gave him a gram of Bute and poulticed his leg. I debated whether to leave him up in the barn but decided that it would be better to keep him moving a bit. I turned him back out.<br />
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That is how I missed the Klickitat Trek for the second time :(<br />
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A few days later he was much improved but still off at the jog. I had about decided that it was an abscess brewing and called my farrier. As luck would have it, he would be here a few days later to trim the other horses and we could pull C's shoe and hopefully find the problem.<br />
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When Gary arrived he immediately pulled Cartman's shoe and got out the hoof testers. Despite his best attempts he could find absolutely no reaction to the testers. WTH???? I had been convinced it was his foot. Luckily Gary was able to tack the shoe and pad right back on, even using the same nail holes. <br />
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Since Cartman is due for new shoes in two weeks it was best not to have to put any extra nail holes in his foot. <br />
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We got the other horses trimmed up and after Gary left I took Cartman out and put him on the lunge line. I could see just the slightest bit of gait abnormality. If I hadn't been looking for it, I may not have even noticed it.<br />
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I decided to give him until Fri or Sat and then go back to training.<br />
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Saturday I was up at 6:30, well actually I was up at 3:00am, but was able to go back to sleep for a bit, thank god.<br />
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Anyway I went down and grabbed Cartman out of the field to make sure he was going to be up to a ride with Michelle and Cinnamon. He looked great! He was a bit dirty, but nothing that a bunch of grooming wouldn't fix.<br />
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Michelle picked us up at 9:30am and we were off to ride our favorite local trails for the first time this year. There was a bit of mud but it was so awesome to be back on real trails, not just logging roads!<br />
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Cartman was a bit of a brat when we first started out and Cinnamon was in front. I think I have let him get way too accustomed to being in front. It's hard because he has a nice fast walk and I hate choking him down behind slower horses but I think it might be time to address the problem before it becomes worse. He was pretty good following as a youngster so I know he can do it. <br />
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I hope to work on this issue a bit at the clinic that I'm going to next weekend. I am fully willing to admit that part of the problem might be me..... I also like to be in front and I'm sure Cartman picks up on this as well. <br />
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We rode for almost 7.5 miles, mostly at the walk as this was the first ride for both horses after having some soundness issues. I think the long walk, which included lots of hills and technical trails was great for these two horses that were pretty convinced that we were just going to get on and go, go, go!<br />
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Today Cartman had the day off. It was fairly hot and so I decided to bring him up to the house so that I could mow down the field. Since his bout with the allergies two years ago I am very cautious to move him to the house paddock any time I mow, or my neighbor starts mowing hay. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">instead I'm living the glamorous farm life....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This view makes it worth it though.</td></tr>
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C was again completely sound. I am hoping that it was just a transient issue that doesn't show up again!<br />
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When I got home Todd and his friend were preparing to pour a landing step on our back patio. It is the last task that needs to be completed for us to get the final permit sign-off on our family room addition. <br />
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I think it turned out very nice.CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-5162207768824615372015-05-25T14:29:00.003-07:002015-05-25T14:29:45.462-07:00I fixed it!!!!! My computer, that is.<br />
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I haven't been able to download pics from the camera for two months and kept meaning to take the thing in to the repair shop and let them fix it. This morning I decided to give it a go and with the help of some kind soul on the HP bulletin board was able to fix it :)<br />
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Now, I have several months to catch up on!<br />
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Cartman and I hauled over to Prineville for a clinic with Celena Pentrack in March. It was a blast! I just love going over there- I think its one of the most beautiful places ever. <br />
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It was an intense couple of days and we worked all day both days! Cartman definitely needed the refresher course in good ground manners... actually I think I'm the one who needed it, he behaves very well when I handle him consistently. <br />
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The first day we got so busy that we worked right through lunch and didn't even stop until 3pm. I got up at 3:30am had hauled over morning of so was pretty tired by the end of that day.<br />
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We did mounted work in the afternoon and a lot of centered riding stuff that is very useful. Celena is a great instructor- she explains things so that they make sense! Instead of just telling you what to do ex. "heels down" she will show you how the different leg position affects your whole position on the horse, and what that does to how the horse moves! Fascinating stuff. <br />
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We did one particularly surprising exercise in which we were mounted and she led our horse in a circle while we closed our eyes. Would you believe that every person ended up leaning to the outside?? It was really strange. I am actually still digesting little bits and pieces of info that we learned that weekend. Some things take time to sink in, especially stuff that you can't just think through logically. <br />
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On Sunday we did a trail ride and practiced leapfrogging, leaving other horses, getting left by other horses, etc. Cartman was a rock star on the way out and a real brat on the way back. He kicked out at another horse and was just a pill. I finally got off and ended up leading him most of the way down the hill. It was still really fun though. I got to see Ponderosa Pines... hard to beat that.<br />
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I am very excited to be going back for another clinic in June!!! <br />
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I had planned on going to Grizzly and making that our first ride this year. Sadly I was unable to get there again this year. Cartman had a shoeing appointment the week before our clinic and I was going to get his pads put on at that appointment. He did OK with just shoes while we were just doing 3-5 miles and mostly on the jogging path. But, I've noticed that he just doesn't move with as much confidence out on the real trail without the pads.<br />
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Anyway, this shoeing appointment came up on a day that was just crappy at work. I was totally stressed by the time I got home to meet Gary and it was cold and grey out. It turns out that my shoer had been sick for almost a week and this was his first day back to work. It was late in the afternoon and the thought of us standing out there for hours (yes it does take hours to do Cartman's feet) was just the last straw. I felt tired, I felt bad for my shoer- and I decided to just reset Cartman'sThe shoes.<br />
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We went to the clinic and all was well, then did a few rides at home, still OK. Then went out for 16 miles one day and he just felt hesitant. When we got home I didn't turn him out but left him up in the dry lot (he's getting a bit chunky on the grass). When I went out to feed several hours late he had a little filling in the fronts legs????<br />
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This has never happened before, even doing 50 miles and being Hi-Tied to the trailer.<br />
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After my original freak out, I pulled him out of the paddock, cold hosed and applied Ice Tight to his legs. The filling came down almost immediately. So, I think it was just a combination of the 16 miles on rather hard ground, the lack of his cushioning pads, and him standing in one spot instead of meandering around grazing like he normally does after a ride.<br />
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I did get his pads back on a week before Mt. Adams and he is totally back to normal now.<br />
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I hauled over to Mt Adams on Friday morning. The sky was gloomy and it even rained on us a bit going through the gorge. Thankfully it was clear when we pulled into the horse camp, although it was extremely windy!<br />
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I set up camp and got signed in then took C over for vet in. Due to yet another EHV-1 scare they were taking temps at the vet check. I actually think this is a great idea, it makes me feel better about letting my horse drink from a communal trough anyway.<br />
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By the time I got done and back to the trailer Michelle was pulling in with Cinnamon. She parked next door and we got her all checked in as well.<br />
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Ride meeting was about 7pm I think, I don't remember too much about it so it must have been pretty uneventful :)<br />
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We were up at 6am on Saturday for an 8am start. I didn't sleep very well Friday nite, the wind just kept blowing and I heard C on the Hi-Tie all night moving around trying to stretch it out to graze.<br />
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After we saddled I decided to put C on the lunge for a minute to get any kinks out and see how he was moving.<br />
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We walked a bit away from the trailer and he was goofing off and playing a bit. I looked down for a second to fiddle with the line and the next thing I knew he had thrown some monster bucks and gotten the line under his belly. Crap. I tried WHOA. but it didn't work. He pulled the line away and took off across the ravine at a dead run. <br />
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He veered over towards the actual horse camping area and a dog came out and started chasing him. I was running as fast as I could through the field trying to keep track of him and yelling Loose Horse!!!!!<br />
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To my horror he circled back and headed right for the middle of ride camp at full TB speed, and towing a 60 ft lunge line behind him. I'm glad this all happened quickly so I didn't have time for it to really sink in. I turned and started to follow him. I could see him head into camp and turn down the middle road. By the time I got close to the trailers he had made a full circle and gone right back to his trailer.<br />
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Whew. Michelle grabbed the rope and I caught up just as a few men came running up to help. I asked if everyone was OK and they said yes. Thank God.<br />
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C seemed a little shaken but secretly I think he enjoyed it a bit. I let him jog for a second on the line to make sure we weren't going to have any lasting troubles being lunged then we mounted up and let the horses graze for a bit while the front runners left camp.<br />
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Cartman and Cinnamon did a relaxed walk out of camp and we finally got to the actual trail head only to run into riders on foot that had lost two horses!<br />
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We headed down the trail and were cautiously watching for loose horses- then picked up a nice jog after a bit. They two travel well together and Cinnamon was handling things well at her first ride!<br />
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At this ride I realized that Cartman has developed some new skills on the trail. He watches and stays on the trail without any guidance from me. That is pretty cool, because when he was younger he would occasionally just walk off into the brush if I wasn't paying attention.<br />
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The other thing, he balances himself on the terrain without me asking him to. I usually fall back to walk when we head downhill or hit a rocky patch. Cartman is doing this without being asked- and the really cool thing? He picks up an energetic trot when the footing is clear! <br />
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I guess some might see that as a fault, that he wants to go w/o me asking for it, but I like it. All I have to do is pick up on the rein and he will fall back to walk so I don't think he's being pushy or anything.<br />
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We had a great ride on this first loop and got to go through an area that burned a few years ago. When we were about 4 miles out of camp we hit a long section of logging road. We walked and walked, then decided to carefully trot a section that looked pretty good. Unfortunately there was a rock up there with Cinn's name on it and she took a few bobble steps. Crap. We walked the rest of the way to the trail but as soon picked up a jog Michelle noticed she was off.<br />
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We tried walking a ways but every time we'd try to trot she would take a few questionable steps here and there. We ended up walking back into camp certain that she would get pulled.<br />
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Cartman and I made it through and when I got back over to the road Michelle said that the vet couldn't see anything wrong and that she was fit to continue!<br />
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We headed back to the trailer so the horses could eat. As usual I didn't have enough time and ended up late back to start.<br />
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Before mounting up Michelle jogged Cinn and she had a slight head bob. Uh oh. She decided to go back to the vet and RO. Cartman and I headed out of camp at a jog with 13 miles to go.<br />
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C was a beast!!!! He seemed to be having a good time and was really forward. We were tracking grey arab through the woods that was pretty fast. We could see him, then he'd disappear, then get a sight, then gone again. It was like a game for Cartman, ears forward and wanting to do a big trot.<br />
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I usually try and keep him about 10 mph when we're training but before I realized he was up to 12.5mph and it seemed effortless. I let him go a bit faster than usual as we were both having a lot of fun. We got some loping in too. <br />
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About mile 25 we'd lost the grey arab when we stopped for some grass. He seemed to be a little tired so I walked a bit, then would do a little jogging, then more walking. This ride is actually quite a bit of hill work so its no wonder he was starting to tire.<br />
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When we got to the junction that heads back to camp he got a second wind and was wanting to go!<br />
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My Garmin said 28 miles, I think it might be off a bit. We got back in camp and vetted through. Not quite last this time, but close :) <br />
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I spend the rest of the afternoon fussing with Cartman and we took several grazing trips around camp. <br />
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Next morning we loaded up after awards and headed back to Castle Rock. <br />
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Whew, this was a busy day and I'm beat...<br />
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I started out going to the gym at 9am and it was a killer workout! Then I lifted weights for about 45 minutes, race off to the lab, showered, and worked for four hours.<br />
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It was still raining when I got home at 3pm but you could tell it was blowing on through and the blue sky was peeking through.<br />
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I waited until what looked like the last shower, then ran down to the pasture and grabbed Cartman.<br />
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I hooked up the trailer, and even got it on the first try! I have to admit, I love towing with the gooseneck but I hate hooking it up.<br />
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It was about 5:30 by the time I got to the parking lot at Cooks Ferry. Buddy was along for the ride and he was just crazy excited to go out with the horse. We headed out and did a big walk loop in the sand for about a mile then picked up a jog and headed down the trail.<br />
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We did some exploring and ended up with an extra few miles by the time we made the turn to come back. I did let Cartman walk a bunch in the deep sand. I think he gets a pretty good work out even at the walk in the deep stuff.<br />
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I think we wore the dog out tonight! <br />
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We ended up with eight miles and I was pretty pleased with that!<br />
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Tomorrow I have to get the trailer packed up and ready to go to Prineville for a two day clinic with Celena Pentrack on Wed-Thur. I'm really excited!! Keeping fingers crossed for good weather for this event :)<br />
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CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-8515740271984028072015-03-10T21:29:00.000-07:002015-03-10T21:29:02.101-07:00Fly ByI had a whole post typed out about our quick ride tonite. Unfortunately I hit some stupid button on the laptop and just deleted 10 paragraphs at one time. <br />
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So, I'm tired- here's the condensed version:<br /><br />I've been tired since running the 5K Friday nite.<br />
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I was lazy all weekend and even missed my Monday morning work out.<br />
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I started a sugar detox on Monday- I wouldn't suggest doing this on the first work day after Daylight Savings Time..... <br />
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It has been awesome dry weather and I was able to lunge Cartman out in the paddock last night. <br />
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He got completely sweaty and looked Curly after 20 minutes on the lunge.<br />
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Today I made it to the gym by 5:30am and even got my extra weight training done after class.<br />
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Today I found out it is going to start raining again.<br />
<br />Since it is going to start raining again I had to get a quick ride in tonite.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">turning grey again</td></tr>
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Cartman, Buddy, and I made it to the trail at 6:22pm<br />
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We did a lot of trot and lope but walked the long gravel road section as he does not have his pads on yet and they have added new gravel to part of it.<br />
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We made it 5.10 miles so I walked another 1 tenth of a mile to try and bump my Distance Derby Mile to Date up to an even number.<br />
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Despite the time change I still had to get out the headlamp to clean the paddock.<br />
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CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-38554112392667001172015-03-01T18:32:00.000-08:002015-03-01T18:33:05.565-08:00Perfect Sunday :)It was a glorious day for riding!!!<br />
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Michelle and I headed out to what we hoped might be a new close-to-home conditioning trail just outside of Castle Rock. <br />
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When we arrived at the parking spot we were greeted by two large Labradors behind a lovely black wrought iron fence just across the road from our parking spot. The dogs literally barked their head off for about 10 minutes, but were wagging at the same time.<br />
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Cartman came out of the trailer in a huge snit (I suspect because of the barking) and I worried that I might be in for a wild ride.<br />
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We hand walked the horses down the road to go around the locked gate and found a place to get on just inside. We were far enough away from the dogs that C had returned to his normal cool, calm, and collected demeanor. Whew.<br />
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We rode for 3 hours!!!! It was heavenly. It was logging road, but a lot was old enough that you could safely jog or lope it. Since we'd never been here before Michelle had tried to map out a loop for us using Google maps. <br />
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Unfortunately the one section we needed to ride on the power lines to loop around to another logging road was far steeper than it appeared on the computer. Nonetheless, we off roaded it through some overgrown logging trails and managed to get 10 miles in without backtracking too much.<br />
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There is one section that is an awesome hill climb. It goes on, and on, and on. Cinnamon was on her first real adventure with us out in the woods so we let them jog the hill when they thought they just couldn't climb up slowly anymore.<br />
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We took it pretty slow today but Cartman got a great work out in. On the way back to the trailers both horses stopped and drank from puddles! <br />
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We ran into a pair of ladies on Walking horses just as we were getting back to the trailers and they said they ride up there quite a bit and have several loops. <br />
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This looks like a promising spot to ride this spring.<br />
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On the way home we stopped for coffee :) It doesn't get any better than a good ride and a good Americano!<br />
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When we got home I fussed with the computer trying to get these pictures to download for an hour. I finally gave up and went and took a nap.<br />
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Then I went out, groomed up Cartman and practiced the massage I learned at the clinic last weekend. He really seems to like this stuff (can't say I blame him!) and he will stop eating to stand there and let me rub him, especially the neck and rump areas. Happy horse :)CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-72101158664244780592015-02-22T20:40:00.002-08:002015-02-22T20:40:26.458-08:00Weekend FunFinally it was the weekend! Yeah!!<br />
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Friday was a bit rough, when I went over to Safeway to get a Starbucks and the ingredients for the soup I was taking to the Clinic potluck my car died :(<br />
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My car has been fabulously dependable for the last 6 years... but there I was stranded. I called my friend Mary K. (that I do the runs with) and she came over and got me. <br />
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Then I had to arrange to have the car towed to the shop. Believe it or not, I have never had a car towed (intentionally anyway) in my life! Todd met the driver and gave him the keys, so that I could stay at work and try to get some stuff completed.<br />
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It was after 6pm when I finally got home and was pretty late by the time I actually got to preparing the Roasted Winter Vegetable soup I had volunteered to take for the Saturday lunch. <br />
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Saturday morning was easy though, I got up and got ready and picked Michelle up at 7:30. One good thing about waking up at 4:10 am during the week??? 7:30 feels like sleeping in.<br />
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We made it up to Griffinwood in just over an hour and spent a fun day listening to Dr. Susan Garlinghouse. I had heard several of her lectures at convention one year and so enjoy them. It was really awesome to have her come to the NW and I hope the new riders realized how lucky they are to have access to such a phenomenal horseman, vet, speaker, and Endurance rider!<br />
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It was a great clinic, although a little more basic than I had anticipated. I particularly enjoyed the lecture on Metabolics and picked up some new information that I can apply to our rides this year.<br />
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We watched a demonstration on Equine Massage that was really cool. I think Cartman would love it.<br />
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By the time we got done it was freezing! We stopped by Starbucks and grabbed a hot coffee before heading home to Castle Rock.<br />
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Sunday was another gorgeous day! It was a bit foggy early in the am, so I took the opportunity to get all the house cleaning and laundry done.<br />
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By 10 am I was outside trying to get Cartman cleaned up for a ride. <br />
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I tried some of the massage on C. after I got him groomed. He stood patiently and I actually got a yawn and some lip smacking with the massage on the scapula area!<br />
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I think I will add Equine Massage to my list of things to learn more about.<br />
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We headed down to the Cooks Ferry Trail about 1pm. I had just gotten C tacked and I was heading out when Michelle and Cinnamon pulled into the parking lot. I took C for a 1.5 mile spin in the sand while Michelle got tacked up.<br />
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Cartman and Cinnamon had never met before so we let them walk together a bit but kept a safe distance between the two.<br />
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Cartman was fascinated by Cinn. and kept trying to touch her nose.<br />
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They seem very compatible! Their walk speed is comparable as was the trot. We rode about 3 miles down the trail and then Michelle moved Cinnamon to the front. I kept Cartman back a bit, so as not to crowd her. Cartman started getting his snotty-tude on at this point. <br />
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This time I was in a better area for schooling, so I pulled him around and gave him a few boots with my foot. He was able to maintain his composure (a bit) and we made it to the end of the path. I told Michelle he was being naughty and that we were going to have a little attitude adjustment off in the sand!<br />
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I took C up to the top of the dredge spoils and we trotted and cantered about 1.5 miles. When I pulled him up he was breathing pretty hard. We spotted M. and Cinn. and headed back over to walk behind them again. This time C was a little better and we headed back on the trail again.<br />
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We again tried the -follow and let your buddy go on routine- and he was pretty good. As soon as he started getting into a snit I pulled him around and made him trot and canter the other direction. <br />
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I think we'll be doing some schooling on this this spring.<br />
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About 1/2 way back to the trailers we spotted a white Dodge behind us... it was Todd and the dogs! We were curious how Cinn. would react to having Buddy with us, so I called out to him and he came running like a rocket! <br />
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Despite Buddy going right behind her back legs (Will he ever learn?????) Cinn was a rockstar with the dogs. They went about a mile with us and then Todd picked them up while we headed back to the trailers.<br />
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It was a great day to ride :) C and I ended up getting in 7.7 miles.<br />
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<br />CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-37658320682804696472015-02-19T20:19:00.004-08:002015-02-19T20:19:50.116-08:00Three Rides so Far in FebruaryI finally got over that nasty cold/flu bug and was able to start doing some training rides!<br />
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Sunday before last I hauled Cartman up to Red Rock and planned to do a slow 11 mile ride. It wasn't raining but wasn't sunny and was just barely cool enough for a light jacket.<br />
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We headed out about 11 am and walked for about the first 2 miles. We had to go though a trail cut in the woods at this point and it was surprisingly dry for February! Once we got through that part I was ready to get moving out a bit, but just as we got down a short incline we were stopped by a downed tree. <br />
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It was a huge tree too. I looked on both sides but could see no easy way around. So, plan two. We turned around and it was like I was suddenly on a different horse! Cartman started hopping up and down in place and wanting to take off. WTH??? <br />
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Unfortunately this part of the road is an old logging road that hasn't really been used in a long time. It is basically two ruts with a large slick mound of grass/mud in the middle and on each side of the ruts. Not really room to circle or do any side passes or training moves. I tried to stay relaxed and take hold of C.'s mouth enough to maintain control but not start a pulling match or make him feel too claustrophobic.<br />
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Finally we made it back up the incline to the wooded trail. At this point he wasn't really getting much better and was really wanting to be naughty. I actually had to get off! In the back of my head of course was the fact that I was out there in the middle of nowhere and if I got dumped or hurt no one would likely find me for hours. Oh, and no cell service.<br />
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I hand walked Cartman back through the slick wooded trail and then re mounted on the other side where the footing was better.<br />
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Cartman was agreeable to walking and doing a more controlled trot at this point so we headed back the way we came. I did stop to explore two or three spurs that I hoped might get us to some more tail but sadly they were all dead ends or were also blocked by trees!<br />
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We ended up getting about 7 rather anxious miles and Cartman had finally found his brain again by the time we got back to the trailer!<br />
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This last Sunday we got almost 7 miles riding our local jogging path trail and doing a few loops through the dredge spoil sand areas.<br />
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While I was riding Todd was spending all weekend working on his '53 pick up.<br />
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Tonight I left work early enough to get a short 5 miler in on the jogging path again. I rode a bit faster tonight and did a bit more canter. Cartman feels like he will regain fitness pretty quickly but I want to make sure his legs are up to the harder packed trail we are relegated to this time of year.<br />
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I will be going to an Endurance Clinic with Dr. Susan Garlinghouse this weekend so won't get to ride again until Sunday.CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-8009928997477750542015-01-12T19:30:00.002-08:002015-01-12T19:30:53.912-08:00I've never been so happy to feel like an idiot!!!Ha ha!! <br />
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Backstory:<br />
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12/21/14 I was getting ready to go do the Jingle All the Way Fun run in the pouring rain. As I fed the horses out in the field I noticed that Cartman's left front appeared swollen. Crap.<br />
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I did a quick once over but didn't see anything obvious- no cuts or scrapes. He didn't react to having the leg palpated and the swelling was pretty evenly dispersed on the inside of the leg, along the tendon.<br />
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I decided to wait it out. <br />
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The next day it was down a little. I left him out, as I was concerned that if I were to stall him it would be counter-productive to getting down the swelling. The leg still wasn't sore and wasn't hot either.<br />
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Christmas was almost here and work was INSANE. So, I just kept an eye on Cartman and by 12/25 his leg was pretty much back to normal. Whew.<br />
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I decided to wait until after Christmas to ride, give him a few more days to recover from whatever "it" was and make sure. <br />
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I had the week after Christmas off from work because I didn't pay attention to my vacation days and was going to lose those days if I didn't take them before the end of the year. A mistake I will not make again. It was kind of boring, although I did get some extra workouts in at the gym.<br />
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So, on 12/30 I went down to get C so we could haul into the Fairgrounds arena and ride. His leg which had been great for 4-5 days was blown up again. Crap.<br />
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I jogged him up to the barn and he was a little off. He didn't want to jog on the asphalt at all. I went over his leg with a fine tooth comb! I ruffed back his long hair, looking for something! I felt one small scab on the back of his fetlock. Scratches??? <br />
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No, the fetlock wasn't really swollen, it was higher up. His heel bulb was a little tender.... so I decided it was probably an abscess. I dug out the Davis Soaking Boot (a godsend) and soaked his foot.<br />
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I kept him in the barn for 24 hours and soaked morning and night. On the next day the swelling had gone down so I turned him out during the day. I brought him up at night and soaked the foot one more time. The next morning I saw a small slit along the back of his hoof. It was in between the coronet and the bottom of his foot. Hmmm. Was this the offending abscess???<br />
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The next day I turned him out again and left him for a couple of days. <br />
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On 12/31 I stayed up until midnight! That's a first in a long time. I did the Year to Year 5k with two of my friends from work. It was really fun and really cold! I did like all the fireworks going off as we ran through town. <br />
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Unfortunately I did not improve my time at all... I am very slow.<br />
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During the next week I brought Cartman up to the barn on nights that I didn't have to get up at 4am to go to the gym. Somewhere in here I hurt my back doing deadlifts (I got sloppy and wasn't using proper form). It was really irritating, but went away in about a week and I am back to the strength training finally- Yeah!!!<br />
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I had taken my horsetrailer down to the RV repair so that they could fix the seals on the tackroom door, but I finally got to twitchy and called them Thursday to see if I could pick it up for the weekend while they waited for parts.<br />
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I guess that was tempting fate because I got the flu? on Thursday and on Friday when I went down to feed guess who's leg was all blown up again?????<br />
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I felt so crappy that I couldn't even bring him up to the barn. I went in and slept for like 16 hours and then Saturday morning I went down to take better look.<br />
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The leg was completely filled in along the tendon on the inside and there was a bulge high up on the back of the tendon. As the other horses galloped over to the arena to meet me I could see Cartman head bobbing. Agh!!!! The leg was also warm.<br />
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I drug him back up to the barn and called the vet for an appointment. Later in the day I went out and washed his leg up and put Ice Tight on it. I then wrapped if with a cotton bandage. He seemed really kind of mopey and not himself. <br />
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I decided to not give Bute as I wanted the vet to see the injury as it was.<br />
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Sunday morning the leg was still huge. I washed off the Ice Tight and applied Absorbine Linament. I walked him up and down on the driveway and let him graze for about an hour.<br />
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Sunday evening the leg was down a little bit.<br />
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Monday morning it was even better. He was getting antsy and cranky from being stalled up. I went to the gym and then worked until noon. Then loaded him up and we went to Columbia Equine in Gresham.<br />
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Dr. Hansen is an awesome vet. I really trust him and he has treated Cartman before. I took a couple of pictures to show him that Cartman is really doing 50 milers now! <br />
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I went over the events of the last few weeks and we got Cartman all unwrapped and he felt the leg. Noting that the foot was significantly hotter than the other foot.<br />
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He explained that the inlarged area along the back of the tendon was actually a blood vein. Whew!<br />
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He grabbed the hoof testers and checked C's good foot. No reaction. He checked the other and got some reaction. Yes!!!! <br />
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He said "I'm liking this." I was starting to feel a bit better at this point. He got a rasp and did a little work on his foot. As he picked the foot up and rubbed the coronet band a flap of skin came away exposing the large slit and oozy spot of a blown abscess!!!!<br />
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"Well we can put away the Ultrasound and the Stem Cells :)" he said. <br />
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I wanted to jump up and down and scream "Yes!!!!!!" <br />
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So, if I had re-picked his feet before loading him in the trailer, I might have saved myself several hours of driving and a quick vet appointment. No matter, I am just thrilled to feel like the silly horse owner that drags her horse to the vet with an abscess that's already blown out :)<br />
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CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-30869389257994077982014-12-12T21:12:00.001-08:002014-12-12T21:12:51.783-08:00Cartman's First Dressage LessonToday was the day! I like to try new things every once in a while and thought some basic dressage might be good for us.<br />
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I hemmed and hawed a bit before taking the plunge... Cartman has been trained primarily Western style and I didn't want any part of "pushing him into the bride" or anything that would make him less responsive. I'm addicted to the neck-reining thing!<br />
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So, my friend Amber work's part time for a competitive dressage trainer and she suggested I give her a call and try a lesson or two. Coincidentally, I also ran into a lady at Mt. Adams riding a TB that comes up to Castle Rock to work with this trainer too! She had nothing but good things to say as well.<br />
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I had intended to bring Cartman up to the barn last night so he would be presentable for our lesson, but the power was out when I finally got home from work at 6pm. I had no way to fill the water bucket so the horses had to stay out in the field. I gave them plenty of hay in hopes that Cartman would stay under the arena for most of the evening and wouldn't be too muddy. Ha ha....<br />
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After spending about 45 minutes trying to get him clean and packing all my tack back out to the trailer we were finally ready to go.<br />
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Cartman was actually a little excited when we entered the barn, he's not much of a spooky horse so I was surprised to see him bounce around on the lunge line and flag his tail like an Arab! He didn't do much though and after a few minutes I climbed on and we walked around the arena. <br />
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I think Cartman's favorite thing was the great footing and the MIRRORS!!! Ha ha, I didn't know I had such a vain horse, but he kept wanting to stop and look at himself every time we passed one.<br />
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The lesson went really well. She had me ride him with really light contact and concentrate on using my body and seat to influence his movement. It's so nice to have a knowledgeable person to watch you ride and explain how to be more effective. You just can't get that from a book or video. <br />
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One of the things I need to practice is asking Cartman to lift up into an upward transition and not just think forward. She had me concentrate on bringing my shoulder blades back and sitting a little deeper prior to asking for trot from walk. When I did this I could feel his back lift a little and he felt more balanced, as opposed to just asking him to go forward, where I could feel his hind end lowering as he let it drag behind him in the transition.<br />
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Then for trot to walk again using not the reins but my seat and core to get a transition that isn't all strung out. It's really hard to write about this stuff- I feel I'm not explaining this well at all... but it was really cool!<br />
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She pegged his sticky spot right away after we had done some trots, circles, and little shoulder fores. I always have thought it was his right shoulder but she actually thinks it is his forearm that is a little locked up. She actually came over and stretched his right front a little and did some stretches across the opposite leg. Cartman was really intrigued by this but after the first couple of stretches he relaxed and seemed to be fine with it.<br />
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After the stretching we worked on moving him off and on the wall by moving his shoulders. I have worked on leg yielding off the wall a little (OK, I've tried) but have always used too much hand I think. This was way more subtle. <br />
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At one point she had me close my eyes and ride the long side of the arena (it's pretty long!) and try the exercise. It was funny but I could completely feel it better with my eyes closed! Luckily I trust Cartman enough to be able to do this and stay relaxed. <br />
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I think my favorite take away from the lesson was a new perspective on how we actually complete a circle or turn. Instead of turning by pulling on the rein or shortening up the inside side of the horse we should actually turn by lengthening the outside. <br />
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This is what we were doing all the shoulder work for, trying to get Cartman to step out and forward with the outside shoulder. Kind of like you don't stretch your right side out by kinking up and contracting your left side. You stretch your right arm up and over and make that side bigger.<br />
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She did suggest that I try a plain snaffle for this type of work (as opposed to the short shank Myler leverage bit). I have several at the house and will dig one out before our next lesson. <br />
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It was really fun and I learned something new!! I think we are going to enjoy this, and it is good for both of us. <br />
CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-13494699766663741672014-12-10T13:24:00.001-08:002014-12-10T13:24:10.227-08:00Oct-Nov in Pictures<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2014 Pumpkin crop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When is started raining I found something hidden in my hay barn!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One last ride before pulling shoes, early Nov.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saw some pretty things, including this scarey narrow bridge- Todd warned me about it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She can lope in a tiny tiny round pen!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michelle brings home a new mare! By the same sire as Cartman :)</td></tr>
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Friday am is our first dressage lesson! Will report back then.CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-8685569398301785332014-11-30T20:23:00.001-08:002014-11-30T20:44:32.127-08:00Jubilee 2014Delayed blog post here, this ride was Oct. 4<br />
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I was so hoping to get one more 50 mile ride in this year, unfortunately it was not to be.<br />
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Work has been absolutely insane and I've been there 7 days a week. Not surprisingly I have not been getting in many long rides. The work schedule, coupled with a bit or rain, and the fact that our logging road loops are now off limits due to the new $150 permit required Aug through Jan.... meant I just didn't get it done.<br />
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Michelle and I had planned to do this ride since August and I figured doing a 25 would be better than no ride at all, so we headed out Friday morning for the long drive to Prescott Wa and the Jubilee Ranch. We stopped few times and managed to find a Starbucks about half way there, although I did drive over part of a curb trying to get in the nearest parking lot. Eeeek.<br />
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Ride camp looked a lot bigger this year as we rounded the corner at the ranch. Wow, I was a little nervous about finding a spot to park! We pulled into camp and then did a quick foot cruise to find a good spot on flat ground. Bonus- it was near both a huge trough and the porta potties!<br />
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Michelle wanted to take her new horse Rosie on the trail ride to introduce her to endurance. By the time we got there and went to check in she had decided just to go for it and ride the 25 with me! We planned to go slow and take our time- I was in no hurry and was just there to have fun after all :)<br />
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We vetted in and had the horses all set up pretty quickly and then we cruised through camp to do some visiting before the ride meeting that evening.<br />
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I really should have written this blog post right after the ride, as I'm sure I am forgetting much about the weekend. <br />
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Ride morning looked like it could, possibly, do a little raining. Sigh. I put on my black jacket. By the time I had Cartman tacked up I was hot. I removed the jacket and went with my standard a hoodie. <br />
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Rosie was a bit wound up but Michelle managed to get her close to the mounting block and vault on. Both horses were very well mannered as we walked through camp towards the starting line. I mention this because last year we both thought we were going to end up in the dirt before actually starting the ride! Lol.<br />
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Before long we were on the trail and trotting. It was still a little overcast but not cold. We wound around the orchards and all kinds of scarey boxes and equiptment. At one point we came to an intersection and some of the workers were trying to start up a tracto with a big cart trailer thing attatched. They very kindly turned it off when they saw the horses and we were able to get by without incident.<br />
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It didn't seem that we were travelling that slowly but we did do quite a bit of interspersed walk and trot. Thankfully we were able to keep a nice bubble and Rosie was really relaxed about the whole thing! <br />
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We tried to stop and graze the horses on the edges of the orchards whenever we got some good grass patches and at one stop Cartman managed to spook himself by brushing up against an apple tree and a bunch of apples fell to the ground, oops! <br />
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We pulled back into camp right on time (we had some type of plan, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was.) The horses vetted through although Cartman managed to drag me over to a nice pile of Orchard grass and then proceeded to pee on it! <br />
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Rose was a bit of a pill in the vet check this time. For her vet in she had gone through Dr Root's line and he is so patient and understanding. This vet was a little more harsh but Michelle go her through it and we raced back to the trailer to get some snacks!<br />
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I wasn't really even hungry and after my stomach disaster at Santiam thought I'd better get some practice actually paying attention to what I was feeding myself. I opted for a protein shake and banana. This combo seems to work the best for me when I'm going to be going right back out on the trail. No potato chips. No Greek Vegetable salad. <br />
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We didn't have any time to spare so made sure to saddle up and head over to the starting line on time.<br />
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The sun had come out at this point and it was a beautiful day. The ride photographer got several good pictures of us as we came up a hill overlooking a huge river (Snake?)<br />
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We did manage to get off trail during this section of the ride, directly after leaving a trough we headed up a hill and missed the turn half way up the hill. We had run into Michelle and Jodie and the four of us picked our way down the hill towards the flags we finally spotted!<br />
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At this point we only had a few miles to go, but we were really running out of time. Both Rosie and Cartman had been eating and drinking well and neither was acting tired, so we turned on a big trot and headed for camp.<br />
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Cartman almost managed to pee on the hay again, but I was ready for him this time. When he stretched out I quickly kicked most of the hay out from under him. Whew. I actually think I might bring a small flake of grass hay or straw in my vet bag for him from now on. He will pee on trail but if we are moving along he will try and hold it. He did that at Mt Adams and wouldn't pulse down (a first for him). I walked him away from the pulse area and he immediately pee'd. I took him right back and he was then down.<br />
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I wasn't even tired after this ride, but it was more fun to ride with a buddy this time and I think the 50 would have been a little hard on my "hairy dude". Yup, Cartman was working on a true Yak coat this year- he has since completed it and I may actually have to break down and do a trace clip on him if I want to do much riding this winter.<br />
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We were both pretty happy with the ride and Michelle's new mare did awesome out on the trail. She didn't even seem to be at all tired after her first 25 miler!<br />
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The evening was also great as a dinner was provided by the Jubilee Ranch! How awesome was that? No smelling all those great burgers and steaks from other campsites this time! We got hot food and it was Mexican food- my absolute favorite!!! <br />
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Both horses came out of the ride really well the next morning-- with no swelling or filling in their legs or any other maladies! Whew, this was a real relief after out experience at this ride last year!<br />
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<br />CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-85900100902371754482014-11-30T11:24:00.003-08:002014-11-30T11:24:49.333-08:00How time flies...I can't believe its been almost three months since I did a blog post! I kept meaning to post but once you get past a certain point it seems a little overwhelming to try and catch up. <br />
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I rode Cartman steadily through September, not a lot of long rides but enough to keep him fit enough for an LD at Jubilee.<br />
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Clinic: <br />
In the beginning of Sept. I attended a riding clinic and it did not go as I had hoped. I was participating with Taj (Cartman's brother) and while we did get some really good lessons on ground work the riding portion was a complete bust. To the point I got to be the "bad example" for the rest of the weekend. Sigh.<br />
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I don't want to dwell on this but I'm going to get it out there, as it was quite upsetting at the time. I'm not a real "sensitive" person and have done a lot of lessons and clinics over the years and am quite comfortable with trainers being blunt or even barking orders at me- I did grow up with the H/J crowd after all! But this experience was a new one for me- I much prefer to deal with the problem in the moment- talking about what I should have after the fact doesn't really help me.<br />
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Anyway, Taj was such an ass that when we got 8 horse rider pairs going in the arena he pretty much had a meltdown. We were only working on trot, disengage the HQ and stop (basically one rein stops) but about the third or fourth time around he started acting up. He was kicking out at other horses and there wasn't a lot of room. I started getting really uncomfortable and doubting how many more incidents until he bucked me off, or we ran into or kicked someone.<br />
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I ended up going to one end of the arena and standing, then trying to walk circles. He proceeded to start trying to jig, and toss his head and just be stupid. My goal at this point was just to try and get him calmed down a little but he just continued to escalate.<br />
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Finally I managed to walk down to the other end of the arena and jump off. I really didn't know what else to do at that point- I felt it was too crowded for me to try and ride him the way he was behaving.<br />
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Thankfully my friend (a great trainer and rider) helped me do a little ground work while the other riders finished up so we didn't stop on a completely horrible note with the horse.<br />
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There was no way I was going back in there after lunch for the cantering portion of the day. Yes, I am a big chicken:(<br />
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I was so happy (and relieved) when offered a horse to ride for the afternoon session- so that I could actually practice the lessons w/o fear of imminent danger. I didn't know until I was walking down the arena again that this horse was the ranch owners Tevis horse! <br />
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What an awesome, awesome horse. I have never ridden an Arabian before and was not expecting him to feel so smooth and powerful! He was an absolute gentleman and I can't say enough good things about this guy. I love him, and I want one just like him :) How cool is it that they would share this wonderful horse with others??<br />
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This part of the clinic was a little more fun, although I still felt really self conscious about wimping out on my own horse. <br />
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The evening pot lucks were really fun and it was really nice to be around a lot of good horse people! <br />
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Next morning I took Taj back for the groundwork portion but again rode the fabulous Arab in the afternoon.<br />
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While everyone broke for lunch I did saddle up Taj and we worked in the arena. He was perfectly well behaved and we did walk/trot/canter and then took a little mini-trail ride. <br />
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All in all, I did learn quite a bit- the clinician certainly knows her stuff and it was really interesting to watch her work with some of the horses. It was kind of a confidence buster for me however and actually took several weeks to "get over", to the point I didn't want to write about it.<br />
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Now that I've gotten that out of the way, next up: Jubilee with Cartman!<br />
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CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-47776148592906225582014-09-07T13:47:00.001-07:002014-09-07T13:47:48.115-07:00Escort ServiceToday Cartman got to escort Rosie, Michelle's new endurance mount, on her first ride out in the woods!<br />
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We left early at about 8:30am and wouldn't you know it there was a traffic jam at the trailhead:) We pulled in first and then a few ladies we know pulled in and then who should show up but Flo! It was nice getting to visit for a few minutes with everyone. We were on a time schedule so didn't stay too long talking.<br />
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Rosie got a little excited by all the commotion but M got her tacked up and was on pretty fast. I jumped on C and off we went.<br />
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We did a lot of just walking and letting the new horse get used to the wooded trail. In many areas they are brushing up against Salal and vine maple and it can get a bit "rustly". Rosie was really forward though and after a about 1/2 mile she went in front for a bit.<br />
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Cartman seemed to enjoy having a new buddy to hang out with and he's pretty calm natured so it ws a good combo. We did a little bit of trotting where the trail was pretty perfect and did a lot of climbing, stepping over logs, and roots, etc. Rose seemed completely unfazed by the whole thing and didn't stumble once! Yeah, good prospect for a trail horse!<br />
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We crossed the stream twice successfully and then ended up heading back the same way we went in.<br />
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It was a very good first ride with the new trail buddy!<br />
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CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-68620143746550127952014-09-02T18:52:00.002-07:002014-09-02T18:52:37.139-07:00Waaaahhhhh!Had a great ride yesterday on the trails with Cartman. We covered about 10 miles and got a great hill gallop and lots of climbing in.<br />
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Unfortunately I backed up too close to the road sign (there was a mini-van in the spot we usually park the trailer) and while I didn't hit the post I did put the small street name sign through the back window and screen of the horse trailer! Agh. <br />
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One more thing to fix :(<br />
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On a good note I did get back to my workout schedule for real today- and I already feel better :)<br />
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CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-4855117233789160332014-08-31T15:09:00.001-07:002014-08-31T15:09:34.231-07:00No pictures today. Just some rambling thoughts.Today I hauled Cartman and Buddy over to the river to ride our jogging trail and the sand flats.<br />
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Since I have been mainly riding Cartman out on the trail this summer we haven't been working enough on our arena type exercises. I've notice that he is getting a bit lazy on the aids, and just wants to plow straight ahead- and do it quickly.<br />
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We started out by doing some halts, leg yields, and turn on the haunches (western style- with one hand on the reins).<br />
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I've been thinking back to last year and the clinic with Jack Brainard. I realize that I haven't done much to further his training in the arena. He can still complete the exercises but probably hasn't progressed as much as he should have in a year.<br />
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I feel badly about this and will formulate some sort of plan to rectify it.<br />
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It's funny, I think sometimes our personalities mirror our horses. <br />
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I love to go and gallop, love the endurance riding, love to jump, love to show, and love to take lessons and study training but when push comes to shove I am a bit lazy. I sometimes have trouble getting through the day to day stuff.<br />
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Perhaps this is partially due to my job being busy in the summer when the weather is good. In the winter work is slower- but I detest hauling out to ride in the rain.<br />
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Keeping my horse at home, I end up riding alone probably 95% of the time. When I boarded my horse I had many friends at the barn and always someone to hang out and ride with. I'm not a real social person but obviously having the social network of riding buddies helped me stay motivated.<br />
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My recent obsession with going to the gym is a direct result of joining the team training classes. Just knowing that I've committed to be there gets me out of bed at 4am. There is no way this would have worked for me without that aspect.<br />
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Back to today's ride....<br />
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We got a good aerobic workout and Cartman got nice and sweaty... on his neck. Buddy stayed right with us the whole time, other than when we ran into a lady jogger with a large Standard Poodle. Bud was behind at that point and the dog came tearing over towards Cartman. <br />
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I pulled up and faced the dog and just then Buddy burst out of the Scotch Broom and went racing towards the dog, tail wagging.<br />
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The poodle was having second thoughts about approaching us now and both the jogger and I took off going opposite directions and our dogs followed suit. Whew.<br />
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We ended up going about five miles and the dog's tongue was dragging the ground as we got back to the truck! He loves nothing more than to go with the horse. <br />
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I would have loved to do a 12 mile loop today but unfortunately Weyerhauser has locked us out of using their timber lands to ride July through January :( I could get a gate key and access the logging roads, but the 6month pass is $150, and since they are now letting people drive in with the pass I'm not sure it will be as safe to ride as before.<br />
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Its really sad to me that lack of trail access may make it even harder to train for endurance in this area. We do have the 5 mile path but the county refuses to enforce their own rules (no ATVS, no 4 wheeling) and the path has been destroyed in several areas by people in 4 wheel drives. If my horse wasn't very dependable I would be scared to ride him down there nowadays. <br />
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I want to be somewhere with endless trails, that doesn't rain 9 months of the year!!!!!<br />
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CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-34849596471644199182014-08-24T20:27:00.001-07:002014-08-24T20:27:15.117-07:00Sunday Ride<br />
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I had a great ride today with Cartman and Buddy. We went up to the local trails and spent about 3 hours out there.<br />
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Our long conditioning hill was opened back up, as the timber company had replace a huge culvert and the road had been impassable for several months. <br />
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We trotted and galloped the hill and at one point spooked up about 6 really large elk. Luckily Buddy was behind us when we faced off with them and I was able to keep him from chasing them.<br />
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Several times he did take off after deer or some smaller animal, I decided to see if he would come back and catch up to us instead of stopping and waiting and calling him. Both times he soon came tearing up behind us after a few minutes.<br />
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I'm getting better at trusting him not to get lost!<br />
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Cartman was really good, especially after having two weeks off. I had planned on riding him last weekend and then several times last week but we had some really irritating problems this week with our neighbors that caused a lot of undue stress, and then I got a sore throat/cold! <br />
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I think things are under control again and I'm getting over the little cold thing so I think we are back in action now.<br />
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Work has been completely crazy and I expect it to get nothing but worse over the next month or so:(<br />
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I'm still planning on going to Jubilee Ride in October so hopefully we'll be able to stay on track until then!CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-78503388814099335882014-08-13T22:37:00.000-07:002014-08-13T22:37:22.426-07:00Santiam Cascade RideI wanted to post sooner, but I've been busy, busy since getting back from this ride and I want to do a good post about it because it was a BLAST!<br />
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For some reason I was nervous prior to going.. I'm not sure exactly why, but I think I was hoping that we could complete another 50 and that I wouldn't find out the first one wasn't just a fluke?<br />
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I had everything packed and was on the road by 9:30am. Despite the early hour, traffic slowed to a crawl on I-5 right by Portland Meadows. It was slow going from there until we cleared the Terwilliger Curves. <br />
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It's been years since I've driven the highway from Salem to Sisters and I'd forgotten how absolutely gorgeous the Detroit Lake area is. Despite being kinda scared of water I really wanted to stop there and get in the lake! It was the perfect summer picture: blue sky, sun, the lake, the boats, the beaches, and the forest. I was feeling more relaxed already and by the time I cleared the pass and encountered my all time favorite- Ponderosa Pine trees I was getting excited too!<br />
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Sisters was as cute as ever and before I knew it we were at the Rodeo Grounds. The parking was a lovely green meadow and I found a spot at the end of camp that was close to both water and a porta potty.<br />
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I set up camp while Cartman grazed on the hi-tie and then we went for a nice grazing walk about. There were quite a few trailers there and still room for more. I was saving a spot for M. next to us and expected her to arrive around 6-7pm. We walked and grazed.<br />
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I checked in and then walked C over for the vet-in. With that accomplished I could now relax a bit and get everything ready for the morning. It was really nice knowing that Michelle and Tucker were on their way.<br />
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Around 7pm Michelle and Tucker pulled into camp, the drive had been quite hectic (I can imagine) and both were excited to get out of the truck and trailer. We set up Tucker to eat some hay and them M ran to check in while I walked Tucker to the vet. He passed beautifully despite being off the trailer for only about 15 minutes! <br />
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Ride meeting was just about to start and I was determined not to miss it. After feeling kinda out of it doing the Bare Bones trail ride without attending the ride meeting I was not going into this ride missing any information I could get.<br />
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I've never attended a ride where the 50 had just one hold but this one did. So much for the boyscout motto, I was unprepared...<br />
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Doing the LDs I've gotten into the habit of feeding C his electrolytes in mash prior to the ride and at vet checks. I have never dosed him with a syringe. I had mixed most of my electrolytes into small quantities of grain for top-dressing over beet pulp. With one hold we would be out for 4-5 hours on each of the two loops. I decided to take some of the grain/elyte baggies with me and try to get him to eat it out on the trail.<br />
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Soon after the ride meeting (which was refreshingly brief) we were back at the trailer to choke down some dinner. About this time I realized that I had forgotten something.... Actually I knew I had forgotten something as I always do. So, about this time I realize what it is. My lettuce. I eat salad every day for lunch and at every ride I attend I have it for dinner. Usually salad with chicken, and avocado on Fri. night and salad with steak on Sat. night after the ride.<br />
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Hmmm.... I had the chicken, the dressing, the avocado.. but no lettuce. I decided to mix it up a bit and have a carrot salad with chicken. It was pretty good and I didn't go to bed hungry:)<br />
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Cartman had eaten a ton of grass Friday afternoon while we cruised camp, he was actually turning up his nose at Alflalfa! I gave him an assortment of hays to choose from- alfalfa/grass, straight alfalfa, and local grass and on Sat. morning it appeared he had eaten some of each variety.<br />
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The 50's went out at 5:30am! It was an early morning for us. Luckily I am usually up by 4:30 on weekdays so it wasn't too hard to get going. I poured a Starbucks Via into a half bottle of water and downed it first thing. There was no time for heating water and drinking hot coffee this morning. I wanted to make sure I was at the start no more than 5 minutes past time as it was a controlled start.<br />
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Everything went smoothly and at 5:25 I was saddled and ready to go. I'm not big on getting on early and riding around camp. I imagine if I was going to try and go out fast I would certainly do it, but since I have, so far, kept my focus on going out relaxed and easy it makes no sense to get on and mill around with all the other horses that may, or may not be behaving.<br />
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We said bye to Michelle and Tucker (they were doing the 25 this time) and headed over to the start.<br />
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It was barely light at this point. I could see fine, but it was still dark enough that things in the shadows looked odd and the second we passed the out timer Cartman gave me the biggest spook he's ever done. For a second I thought "uh oh!" He jumped sideways and started to whirl around. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted the offending article, a giant wooden spool standing on its side.<br />
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Thank goodness for that fancy "Memal" leather on the new saddle because I was able to stick to it and we kept walking. Cartman was now on high alert. I seriously felt like I was riding a giraffe. I tried to keep a light contact but encourage him to drop his head a little and relax. No way, no how, it was not happening. <br />
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The sun was coming up fast and the trail was beautiful, everything was getting a golden orange glow and we were going west so could enjoy the sights without being blinded by the sun. <br />
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As soon as I felt comfortable taking one hand off the reins I started trying to take some pictures. Looking back at the time stamp on my camera this was one hour after the start! Holy cow- is this what happens when you get your horse fit enough to do 50s???? I had hoped that doing the longer distance would make Cartman more mellow, as he would know he had a long way to go. Maybe this will come later as he gets more experience but for now he has become the fire-breathing dragon, for miles...<br />
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I really can't complain though, at his worst he is still a pretty good boy and I never felt unsafe or that he was not paying attention to the trail.<br />
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We leapfrogged with several people and finally got into our own zone about mile 5. <br />
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It was already warming up at 7-8am so I got off at every water set (they were ample- thank you ride management!!! Every time I thought about water we would come to a trough). So, I got off and sponged him at each trough. He didn't seem to mind it as much this ride. Previously the sponging just seemed to really irritate Cartman and I'd end up with more water on me than him. Not fun.<br />
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We got into our own little zone and just kept chugging away at the trot. Trot is Cartman's gait of choice, despite the fact that he's a TB and really should prefer the canter! I was just loving the trail. At times I was all alone and it was so still and quiet out there. Heavenly. I decided that Central Oregon really is one of the most beautiful places on earth. I love it and feel really comfortable there.<br />
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There were some rocky places on this ride and some places with stationary rocks hidden under the trail dust. I pulled C back to walk whenever I saw a section like this or whenever we headed down much of a hill. <br />
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We rode through some burned area, but I'm unsure if this was from the fires this year or previous ones. It was really neat to ride through- there were still burnt trees that had fallen across the trail but it was easy to go around. I guess this would indicate that these areas are recent burns. Either way, the underbrush was starting to come back and was a brilliant green in contrast to the blackened trees. This area was beautiful in its own way and I hope they don't re-route around it next time.<br />
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Soon we had looped back around and were again at the second water trough crossing. Here we headed back onto the pink/white loop towards camp. I figured this must be about mile 15? Cartman had eaten a little bit of the grain/elyte mixture and had started to drink a bit by this time. He did drink well at the one stream we crossed. <br />
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He was still feeling strong so when we got to long stretch on some fine red gravel road I let him canter. I think he knew we were heading in the direction of camp because he wanted to go! Finally I pulled him up, realizing I hadn't seen a ribbon for a few minutes. <br />
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I looked down at the trail, too few hoofprints. I turned him around and we started walking back to where I'd seen the last ribbons. Soon I saw another horse and rider approaching. I asked her if she'd seen a ribbon recently and we both started looking for tracks. There were several sets besides mine going back towards the way we'd come. I started walking back and really quickly saw a pink ribbon, then another. Aha, the third one was on the ground and I'd blown right by the others because I was cantering and not paying attention. Sorry Cartman. Luckily we'd only gone a few hundred feet or so extra.<br />
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We picked up the trail again, this time single track and soon we were running into riders going out on the common trail- 25 milers already through their hold and going out for their last loop. <br />
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We made it back to camp and gave our number to the person at the gate. She seemed surprised that we were doing the 50. I explained, yes, we're just slow!<br />
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Cartman passed the vet check well and I finally got him to pick his head up out of the grass long enough to get back to the trailer! I unsaddled him and got his mash with electrolytes into the feed pan. <br />
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I like the hour hold, its enough time for me to re-organize my saddle bags and replenish water and snacks, plus sponge the sweat marks off Cartman and still have time to eat. I was starving as I hadn't eaten a bite out on the trail.<br />
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I drank a protein shake, ate some Greek vegetable salad and some chips, then drank a bunch of Fierce Grape Gatorade. I felt a small headache coming on so right before re-saddling I downed a Starbuck Double Shot and two Excedrin Migraine.<br />
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I swapped out the saddle pad for new ones and was back on and out of camp on time! Hey, there's a first time for everything :)<br />
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Leaving camp was much more relaxed this time, and I noticed they had moved the gigantic spool. I mentioned it to the guy at the gate and he's like "Yeah, I remember you!"<br />
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Michelle was just getting back and passed her completion exam as we were leaving. Yeah Tucker!<br />
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We picked up a nice trot and had made it about a mile when I noticed something odd. I didn't feel quite right. I kept going for a while but was feeling even more not right as we trotted on. Uh oh. I decided to walk for a few minutes and see if it went away.<br />
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It did not. I started to feel like I did when I went deep sea fishing with my parents in Mexico. I had to sit very, very still... Unfortunately this isn't really possible to do on a moving horse. I felt bad pulling him back to walk but had to. We walked and walked and walked. Finally I got off and walked with him. <br />
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I have an iron stomach and can count the times on one hand that I've gotten sick enough to throw up. I will do almost anything to not throw up. I finally decided it was either do it- or take the next 10 hours to walk the last 25 miles on foot. <br />
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Soon after I felt much better and managed to climb back up on the horse. We ended up walking for about 45 minutes so had lost a lot of time. Thankfully Cartman was still willing and we finally got to the first water set.<br />
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Here we were at mile 30 heading out and run into two riders already headed back in! It was a fortuitous meeting as they were very nice and gave me some great advice:) I told them it was his second 50 and one asked if I had electrolytes for him. I was a bit embarrassed to admit I did not. Instead of making me feel bad she took a tube out of her pack and told me to give it to him. <br />
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I'm always torn on the "don't try anything new at a ride" rule, but sometimes you just have to do it. I could tell these riders were experienced and I decided to trust their judgment. I gave Cartman the dose of Pink Electrolytes and then rinsed his mouth with water. <br />
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They also told me that this next section was the hardest part of the loop and to sponge him as much as possible, take it slow, let him eat when he wanted to, and keep going and we'd get through it. This was just what I needed to hear at this point. I can't thank them enough for taking the time to stop and help!!<br />
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After I had Cartman all sponged off again we headed out for the second water set and the blue and white loop.<br />
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We started passing lots of riders heading in. Thankfully Cartman is not bothered by this and still kept chugging along on the trail. There were a few riders that I know and they encouraged us to keep at it. Some seemed concerned that we were just heading out. Very nice people.<br />
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Finally, we arrived at the second water set. I've decided that Pink stuff is magic because C. drank, and drank, and drank, looked around, put his head down, and drank some more! I thought he was gonna dunk his whole head. <br />
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He really perked up and as soon as I was back in the saddle we headed out at a nice trot onto the blue and white loop. This loop wasn't too long, it had some sand and a few rocks but also some nice long spots where we could lope. Cartman decided he was famished at this point and I just let him graze as much as he wanted. I knew we were probably the last ones out there but I was really having fun and he seemed to be having fun too. Why hurry??<br />
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At one point we came around a corner and C spooked again (not as bad as with the spool) I looked over and a big deer was running right alongside us in the woods! We hit one more water set on the blue loop and again Cartman drank well. :)<br />
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Before long we were back at that second water set and headed back to camp. C totally knew where he was now and he didn't really want to stop long for grass or water. I knew he'd tanked up at the two previous troughs and had eaten quite a bit on the last loop so I didn't worry at this point. We were in the homestretch!<br />
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I stopped to take a few pictures and was feeling really well. Since I did get that horrible back soreness at the end of Sunriver I had decided to get off and walk or run some on this ride. I did walk about a mile total during the second half but running with Cartman was somewhat of a disaster. He is simply too fast. I can't run fast enough to keep ahead of, or with him and I end up having him almost circling me. So much for that idea.<br />
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Apparently all the walking while I was pukey and the getting off at troughs did the trick though, because I was feeling good as we headed to camp on this ride. Seriously, I didn't want it to end. We were about 1/4 mile from camp when my phone rang. Michelle wanting to know if we were OK. I assured her we were and that we were almost back.<br />
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As we got to the gate there was Anna and several other people waiting for us, they all jumped up and down and yelled "hooray!!!" I tried to get a picture, as we have never gotten such a reception before- the benefit of being the Turtle, I guess!<br />
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We headed straight to the vet, pulsed in and he got all A's on his card!!!!!! She said he looked great and I had taken good care of him, this made me very happy.<br />
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I got C back to the trailer and Michelle had cleaned up his area (so nice!!) so all I had to do was untack, and relax. <br />
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I spent the rest of the afternoon drinking a gazillion gallons of water and Starbuck's Refreshers. Finally about 8pm I got really really hungry. Some other campers were grilling hamburgers and they smelled SO good. I may have to break down and bring the grill next time. I can guarantee I won't forget my lettuce again.<br />
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We let the horses graze and wandered around visiting. At one point I spotted the Appy that belonged to one of the pair of nice riders that had given me the Pink stuff. I was able to meet "K and D" (I won't use their names, as I didn't ask if it was OK to blog about them- it still seems really awkward to me to do that). I got some more information about the electrolytes they use and some general endurance training info. It is so nice when experienced riders (and they are) are willing to share!<br />
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We managed to miss the awards- didn't hear the horn. But saw everyone heading back afterwards. We went over and got our awards- a nice little door organizer with the ride name on it. I also got the Turtle award for being dead last. This was a nice handknitted lap quilt! Love it. I don't think this being last thing is bad at all:)<br />
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The next day we were on the road by 8am and Cartman was back in this pasture by 2:30pm. Looking good!<br />
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CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139223836867915036.post-26383728613604165542014-08-02T21:38:00.003-07:002014-08-02T21:39:10.308-07:00Bare Bones- The Trail RideCartman and I headed up to Olympia this morning to do the trail ride at the Bare Bones Endurance Ride. I am planning on attending the Santiam Cascade ride next weekend so wanted to get a nice hard work out but not over do it.<br />
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Since this ride is only one hour from our house I was able to drive up the morning of the ride- good thing because I ended up working until 11pm Friday night :( <br />
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I did come home from work briefly to do chores, so I was able to get everything ready to go early this morning. <br />
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We vetted in and hit the trail about 1/2 hour late, but hey, we had all day!!!!<br />
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C was ready to go:) This trail is really fun if you have a sure-footed athletic horse. Pretty much every step on the 15 mile loop was either up, down, turning, or avoiding roots and rocks. We had a blast. It was a bit warm and in some areas the terrain blocks any breeze so it can get a bit hot.<br />
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Luckily it wasn't too humid today and every time he started getting really hot and sweaty we would pull out into an open area and the slight breeze cooled him right back down. <br />
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If you want to train bridge crossings the Capital Forest is the place to go- I think I quit counting at bridge 6 or 7. They are all in good repair and have safe approaches. C is good on bridges, but I had to keep pulling him back to walk as he just wanted to blast right over them.<br />
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We ran into several people we know and visited a bit, but kept a brisk pace and before I knew it we were back in camp! Cartman had no interest in water out on the trail despite the plentiful water sets. Once back in camp he drank really well though.<br />
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I manage to get off trail in camp- seriously..... They had re-routed to the finish line and blocked off the trail we went out on. I missed the sign and just wandered around until I found a way close to where we usually come in on this ride. Oh well.<br />
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Cartman vetted through well, with an A- overall.<br />
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I let him eat for about 45 minutes then we wandered through camp to check out the Rein rescue horse and try and catch up with a few people but it was starting to get pretty busy at the finish and I didn't want to leave C tied too long at the trailer, and was too lazy to pull out the hi-tie, so we loaded up and headed home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We managed to find some mud!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm blaming my off trail stunt on photo taking and not paying attention.</td></tr>
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