tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664823695344374282024-03-12T23:27:29.456-07:00Redheaded EnduranceWE'VE MOVED TO www.redheadedendurance.com!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.comBlogger533125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-88425323008737696892015-05-20T16:41:00.001-07:002015-05-26T20:03:47.010-07:00NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-40380090768396146182015-05-16T14:41:00.002-07:002015-05-16T14:45:32.746-07:00Weekly Round Up
I'm happy to say that I've got some actual trail photos to include in this post!
But first! I've been handling Apache, grooming, trimming his feet, just hanging out in his pasture since arrival but finally, after his much needed dental and an all clear from the chiropractor, Apache joined the work force! I started with a liberty round pen session and then I climbed all around on the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-8479039557715618052015-05-07T09:53:00.000-07:002015-05-07T10:02:34.788-07:00Cache Creek 2015 and More
It's been a rough couple of weeks. Life was busy, more stuff than I care to mention going on, but worst, extended family suffered a devastating lost end of last week. I was in heavy compartmentalization mode on Friday, picking up sale gelding Shiner and heading for Cache Creek ride camp to check in on boot clients.
like jewels in the sun!
boot service and delivery via Blazer steed
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-67984666947873079012015-04-19T16:17:00.002-07:002015-04-19T16:19:22.470-07:00Birthday, Anniversaries, Vets, Oh My
On April 14th Sheza turned 4!
Also, somewhere along the line, Rory got large. She's been here a year this Thursday.
Rory fresh off the bus, April 23rd, 2014
this week
the You Shall Not Pass (until I say so..and do it politely) game
the girls! and a noodly dog
Apache has been here 5 weeks now. He's shed out and gained some weight and muscle and is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-10934507975045666652015-04-10T13:28:00.001-07:002015-04-11T09:02:23.927-07:00Spring Entire
We had a proper storm. Two inches of rain at least, hail, wind, and horses spurning the fancy sheds. But not immune from shivering tragically and inspiring warm mashes and blanketing. I'm so firmly wrapped around their hooves!
Fie upon your fancy shed, human
spring is blooming, budding, stretching, delighting the eye
Riding is catharsis, caring for my herd is therapy, and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-33111772104676340402015-04-03T16:15:00.003-07:002015-04-03T16:35:32.251-07:00Scrappy Vet Lumbar Diagnostics: The Results
First I must say that as a consumer, I had a great experience at Loomis Basin Equine, particularly with Dr. Langdon Fielding. Information exchange was thorough, clear and continuous and Scrappy was well handled. Plus it was fun to chat here and there between times about Rushcreeks and endurance!
As to the results..not great. We went in chasing the back soreness that Scrappy has exhibited Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-51699096390696647942015-03-28T20:01:00.000-07:002015-03-28T23:13:30.038-07:00Reinspired in Spring
I haven't been doing a lot of riding lately, mileage wise. Until today my saddles and endurance gear have literally been gathering cobwebs since the last 50 at the end of February. I suppose I've been a little demoralized by that last ride, also busy with work, a sick dog, and some fun shenanigans of course (see 24 hr Oregon trip ).
Boot fitting around the countryside is fun, best doneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-658242955846356072015-03-14T19:42:00.001-07:002015-03-14T19:42:19.346-07:00Spring and the New Guy
Apache arrived to beautiful unsettled spring weather
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he plays shy but briefly, already hip to who delivers the goodies
it's spring everywhere, beautiful and sneezy
Scrappy can barely contain his excitement at the season..
Meanwhile Rippie the Doxie has been tuning up his navigation skills
Feigning disinterest again, but easily enough persuaded.
The eye of the tigerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-24346841514464963812015-03-11T18:50:00.001-07:002015-03-11T18:53:53.651-07:00Apache Joins the Crew--and other Excitement
A few weeks back I shared that a Little Bay Gelding was headed our way for life camp. I had hired a shipper and thought that I had the new guy Apache scheduled for the Oregon to CA transit, however the shipper played games with the date. With ever-narrowing eyes and a bit of redhead steam boiling out of my ears I decided right then and there that I didn't want to use the guy--and just as Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-7968808568725634492015-02-27T17:33:00.005-08:002015-02-28T07:48:51.507-08:00Not Bad for 2.5 Months
While I'm certainly not 100% satisfied with the results of my 50 at Mojave XP, the actual ride itself went pretty darn harmoniously for Scrap and I. One of the reasons that I love ride photos is that they are lasting memories reflecting the reality of horse and rider in that moment in time, a moment perhaps (and sometimes hopefully) not to be repeated again. We'd all love endless years of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-29045525769068388832015-02-25T07:46:00.001-08:002015-02-25T08:22:57.214-08:00Sheza Eyeful
That's how it was put on one of my photos posts recently, and I can't quibble! Since my endurance brain is currently gathering dust in despair, I've turned my attention to Sheza, who I suddenly realize has been home from her initial 60 days saddle training almost a year now. Our easy little round pen game sessions and brief walking rides have clearly become old hat to her lately so the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-41920188108284852472015-02-17T16:26:00.002-08:002015-02-17T17:17:38.433-08:00The Bay Gelding Boost
The horses I am lucky enough to spend time around touch my life in many ways and I have found that often the ones who don't "go to plan" teach me the most of all.
Back even before the story of Rambo , Lisa Smith entrusted me to bring home Sheza and Desire Haat Shaat relative "Joey" from her herd in early 2012. He needed some attention, TLC, & he really blossomed here, as well as Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-48882886984052314492015-02-15T10:20:00.000-08:002015-02-15T16:24:17.288-08:00Eastern Mojave Scenic XP 2015: Sweet and SourLet me tell you a story. It's a winding tale of ups and downs of a horse and rider who have spent the last year and a half ironing out their game, and fortunately it's all mostly already been told. From the first AERC ride together after purchase and back soreness at Gold Country 2013 to the first RO at Chamberlain Creek, to the first 50 completion with back soreness at Derby 2014 and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-68008301655976757782015-02-10T06:49:00.000-08:002015-02-10T06:49:06.510-08:00Forth, Big Orange! It hardly seems real but I am pulling out for Eastern Mojave XP this morning. I haven't done an XP ride since my very first 50s at Cuyama XP with Desire and I'm especially thrilled because Lynne Glazer is the ride photographer for EM this year as she was for Cuyama then. Hear me now, giraffe-Scrap, we shall make a pretty picture!
Desire and I, Cuyama 2012, credit Lynne Glazer
Scrap Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-1458470233336274962015-02-08T09:22:00.003-08:002015-02-15T16:34:34.536-08:00Featured Horse: Quality Bred, Fine Moving Mare with Substance!
**LADY HAS FOUND A HOME**
Location: Burson, CA
Name: HRH Lady Topaz
Breed: Arabian/QH
DOB: 2001
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This nicely built mare is looking for an quality long term home. Lady has had extensive ground work done, spent some time on an obstacle course, and has been sacked out, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-86911742876786294052015-01-31T05:39:00.001-08:002015-01-31T07:19:23.430-08:00Routine, Ride, or Rest?You love your horse. Their very footfalls speak of freedom, grace, and a bond that makes you shake your head in disbelief when people don't get it. You spend hours on them, hours on the ground, hours riding, hours reading. You have this goal called Endurance riding and people are sharing and posting and networking about it, touting miles covered and hills climbed and goals met. With the very bestAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-46478460515018276572015-01-28T15:05:00.002-08:002015-01-28T15:06:04.912-08:00Exciting News!
I'm very excited to announce that I am now officially a Renegade Hoof Boots dealer! I trim, boot, and compete my own horses and have been using Renegades with pleasure and ease since 2012.
We are all ultimately empowered with the decision and responsibility of how our horse's hooves are cared for and protected, and we certainly won't all agree. I seek to provide guidance, a helping Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-79783833612873397052015-01-26T15:07:00.005-08:002015-01-28T10:31:22.169-08:00Prepping for an AdventureOnce upon a time my step dad sent me off into the world with a med kit he had put together for me. I guess it's sort of tradition now, plus I don't think the pre made all-in-1 kits are all that great. They give you a few tiny things but we aren't getting paper cuts out in the woods adventuring, we need rolls of vet wrap and gauze and sloshes of betadine.Well, hopefully not, but we damn sure want Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-82163909111688437182015-01-23T19:15:00.000-08:002015-01-23T19:15:51.486-08:00Never Boring
There's a very good reason that my smart phone is never far from my hand: because it's my camera, and without a camera handy you'd doubt my retelling and I'd probably doubt what I'd actually seen at times. Like, you know, when Scrappy starts fetching sticks at dinner time. And trying to feed them to his fellow Rushcreek, Rory. As one does.
Oh hay, just hanging out with my stick, no Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-46649138476759264422015-01-18T15:01:00.000-08:002015-01-18T15:14:30.895-08:00Adapt to EnjoyMy old plastic station wagon has been keeping things interesting lately, trifling with me and bidding me adeiu from the back of tow tuck at least 5 times in the last year and a half. Wednesday afternoon encompassed it's latest bid for freedom from humanity, and after abandoning it at the mechanic's for the weekend I was seriously ready for a proper long ride at the lake this morning. And so of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-46208086840339140032015-01-06T10:27:00.004-08:002015-01-06T10:31:23.725-08:00The Herd at WorkCertainly work is a relative term, or should be, depending on age and expectations of the critter. For a fabulous blog post on the concept of work, rest, and recovery, please do go read this piece by Mel. (but do come back!)
Now that you've had some brain protein, here's dessert ;-)
kinda derpy but LOOK, her very first own tack
(halter bridle, padded breastcollar & reins by Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-24686909529023926262015-01-03T09:06:00.003-08:002015-01-04T06:40:28.868-08:00Flexibility, Thy Name is Horse owner
Hard to believe a new year has already come around again! We kept it low key around here for the holidays; when not utilizing the fair weather productively our New Year celebrations looked pretty well like this, plus or minus some critters and humans:
I made it all of 1 day into January before sidelining horse plans for a random reason. I had scheduled to haul Blaze and Sheza to the lake Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-2723301301182993022014-12-30T11:25:00.002-08:002014-12-30T11:32:30.922-08:00Whiskeytown Adventure
On Sunday Scrap and I threw down some trailer miles to join a good friend and her trail eating Morgan on some gorgeous, hilly, technical trails a few hours away. Our local trails are pretty slimy and it was great to put something serious in front of Scrappy after our feisty "LD" a few weeks back. Thanks T for the photo supplementation!
arrived, escorted in by our local buddies T & Jazz
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-20230058702754015162014-12-27T08:32:00.000-08:002014-12-27T08:32:14.261-08:00Ruminations
One of the great perks of attending religiously to this blog since 2011 is the ability to go back a day, week, or year, and get a glimpse of my perspective in that moment in time. As humans we're fabulously fluctuating beings, emotions and thoughts and desires bounding here and there like so many agile jack rabbits daily. What we thought we knew for sure one year is often met with a wry laugh Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466482369534437428.post-25700192092576024112014-12-20T08:08:00.001-08:002014-12-20T08:22:40.707-08:00Winter Holidays at RHE
There's been rather a lot of this lately:
There are many plus sides to that sort of weather, though saddle time isn't one of them. Still, we drought dwellers needs must pull on our hip waders and heft our mud shovels and enjoy this thing called Winter. Memories of dead grass and fire danger are fresh yet, holding court over the glow of fresh green and the slog through shin high mud. When Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344662726517478751noreply@blogger.com1