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WOW, just WOW, no other way to describe what a great ride weekend Mr. Sandman and I had doing the 50 mile Lead Follow Bumble Bee Ranch event. This is a beautiful and historic working cattle ranch north of Phoenix that doubles as an event facility and for those who’d like to visit, Google the…

Mr. Sandman and I had a GREAT ride last weekend as we completed another 50 miles in very rough undulating terrain at the Old Pueblo Endurance event. When I got home, a friend asked, “what is endurance riding?” So in an effort to describe this unique sport, I draw upon this very succinct quote I…

Sandman REALLY humped it and he REALLY earned his 50-mile 10th place finish at the Land of the Sun ride this past weekend. This was a super fun ride over really challenging terrain in sketchy weather, and for this reason, I call it the “ride of attrition” as teams dropped out along the way on…

WOW, 35 years is a really LONG time, as evidenced in these photos, and for context, the pic above is Sandman and I this past weekend at the Tonto 50-mile ride and on one below is Sea Ruler and I in 1989, on a road in Ohio riding across America heading east into West Virginia….

Had a really GREAT ride this past weekend at the McDowell Lead Follow or Get Out of My Way Endurance Rides. Many of the skills we’ve been working on (below) for the last six months came together nicely at this ride and overall, it was a really enjoyable event. Sandman came out at the start…

Long story short, a few weeks ago, I decided to “take a breath”, pull my foot off the gas and take a step sideways now with Sandman’s training so that I could just enjoy my time with him and hopefully take a bigger step forward later. With horses, there’s this saying that you hear often,…

GREAT time today visiting friends Claire and Troy Eckard at their amazing Iron Springs Ranch. My friend Dylan and I and his daughter Mia took a tour with Troy and Claire and along the way, we had a chance to visit with their horses, chickens, burros, and their very happy and growing cattle herd while…

We had a few breakthroughs this past weekend as we took on the White Mountain Tango ride and in challengingly rugged but beautiful terrain.

Nothing is more constant in life than “change”, and when that happens, it’s often a difficult transition to make and even more difficult.