 The
long dirt road into Robie Park. |
 Entrance
to Robie Park. |
|
 Raven
slurping down his supper the night before. |
 Raven |
 Raven
with the Robie Park vista behind (looking towards the meadow where the
ride meeting is held.) |
 Marcia
Smith, out walking Saamson the previous evening. |
|
|
 The
team from Illinois. |
|
|
 Sally
Toye (right) with juniors (L to R) Amanda Hott, Elena Macia,
and Katie Davis. The ride itself didn't go well, when two of the mares
here (ridden by Elena and Katie) tied up in the first 10 miles. Although
it was a sad finish to a busy few weeks, a great deal was learnt from this
series of events and I'm sure they went away wiser for it. |
 Sally
with Tango. Because of sponsoring the juniors, they were caused to pull at
Squaw High Camp, when the Elena's horse tied up. Sally said later that she
felt fairly confident that Tango would have finished the ride and she
greatly enjoyed riding him. |
  |
 Night-before
saddles: |
 Piles
of BOZ saddles ready to go in the morning. Organizing this many riders is
very hard work. |
 BOZ
saddle ready to go in the morning. |
 Supracor
pad. Tio had been bitten by Becky's stallion a week or so before the ride,
and had a sore on his back (at a non-pressure point), so Becky opted to
use this pad as a safety measure. As I understand it, the stuff the pad is
made out of, was developed for bed-ridden patients to aid in the
prevention of bed sores. It was favoured by some who used it during the
XP2001 (2000 mile ride in 39 days). |
 Tio
Tito, belonging to Becky Glaser |
 Tio
again (I really liked this horse! <grin>) |
|
The
long dirt road into Robie Park.
Entrance
to Robie Park.
Raven
slurping down his supper the night before.
Raven
Raven
with the Robie Park vista behind (looking towards the meadow where the
ride meeting is held.)
Marcia
Smith, out walking Saamson the previous evening.
The
team from Illinois.
Sally
Toye (right) with juniors (L to R) Amanda Hott, Elena Macia,
and Katie Davis. The ride itself didn't go well, when two of the mares
here (ridden by Elena and Katie) tied up in the first 10 miles. Although
it was a sad finish to a busy few weeks, a great deal was learnt from this
series of events and I'm sure they went away wiser for it.
Sally
with Tango. Because of sponsoring the juniors, they were caused to pull at
Squaw High Camp, when the Elena's horse tied up. Sally said later that she
felt fairly confident that Tango would have finished the ride and she
greatly enjoyed riding him.
Night-before
saddles:
Piles
of BOZ saddles ready to go in the morning. Organizing this many riders is
very hard work.
BOZ
saddle ready to go in the morning.
Supracor
pad. Tio had been bitten by Becky's stallion a week or so before the ride,
and had a sore on his back (at a non-pressure point), so Becky opted to
use this pad as a safety measure. As I understand it, the stuff the pad is
made out of, was developed for bed-ridden patients to aid in the
prevention of bed sores. It was favoured by some who used it during the
XP2001 (2000 mile ride in 39 days).
Tio
Tito, belonging to Becky Glaser
Tio
again (I really liked this horse! <grin>)