I did a little riding when I was young, then quit. In my 60's my younger sister talked me into riding out with her. By the end, I though I was NEVER going to be able to get off that horse!
I have watched Valerie and her daughter race in at Fort Valley, Virginia- and I also did a training ride with them once in Fincastle, Va at a mutual friends farm. Challenging to ride with them. It takes great mental endurance to ride the way they do!
Wonderful quality for 2011! I hope you guys still run the ride because I would like to do the 100 someday with my now 5-year old. I probably wouldn't go for just a 50 though, because I live in CT.
Oh, my goodness, Equestrian Adventuresses! I just started watching your Ireland ride! Didn't expect to see you in the comment section, though I suppose it makes sense: To do a ride like that, both the horse and the rider probably have to have experience with endurance riding.
@@catbatrat1760 ohhh awesome!! Super excited to hear what you think as you watch all the series. :D It was definitely an adventure!!! Our mares had done some small endurance rides in the UK prior to our Ireland adventure but to be honest they were both untested for a long ride adventure like that in many aspects (like saddle bags was a new thing for them). BUT we knew they could cope easily with the 30 km each day we were doing even though it was only walk for most of the trip. Not to mention how fit they were by the end of it all! hehe
I'd love to compete in such a thorough type of endurance ride- Good job! I was curious as to the over all time- I would have expected a night time finish?? Horses looked great!
Who down-votes this? The horses were monitored by vets and they were clearly reveling in the thing they do best. It looked like a great experience all around. Except for all the sore butts the next day...
I personally feel the minature horse and midget endurance races are more exciting. it's really fun to see the riders carry their horses when they get tired.
Ponies, a horse that stands under 14.2 hands is a pony. The 'miniature horse' label is mostly about marketing. Some people remember when show ponies were a really big deal, especially show Shetlands, that looked almost nothing like the Shetland Island ponies. A lot of hackney pony blood was introduced, and other crosses may have been made to produce ponies that looked more like riding horses and less like a small-scale draft horse, and to produce the high-stepping movement. (Though weighted shoes and other techniques are used to get the extreme motion with the forearm coming above the horizontal when they trot.) When that fad passed and the market bottomed out, it took awhile but the 'mini' horses became another equine fad. The American Shetland Pony Club, Inc owns the American Miniature Horse Registry. www.shetlandminiature.com/registries/amhr
The riders can go at whatever gate they want to, at whatever pace they judge to be suitable for their horse on that terrain on that day, given temperature, humidity, etc. (Humidity? Who am I kidding? They don't know what humidity is out there. :-) ) Riders usually canter a bit, but the trot is a very efficient gait for most horses.
I aint much of a racer, and i don't know alot about horses but imagine just strolling during this thing. Its a long distance and you hit night set up camp feed and brush the horse let it rest but awake it like you would a brother or friend but always a meal for the both of you. Create an honest connection like a dog to a man. If you keep us moving i will supply proper food supplies and warmth. Horse to man easily.
These horses and riders have wonderful relationships. Arab horses lived closely with people for no one really knows how many thousands of years, but the breed has a strong tendency toward interacting with humans. Endurance riders spend a LOT of hours training and conditioning their horses, as well as caring for them. They know and respect each other.
Should the horses have so much water I grew up on and around horse we were always told after riding and tiring a sweaty horse we had to wait to water and feed them
They've changed their mind on the withholding water theory, and found hot horses do better with small sips of water starting immediately after the ride. In endurance, they're moving at a slower pace/ lower intensity, for a longer period, so they're encouraged to drink to stay hydrated.
could someone explain to me why these horses have martingales and/or tie downs? Isn't that dangerous on trail rides, especially endurance rides? I know it keeps the horses head down, but why?
Most of the time in endurance they aren't to keep the head down, but to keep the rider from dropping the reins actually. A lot of the time endurance riders will put the reins on the horses neck, or sometimes they may just accidentally let them go. If the reins were to fall over their head, you could imagine that could take time to fix, not to mention stop the momentum of the horse.
This type of martigale is to ask the horse to flex at the poll, it used on race horses as other breeds that have a higher neck set. It does not work like a western martigale that pulls the whole neck down.
Not dangerous at all, they are not very restrictive, just a reminder to the horse to not put head up too high, and to keep reins from falling, wouldn't work for me since I use split reins, but it does still work to gently remind horse to keep head in better position.
Hi, I would like to to work as a professional endurance rider (20 years of trail riding experience). I'm looking for adresses / contacts around the world. Can anyone help me? Thank you :-)
Not sure where you live, but up in Washington we have some good ones during the season. Ours have a bit more hills so it’s a little more difficult, but still fantastic. I would check out EDRA. I know they have some other races in Arizona sometimes. On Instagram they are edra_endurnace if you want to check them out there. :)
suzanneyorkville Not specifically, I’m not sure which brands they are but most people will use English/Endurance or Endurance saddles. Not many use western saddles in other races because it’s a lot of extra weight and stress on the horse and rider, though I have seen it used on smaller distances.
The riders have 24 hrs to complete, some of the tough 100 mile endurance rides have a lot of riders finishing during the last 2 hrs of that 24 hour deadline. This ride looks like a fairly easy course to me, but I may be mistaken. Finish times tell the story of the difficulty of the course.
It's great to see horses that are truly fit. We all get used to seeing fat horses that spend most of their lives in stalls. Maybe with turnout in tiny paddocks. This is the norm in New England, anyway. Even shows reward fat horses over fit horses, (though of course not all horses need to be as fit as endurance horses competing in 100 mile rides). Note that, when the saddle is off, the ribs can be easily seen, but do not stick out. The hips are also prominent, yet have some cover. Yet people are charged with animal neglect or abuse if someone who knows nothing about horses drives by and sees a shadow of ribs. Fat horses, which is more unhealthy, or horses locked in stalls for most of their lives, no one cares so long as the stall is clean.
Given that most are purebred or high percentage Arabian, and they are 'racing fit' with the lighter muscling typical of the breed, and no excess flab like we are used to seeing on most horses, they are probably closer to 900 lbs. Some may be less. Years ago a bay Arab mare that did well on the endurance circuit, including the Tevis Cup, carried a man and a regular western saddle (not the light endurance saddles popular today) and the mare weighed 850 lbs.
My little endurance horse is 14.1 and usually weighs 800 lbs, I only weight 130 and my saddle and tack add another 20-30lbs. He completed Tevis Cup 4 times, not near the front of the pack tho.
No other endurance breed better other than the Akhal Teke, but the breed numbers just aren't large enough in the U.S. Too expensive to purchase! Gorgeous horses!!!!
@@MsVanorak Arabs do great in the mountain rides too. A lot of the ability of the Arabian is due to slow twitch muscles, good for long distance riding. TBs & QHs have more fast twitch muscles for bursts of effort. I don't know about English Hunters, but one of the horses with the most Tevis Cup completions (and it's the or one of the most difficult endurance rides) is a QH, but it wasn't one of the fastest.
@@MsVanorak Basically the English Hunter type is not good for endurance riding as it is too large and carrying too much weight. You are incorrect regarding Arab types for sprint/flat racing and they most certainly were not bred for battle charge distance but to endure long distances with little feed and water. The Arab was probably the first horse breed developed and the conditions of the Arabian Peninsular quickly culled the weaker specimens leaving a horse of around 14 to 15 hands, dense bone structure and light overall weight but ideally suited to long distance riding. Keeping your horse sound is what endurance riding is all about. It takes about 3 years to properly train up a competitive horse and knowing how your horse is feeling is a fine art for the rider.
@@HEMI-MOMMA another great breed for endurance is the Argentinan Criollo! They aren't as well known in the US, but are amazing! In order for the horses to be in the stud book they have to complete 400± miles in 72 or so hours, only eating and drinking what they find on the trail. If they maintain soundness in the end, then they will be allowed in the book!
I'm thinking bout moving 2 Montana. never been going 2 visit next week. so I guess we'll c.hopefully I like it know I would. I'm just wondering will it b safe for me and family being black.lol
She's throwing the sponge in the river, pulling it up, then squeezing the water over the horses neck/ shoulders. It's how they cool the horses off on the go. No whacking involved. 😉
@@wendyw8931 - It is obvious that all the top finishers shown in the video were Arabian horses. Anita was making a joke. No doubt you both know that most endurance horses competing in North America are either purebred or part Arabian.
What I love about this is that the winner is not necessarily the one who finished first, but who did so with regards to the horse's well-being.
I did a little riding when I was young, then quit.
In my 60's my younger sister talked me into riding out with her.
By the end, I though I was NEVER going to be able to get off that horse!
I have watched Valerie and her daughter race in at Fort Valley, Virginia- and I also did a training ride with them once in Fincastle, Va at a mutual friends farm. Challenging to ride with them. It takes great mental endurance to ride the way they do!
The best video of an endurance ride. Well done. Wish I'd known about this ride when I was riding endurance. Thank you for posting. Truly enjoyed this.
"Bye guys love you"
"Love you have fun"
This. This is what gets me in the uwu
Thanks for making this! So well done.
I honestly would just do this for the fun of the ride and scenery
Katelyn Stewart same but I don't think my horse and I are fit enough
That's why they do it, winning is just a plus.
There is no profit motive in endurance racing.
That is such a cool idea with the sponge on the string
Wonderful quality for 2011! I hope you guys still run the ride because I would like to do the 100 someday with my now 5-year old. I probably wouldn't go for just a 50 though, because I live in CT.
I enjoyed this film so very much!
I wish there was more videos like this
Just finished my own long ride across Ireland
Oh, my goodness, Equestrian Adventuresses! I just started watching your Ireland ride! Didn't expect to see you in the comment section, though I suppose it makes sense: To do a ride like that, both the horse and the rider probably have to have experience with endurance riding.
@@catbatrat1760 ohhh awesome!! Super excited to hear what you think as you watch all the series. :D It was definitely an adventure!!! Our mares had done some small endurance rides in the UK prior to our Ireland adventure but to be honest they were both untested for a long ride adventure like that in many aspects (like saddle bags was a new thing for them). BUT we knew they could cope easily with the 30 km each day we were doing even though it was only walk for most of the trip. Not to mention how fit they were by the end of it all! hehe
Wow, the route looks fantastic!
Thank you so much for making this video - it is really both inspiring and informative for me - an aspiring 100 miler.
What a great film!
salute to horses and riders
Great ride video!
I recognize one of the vets from the races we do here in WA. At 13:37, he was gave some great tips!
Thanks for posting, Franklin! BTW, a camera strapped to a rider's chest gives much less jerkey footage than a helmet mounted camera.
Wow.... I totally want to do this
XXX WOWO natrul horse beatiful
I'd love to compete in such a thorough type of endurance ride- Good job!
I was curious as to the over all time- I would have expected a night time finish??
Horses looked great!
Who down-votes this? The horses were monitored by vets and they were clearly reveling in the thing they do best. It looked like a great experience all around. Except for all the sore butts the next day...
Would be interesting to have interviews with the top riders and talk about the 🐴 breeding.
Wonderful video -- please keep it up!
I personally feel the minature horse and midget endurance races are more exciting. it's really fun to see the riders carry their horses when they get tired.
Ponies, a horse that stands under 14.2 hands is a pony. The 'miniature horse' label is mostly about marketing. Some people remember when show ponies were a really big deal, especially show Shetlands, that looked almost nothing like the Shetland Island ponies. A lot of hackney pony blood was introduced, and other crosses may have been made to produce ponies that looked more like riding horses and less like a small-scale draft horse, and to produce the high-stepping movement. (Though weighted shoes and other techniques are used to get the extreme motion with the forearm coming above the horizontal when they trot.)
When that fad passed and the market bottomed out, it took awhile but the 'mini' horses became another equine fad. The American Shetland Pony Club, Inc owns the American Miniature Horse Registry. www.shetlandminiature.com/registries/amhr
Very Nice!! wish to come one day!!
wow, that's nice :D my longest endurance ride was between 30-40 miles :-| and that was HARD ;D
So is the whole thing in trot? No canter other than end?
The riders can go at whatever gate they want to, at whatever pace they judge to be suitable for their horse on that terrain on that day, given temperature, humidity, etc. (Humidity? Who am I kidding? They don't know what humidity is out there. :-) ) Riders usually canter a bit, but the trot is a very efficient gait for most horses.
I wonder how long it took them to finish
AMAZING . . .
Why do the riders choose to use the heavy western saddles? There are lighter endurance saddles available that are better for the horses.
I didn’t see any heavy western saddles. All the gear might make the saddles look bigger.
Is this still going on ?
What’s with the palomino rider bouncing around on the saddle at 3.20. Double bouncing?
I aint much of a racer, and i don't know alot about horses but imagine just strolling during this thing. Its a long distance and you hit night set up camp feed and brush the horse let it rest but awake it like you would a brother or friend but always a meal for the both of you. Create an honest connection like a dog to a man. If you keep us moving i will supply proper food supplies and warmth. Horse to man easily.
These horses and riders have wonderful relationships. Arab horses lived closely with people for no one really knows how many thousands of years, but the breed has a strong tendency toward interacting with humans. Endurance riders spend a LOT of hours training and conditioning their horses, as well as caring for them. They know and respect each other.
At the 7:00 minute mark when they are all cantering together I am thinking "Ahhh that is the life!"
I want to do this!
Do the owners ever take 2 or 3 horses to the race in case one goes lame?
No. You’re only allowed to ride the horse you started on
Is wareing a helmet mandatory?
Should the horses have so much water I grew up on and around horse we were always told after riding and tiring a sweaty horse we had to wait to water and feed them
They've changed their mind on the withholding water theory, and found hot horses do better with small sips of water starting immediately after the ride. In endurance, they're moving at a slower pace/ lower intensity, for a longer period, so they're encouraged to drink to stay hydrated.
could someone explain to me why these horses have martingales and/or tie downs? Isn't that dangerous on trail rides, especially endurance rides? I know it keeps the horses head down, but why?
Most of the time in endurance they aren't to keep the head down, but to keep the rider from dropping the reins actually. A lot of the time endurance riders will put the reins on the horses neck, or sometimes they may just accidentally let them go. If the reins were to fall over their head, you could imagine that could take time to fix, not to mention stop the momentum of the horse.
This type of martigale is to ask the horse to flex at the poll, it used on race horses as other breeds that have a higher neck set. It does not work like a western martigale that pulls the whole neck down.
Not dangerous at all, they are not very restrictive, just a reminder to the horse to not put head up too high, and to keep reins from falling, wouldn't work for me since I use split reins, but it does still work to gently remind horse to keep head in better position.
Holy heck, they don't even wear gloves! How do their hands not burn like hellfire by the end?
Not much tugging on the reins
My trainer is in this! She is so good!
Hi, I would like to to work as a professional endurance rider (20 years of trail riding experience). I'm looking for adresses / contacts around the world. Can anyone help me?
Thank you :-)
Not sure where you live, but up in Washington we have some good ones during the season. Ours have a bit more hills so it’s a little more difficult, but still fantastic. I would check out EDRA. I know they have some other races in Arizona sometimes. On Instagram they are edra_endurnace if you want to check them out there. :)
@@oliviahurley2181 do you know what type of saddles they were using?
suzanneyorkville Not specifically, I’m not sure which brands they are but most people will use English/Endurance or Endurance saddles. Not many use western saddles in other races because it’s a lot of extra weight and stress on the horse and rider, though I have seen it used on smaller distances.
lots of tips on my channel about how to work internationally with horses! Hope it helps!
@@EquestrianAdventuresses thank you 🌻
I wish I can do this wait do you ride western or English never seen this saddle before
+Lily Pinokio its English. A Western saddle has a saddle horn always.
It's an endurance saddle
It is a endurance saddle not a English saddle or western saddle, The Endurance saddle looks a little similar to the Australia saddle
Hybrid saddles are used a lot, sort of like a western but no horn, usually round skirt, sometimes has poleys or knee blocks.
How many days did this take?
The riders have 24 hrs to complete, some of the tough 100 mile endurance rides have a lot of riders finishing during the last 2 hrs of that 24 hour deadline. This ride looks like a fairly easy course to me, but I may be mistaken. Finish times tell the story of the difficulty of the course.
The ride has to be completed within 24 hrs.
@@jksherman5481 Thanks! Much fast then expected!!
It's great to see horses that are truly fit. We all get used to seeing fat horses that spend most of their lives in stalls. Maybe with turnout in tiny paddocks. This is the norm in New England, anyway. Even shows reward fat horses over fit horses, (though of course not all horses need to be as fit as endurance horses competing in 100 mile rides). Note that, when the saddle is off, the ribs can be easily seen, but do not stick out. The hips are also prominent, yet have some cover. Yet people are charged with animal neglect or abuse if someone who knows nothing about horses drives by and sees a shadow of ribs. Fat horses, which is more unhealthy, or horses locked in stalls for most of their lives, no one cares so long as the stall is clean.
Like people, horses are healthy if fit and a hint of rib is showing :)
I wander if they wood added some MULES to the mixture how the wood have performed against the HORSES, there NOT fast but they have more ENDURANCE ...
Mules often do compete in endurance races! As you said they certainly do have great endurance and do very well in this sport!
average weight for those horses plz ?.........
1000, 1100 lbs
Given that most are purebred or high percentage Arabian, and they are 'racing fit' with the lighter muscling typical of the breed, and no excess flab like we are used to seeing on most horses, they are probably closer to 900 lbs. Some may be less. Years ago a bay Arab mare that did well on the endurance circuit, including the Tevis Cup, carried a man and a regular western saddle (not the light endurance saddles popular today) and the mare weighed 850 lbs.
My little endurance horse is 14.1 and usually weighs 800 lbs, I only weight 130 and my saddle and tack add another 20-30lbs. He completed Tevis Cup 4 times, not near the front of the pack tho.
Jane lol she's so funny 😝😝😝😝😝 I really want to do this
there is so many arabians...
No other endurance breed better other than the Akhal Teke, but the breed numbers just aren't large enough in the U.S. Too expensive to purchase! Gorgeous horses!!!!
Rijka Old Arabians & Akhal tekes are pretty much gods of endurance, Akhal tekes were also the main base breed for thoroughbreds
@@MsVanorak Arabs do great in the mountain rides too. A lot of the ability of the Arabian is due to slow twitch muscles, good for long distance riding. TBs & QHs have more fast twitch muscles for bursts of effort. I don't know about English Hunters, but one of the horses with the most Tevis Cup completions (and it's the or one of the most difficult endurance rides) is a QH, but it wasn't one of the fastest.
@@MsVanorak Basically the English Hunter type is not good for endurance riding as it is too large and carrying too much weight. You are incorrect regarding Arab types for sprint/flat racing and they most certainly were not bred for battle charge distance but to endure long distances with little feed and water. The Arab was probably the first horse breed developed and the conditions of the Arabian Peninsular quickly culled the weaker specimens leaving a horse of around 14 to 15 hands, dense bone structure and light overall weight but ideally suited to long distance riding. Keeping your horse sound is what endurance riding is all about. It takes about 3 years to properly train up a competitive horse and knowing how your horse is feeling is a fine art for the rider.
@@HEMI-MOMMA another great breed for endurance is the Argentinan Criollo! They aren't as well known in the US, but are amazing! In order for the horses to be in the stud book they have to complete 400± miles in 72 or so hours, only eating and drinking what they find on the trail. If they maintain soundness in the end, then they will be allowed in the book!
I'm thinking bout moving 2 Montana. never been going 2 visit next week. so I guess we'll c.hopefully I like it know I would. I'm just wondering will it b safe for me and family being black.lol
Guess it depends on your attitude.
How'd it go?
Great.
Majority of horses are Arabian
Is it a competition?
Yeah
I'd love to do this, but no need to race against others.
Anyone come across a bear on this ride ?
4:30 the lady in the pink was whacking her horse when it was not doing anything wrong
It’s looks like she might be accidentally swinging the sponge toward him but I could be wrong.
It looks like a violent action rather than an accidental action
She's throwing the sponge in the river, pulling it up, then squeezing the water over the horses neck/ shoulders. It's how they cool the horses off on the go. No whacking involved. 😉
horse quality
So we just taking pictures of people’s license plates🤣🤣
Nice Video,,too bad for the lady that couldn't '\ continue to ride cause her horse was voted not fit to continue,,wth,.
It was a man's horse. Js. I would have quit at 40 miles anyway. Respect to the riders though.
the one in the yellow at the end was flopping around all over the place hah
Its soo easy i live in a farm and u go horse riddeing 2 the beach witch is far away from were i live
Yay lady riders! Weren't the top 4 all women? Wow!!
None of thus bunch seems barn sour😏
Too bad there weren't any Arabs competing. :-)
There were several Arabians.
Are you being sarcastic 😂?
@@wendyw8931 - It is obvious that all the top finishers shown in the video were Arabian horses. Anita was making a joke. No doubt you both know that most endurance horses competing in North America are either purebred or part Arabian.
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