Garrett Ford crossed the finish line at 10:05 p.m. PDT on Aug. 4 to win the 2012 Tevis Cup on his 12-year-old Arabian gelding The Fury. Wife Lisa Ford followed mere steps behind to take second place on her 10-year-old bay gelding CE Cyclone. Their unofficial ride time for the 100-mile event was 14 hours, 50 minutes.

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Garrett and Lisa Ford crossed the finish line at 10:05 p.m. to win the 2012 Tevis Cup.

Both horses met the heart rate criteria of 68 beats per minute shortly after finishing the ride, and both passed a cardiac recover index, which involves taking the equine’s pulse and then having the rider or their representative trot the horse out 120 feet and back. Exactly 60 seconds from the beginning of the trot out, another will be performed; a fit horse should have the same pulse rate at both checks. Veterinarians declared the horses sound to certify the placings

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