Tevis 2011: Haggin Cup Awarded to Riverwatch
Marsha Hayes
October 10, 2011
On Oct. 9 the Tevis Cup committee presented the Haggin Cup to ride winners Jeremy Reynolds and Riverwatch.
On Oct. 9 the Tevis Cup committee presented the Haggin Cup to ride winners Jeremy Reynolds and Riverwatch.
Reynolds and the Arabian gelding Riverwatch clocked a time of 100 miles in 10 hours, 31 minutes.
The Tevis track was rerouted after six to 10 inches of snow fell on parts of the trail.
The Tevis Cup’s date change means competitors will have an added challenge of cooler competition weather.
Researchers examined which factors–such as lameness–prompt endurance horses’ elimination from competition.
The 55th running of the 100-mile Tevis Ride endurance competition has been rescheduled for October 8 due to
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The North American Trail Ride Conference, the group that sanctioned and tracked Elmer Bandit’s lifetime record 20,780 official Competitive Trail miles, will honor the horse at their annual banquet, which begins Friday.
Elmer was
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Following hi
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Surrounded my several friends and his lifelo
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Winter weather has driven 37-year-old competitive trail horse Elmer Bandit and his owner and rider Mary Anna Wood inside for dressage lessons.
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