24 – 2009-2010 Season Begins… I want to go to Kentucky!
The first ride of the season was Counties again, but not until the middle of September. Lace had been in work a couple of months by then so we started with a 60km. She...
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23 – My First 160… At Last!
Five years and a couple of months since George and I won our gold medal at the Master’s Games, Lace and I were about to tackle our first 160km ride at Whareama. It was...
22 – Okoroire and another HOY (2009)
Okoroire was always a lovely course. It’s almost an up-down reverse ride, the tops of the ‘hills’ being hay paddocks separated by large gulleys, but also the more normal flat-ish valleys between hills. The...
21 – My First 3*
I read the date in Lace’s logbook, checked in my spreadsheet, went to my box of certificates and stuff and found the programme… the North Island Champs in 2009 was on January 3rd &...
20 More Distance Once Again
Looking at my records I see I actually started riding Lace again at the end of May! I suspect that may be mainly due to the amazing weather, a fine break of nearly three...
19 – Endurance at Horse of the Year 2008
In spite of my spectacular failure at the Horse of the Year Show last year (2007), it was such a fantastic ride and experience that I still wanted to go back this year. Maybe...
18 –A new Saddle in a hurry
The next ride was 41km at Taumarunui’s new base at Aria sports grounds. Lace’s back had come up in a blister after the North Island Champs 100km so I was training her in a...
17 – Timing and Riding at the North Island champs
The test run of my new timing computer programme at AWEC had gone fairly well, I’m sure there must have been things to adjust and change, but I don’t remember specifically. Our club were...
16 – 2007-2008 Season underway
My friend, Richard, was on the Endurance NZ board at this time, so that meant he knew everything that was going on. So when he told me that I should send an email to...
15 – Season End
But first a bit more for Horse of the Year… Getting back to the show grounds from the middle of Havelock North was a bit of a nightmare. They had organised horse transporters –...
