14 – Horse of the Year 2007
Kerry and Emma were in Argentina, we were off to Horse of the Year in Hastings. I think Emma was riding the same day or perhaps the day after we were! Portia, Lace and...
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13 – Lace to the Rescue
Emma was hoping to qualify to represent New Zealand in the World Junior Endurance Champs in Argentina. The only problem was that she had one more 120km qualifying ride to do and her horse...
12 – Stepping up the Distance Once Again
Once more Lace and I were stepping up to more distance… 100km at our first Championship event!
11 Open!
Just two weeks after our first novice 80 Lace and I were ready for our second… back to Taupo where George and I had completed our first 80 exactly a year earlier. In spite...
10 Getting Going Again – Fresh Horse & Too Much Mud
After a couple of months off it was time to get my pony back in work. Ok, she had done a lot more now than when I got her, but I wasn’t entirely confident. ...
9 Lace is now an Endurance Expert – her Opinion!
Three weeks later and we were at our second endurance ride… 27 km at our Whatawhata training ground. Even though we rode there regularly Lace was on to the fact this was different. Not...
8 Back to Novice 25km
So after getting George to the point of completing our first novice 80 I was now back at the very beginning with a new horse. Unfair! I was going to have to do just...
7 Has Been Ridden!
I had my new endurance pony home, now to get to know her The woman that I bought Lace from had got her so that she could get back into riding after a 20...
6 Introducing Lace!
I had bought my new part arab pony, I just had to get her home… Lace had never been on a float (what we call horse trailers in New Zealand), she had travelled from...
5 I NEED a New Horse… Now!
So it’s only October – the New Zealand endurance season starts in August but takes a month or so to get going as the weather is usually fairly wet and courses soggy – and...
