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The Day of Knights was held in Luray Va. Fairgrounds (Page
County) on the Fall Equinox as a FundRaiser that raised 5K$ for St. Judes
Childrens Hospital in 1994. The Endurance aspect was a stunt by Will Tevis
did of how far 1 person could ride 4 horses and we added AERC/Fei Vet and
Grounds Control. The Head Vet was Dr. Jeannie Waldron, The FEI
Steward was Lee Wittle and our Statiscian was Lorey Bargmann PhD. 3 Riders
Started on 4 horses each on a 1.52 mile oval course. The ride covered 24
hrs and started at 5am. The Course Marshall was Jim Hodson. It was
R.I.D.E's (Riders International Distance & Endurance) first Event.
Chryssie Unser went 165 Miles. Tom Sites went 144 miles and Garnett
Gallant went 120 miles. The Vet Gates were Gates into holds.
If a horse did not pass Vet criteria those miles traveled were not
counted. It was filmed and documented and covered by numerous
newspapers. What is V2B? thats the rest of the story. tom
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