[RC] Nick Warhol Ride Report- Pacific South East Bay 25 / 50 - nick warhol
Ride report- Pacific South East Bay 25/50
9/14/02, Oakland, Ca.
Kathy Campbell and Nick Warhol, Ride Managers
Hi everyone- The East Bay 25/50 was held this weekend in Chabot and Redwood
parks
in Oakland. The ride is a benefit for the USA Pacific South Endurance
Squad, all the
proceeds go towards sending the team to the Pan Am games every other year.
The weather cooperated fully with a nice, cool, foggy morning that burned
off into a
very pretty, sunny day with a cool breeze. We had a pretty good turnout
this year,
we started 43 riders in the 50, and 31 in the 25 mile ride. All 31 starters
finished
the limited distance ride! They did a great job with their horses all day
long. There
were five pulls in the 50 mile ride, all from lameness; there were no
metabolic problems
or treatments. Our head vet was Melissa Ribley; Susan Mcartney and Steve
Gardner were Melissa?s
very capable team.
Our first place horse in the 50 was Kesil, ridden by Ulla Howes. She had a
great ride and
was smiling all day long! The rest of the top ten was Nancy Corbeletta 2nd,
Sally
Billingsley 3rd, Linda Dollar 4th, Rick Gomez 5th, Daniela Mielke 6th,
Deborah
Breashears 7th, Jinell Breashears 8th (and first Junior!), Cheryl Davidson
9th, and rounding
out the top ten was Kim Zvik. Rick Gomez rode a smart ride to fifth place
and took
best condition on his horse Monterey. There was an incredible romp to the
finish by
Linda, Rick, Daniela, Deborah, and Jinell. The five of them came blasting
down the road
to the finish, laughing and hooting it up as they raced in the last few
hundred yards.
We don?t give out a Best Condition on the 25, we present a Horse Excellence
Award to
the horse and rider combination our vets feel did a great job and looked
good all day.
I borrowed a line from Mitch Benson when I announced at the awards that we
had to
change the name of the prize to the Equine Excellence Award, since we were
not giving
it to a horse. It was awarded to a really cute mule named E-Mule, ridden by
Mark
Borden. Little E-Mule trucked along all day, looking like he was really
enjoying himself.
Congratulations to Mark and Rick on their fine horses, er, equines!
We in Pac South like to give out prizes, so we held a rider card raffle at
the awards dinner
and gave out a bunch of neat stuff to all riders, pulled or not. Our grand
prize was a
Ryobi 14.4 volt electric drill/driver kit. We also had lots of nice
endurance related prizes
as well, many donated by our great sponsors. Special thanks to (in
alphabetic order)
Arbee Ice boots, The Australian Connection, Cool Down Under, SportTack, Dave
Walker, and
Western Saddlery. Please be sure to give these great vendors your business!
We got very good feedback from a lot of our riders, I really appreciate so
many people taking the time to fill out the rider surveys after the event.
A couple of
people commented that they would like to see some more signs and arrows at
confusing
intersections, rather than just the three ribbons. We will add more signs
and flour next
year. (You know the stupid cows eat the flour we use for arrows?) We had to
leave a
couple of gates closed because of said cows, we apologize about that. One
of the gates
was really broken, some people said it was like trying to open a hatch on a
battleship.
Some riders encountered a couple of surly hikers, but in general our riders
reported the
hiker and biker interaction was good.
Oh yes, it?s important to note that Michael Hartman edged out his wife
Kristine at the
finish line for 14th place, not vice versa.
Our event was saddened by a tragedy, though. We had the worst kind of
disaster possible.
On Friday night, around midnight, two horses escaped from their containment
and took
off running down the trail, away from camp. They made a right turn and ran
up a dirt
road towards Skyline Blvd. One of the horses got tangled up in the wire
fence and
sustained injuries bad enough to require being put down. Susan Mcartney
went out and
performed the grisly task at around 2 in the morning. The second horse was
caught at a
stable nearby and was returned the next morning. The horses belonged to
Frank
Rothschild of Red Shield Equestrian Center. The horse that was put down was
named
Hal yva Guy. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Frank for the tragic loss
of his horse.
Thanks again to everyone who came out to the ride, and especially our
volenteers.
We at Pacific South really appreciate the support. We will see you all
again next year,
when we will have anothergreat ride, and even more prizes! Who knows, maybe
we will give
away a horse trailer........
Nick Warhol
Hayward, Ca.
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