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Thanks Kathy, I really appreciate that, I am so
proud of them, but sorry Cliff did not make it with them. Hope they are
both O.K.
Joan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 1:21
PM
Subject: VC 100
Hi, Since both of you have asked for news of the Virginia
City 100 on Ridecamp, I thought I would send along a little info.
I think there were 62 starters and 43 finishers or something close to
that. This was one of the best finishing rates ever for the ride, according to
ride manager Connie Creech. There was wonderful weather, and the most amazing
full moon I have ever seen for the ride. Tom Johnson won the ride and got BC
with a horse belonging to someone else. I did not pay attention to the winning
time, however. Al Beaupre got his 1900 mile buckle, Nicole Weire got her
1500 mile buckle.
I think 22 of the finishers were first
timers. One of the first time finishers was 5 year old Cliffy Lewis
riding the 29 year old Spiderman (who has finished the ride 7 times now, the
last time in 1987). Cliffy's sponsor was his dad Tom Lewis who got his
1300 mile buckle. They rode the course in 23hrs and 15 minutes total
time. Tom himself rode the VC 100 when HE was 5, but Cliffy is actually
6 months younger than Tom was when he did it. When Cliffy crossed the
fiish line at 4:15 this morning, he slid off Spiderman and ran BACK down the
trail to get some glow bars. Cliffy showed his own horse to the vets for
his post ride check including trotting him out himself. Spiderman scored all
A's except got a B for attitude at the end. Not bad for an old
guy.
Spiderman came out of retirement to train with Cliffy for the
ride.
His performance was flawless, as was Cliffy's IMHO!!!!!
Kathy
Lewis
proud grandma
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