RE: [RC] 10,000 Mile Club: Make Room for the Pony - Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M.
That is SO great!!!!!! Congrats to
you and your tough little guy. It’s always been an honor and a treat
to vet check both of you (okay, at least check Remington…you’re
pretty much on your own).
Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
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Make Room for the Pony
Imagine
if you walked up to a pasture reserved for horses which have completed 10,000
miles or more of AERC endurance competition. You would see a select group
of only 13 horses: Rushcreek Lad, Bandit, Tulip, DR Thunder Bask, Zayante,
Astro Aries, Kahlil Khai, Surrablue, Pandora's Pixy, Geronimo's Warrior, RO
Grand Sultan, Sha-win and Peco. Most of these horses are already in the
Hall of Fame and it's only a matter of time before several of the others
will be too. I get a little choked up thinking of the literally
hundreds of miles Remington and I have covered next to Doc, Tulip,
Geronimo and Peco. We were lucky enough to have ridden a stretch with
Pandy in our very first endurance ride and with Rio
on our first hundred miler. (Rio was
a whole loop ahead of us while we were sharing the same trail, of
course.) As well known as some of our riders are, these horses are the
true luminaries of this sport.
Well
now they need to make room in this special pasture for their little buddy
Remington. My 13.3 hands high Icelandic riding partner just passed the
10,000 mile mark on day two of the Grand Canyon XP multi-day ride on
Sunday. He is the first pony and the first gaited horse to go this
far. Sometimes I am still asked why I don't get an Arabian horse or a
larger horse or a faster horse or a horse better suited for endurance riding,
but these questions all miss the point. Remington was my first horse
ever. He takes care of me and I not only tolerate but not so secretly
enjoy his exceedingly wilful ways. We were made for each other. I'm
proud of my pony.
