The AERC, the American Endurance Ride Conference provides services for sanctioning Endurance Rides in North America. Current Rules of Competition, Records of past competitions, and Calendars of future events are maintained by the AERC.
Education & Tips for Endurance Riders
- NEW! AERC Educational Series Videos
- What is Endurance Riding? (and much more!)
- AERC Regional Mentor list
- AERC Mentor Handbook
- The American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC)Website
- AERC Rider's Handbook
- AERC new members page
- RideCamp Email discussion group for Endurance
- What to expect at your first ride (AERC)
- 25 Tips for a Fun Ride - Judy Etheridge (AERC EN Oct 05)
- Safety and Etiquette for Endurance and LD riders (AERC)
- Some good training articles and videos from Jim Holland
- K. Chaton's Education Page
- Endurance Basics by Genie Stewart-Spears, reprinted from Arabian Horse World
- Getting Started: Beautiful Trails & Competition from Equine Canada HorseLife Magazine
- Getting Started: Q&A from Equine Canada HorseLife Magazine
- The Nine Points of Saddle Fitting by Stacey Nedrow-Wigmore, from Equisearch.com
- Check for Back Pain and Saddle Fit by Joyce Harmon, DVM, from Equisearch.com
- The Bit Gallery, from Equisearch.com
- Cruppers, from Wikipedia.com
- Martingales, from Wikipedia.com
- Hackamores, from Wikipedia.com
- Assessing Your Equine's Overall Fitness by Terre O'Brennan
- Conditioning for Your First Endurance Ride (pdf), from SERAonline.org
- Is Your Horse Fit? The Physiology of Conditioning, from the Alberta (Canada) Ag-Info Centre
- Training for Endurance by Jim Holland, from SERAonline.org
- Tips and Hints on Endurance Riding, from olddominionrides.org
- Elecrolytes: Sweating the Small Stuff by Ken Marcella, DVM, from DVM, the Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine
- Recognition and Management of Fluid and Electrolyte Changes in Equine Athletes by Arthur B. King, DVM, from octra.on.ca
- What to Pack in Your Endurance Crewbag by Karen Chaton
- Right on Schedule: Trailer Maintenance by Sharon Biggs, from TheHorse.com
- Trailering Articles from Equisearch.com
- Horse Trailering Information from the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
Books by Endurance Riders, for Endurance Riders!
(before you order anything, check to make sure they are still in print!)
- Tevis Cup Magic by Merri Melde
- Endurance...Years Gone By by Lori Oleson
- Ride Like Potato by Potato Richardson
- Strike a Long Trot by Shannon Sewell Weil
- Horse My Heart by Nancy Morgan Reed
- Camptown Races by Sandra Adams
- America's Long Distance Challenge II : New Century, New Trails, and More Miles by Karen Bumgarner
- ...but it wasn't the horse's fault! by Julie Suhr
- Ten Feet Tall, Still by Julie Suhr
- Endurance 101 by Aarene Storms
- 4th Gear - Power Up Your Endurance Horse by Dennis Summers
- Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America by John Egenes
- Tevis, From the Back of My Horse by Sharma Gaponoff
- Endurance - A French Perspective by Leonard Liesens
- Go the Distance: The Complete Resource for Endurance Horses
- All Horse Systems Go: The Horse Owner's Full-Color Veterinary Care and Conditioning Resource for Modern Performance, Sport and Pleasure Horses by Nancy Loving
- The Tevis Cup: To Finish Is To Win by Marnye Langer
- The Complete Guide to Endurance Riding and Competition by Donna Snyder-Smith
- Endurance Riding by Ann Hyland
- To Finish is to Win: One Woman's Riding Adventures by Dodie Sable
- The Lighter Side of Endurance Riding by Angie McGhee
- Endurance Riding: From First Steps to 100 Miles by Clare Wild
- Endurance Riding from Beginning to Winning by Lew Hollander
- Endurance Riding - Tips for Beginners by Cornelia Koller
- America's Long Distance Challenge by Karen Paulo (Bumgarner)
- And Miles to Go: the Biography of a Great Arabian Horse, Witez II by Linell Nash Smith
- Endurance Riding: Conditioning & Competition Log Book
- Conditioning the Gaited Horse* for Endurance: *and Other Horses , Too!
- Endurance Horse Riding: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginner to Seasoned Campaigner
- The Endurance Horse: A World Survey from Ancient Civilizations to Modern Competition
- The Endurance Horse: A World Survey from Ancient Civilizations to Modern Competition
- Endurance Start to Finish
- One Horse, One Hundred Miles, One Day: The Story of the Tevis Cup Endurance Ride
- Endurance and Competitive Trail Riding
A comprehensive list of Endurance Blogs and Such
A comprehensive list of Endurance and Distance Organizations
A whole smorgasbord of Endurance.net/Endurance ride videos!
Info and Resources for Ride Managers
- Best
Condition calculation -Google Docs Excel spreadsheet (courtesy Carol Giles)
***You must Copy or Download this file as an Excel file (in the Google Docs File menu) to use it.*** - Crewing
- Forms and Information
- AERC Ride Manager Handbook(PDF)
- AERC Ride Calendar
- AERC Forms and Info
- The Equestrian Vagabond - Merri Melde
- Steve Bradley
- Boots ’N’ Bloomers Photography - Lisa Chadwick
- Dominique Cognee
- Cristy Cumberworth
- Photos by Demott - Peter Demott
- Park City Photography - Vicki Gaebe
- Lynne Glazer Imagery - Lynne Glazer
- Karl Creations - Paschal Karl
- Lisa Peck Photography
- AZ Cowgirl Photography - Susan Kordish
- Spectrum Photography - John W.F. Miller
- Becky Pearman
- Justus Photography - Linda Sherrill
- Genie Stewart-Spears
- William Gore
- David Honan
Arabian Silk
Endurance Riding - The Tevis Cup 2010
2013 Moab Endurance Ride Day 1
Intro to Endurance Riding
Endurance Photographers!
Even more Videos!
Click here for the long list of VideosHere's a few samples: