Charlotte decorated Luba with red grease pen before the race and added to her handiwork when it was all over. She wanted Luba's braids to match my hair. I think that having red in the hair and mane meant no red in the pee. Who knew it was that easy to prevent a tie up?
We had the pleasure of sponsoring or should I say being sponsored by Solstice, a junior OCTRA member. The technical trail had plenty of knee knockers, noggin knockers, eye pokers and even a tooth flosser! Twice, I pushed off of a tree to keep from getting my knee knocked only to discover that it was a rotten dead one and I pushed it right over! I thought Solstice was going to fall off her horse she giggled so hard.
Then we had some great canters that inspired me to do some war whoops. Solstice said I should be careful because if anyone heard me, they would think I was crazy ;)
We were having so much fun and going so fast in the last 6 miles that we missed a turn off and ended up at the finish line after only doing 2 miles of trail. So we went back to where the 6 mile loop started in base camp for a "do-over". I am a big believer in do-overs.
Both horses finished happy and healthy. Luba's metabolics were great and she had all As all day long. After the first 10 miles of trail, her CRI was 12/10 and her heart rate was 40 within 15 minutes of completing the 27 miles. Her final heart rate taken 30 minutes after completion was 38. We rode conservatively, 6 mph for the first 10 miles and 5.6 mph for the last 17 miles.
Our friends Kim and Mike also completed their ride, so we dubbed our little corner of the hayfield "Camp Completion" and celebrated with blood red cosmopolitans. We slept over an extra night.
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| Camp Completion - East view |
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| Camp Completion - West view with a hug for Joe |
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| Fresh squeezed limes make all the difference. |
Sounds like fun! Congrats to Camp Completion (from a card carrying member) ~E.G.
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