Ducks do BSF

Ah ha! The Ducks certainly worked for and got some points this weekend!!


Thurs. the first day of the ride, Greg rode Zelda, Vickie rode Boo, and I rode Noways in the fifty miler. Mary Lynn rode Paige's horse, Sully, and Brenda rode her steed, Elite in the thirty. Only the first three count for points, but it is a good thing to have those extra riders in case some one of us gets a dreaded pull.




Elite and Sully at the first VC on day two, prefering the other's food ~ naturally...


This day is the toughest of the three, but it is truly beautiful with huge boulders, cool streams, and flora all along the trail. We got to cross the Cumberland river as well. What a treat. Not so fun was the long hard climbs, but our boys all came through and all five of us finished our rides. We amassed some good points too.


I finished in 6th place, Greg got 7th, Vickie finished out of the top ten, but still got us 50 points. Brenda and Mary Lynn finished their 30 miles, as back up. The trail nearly whipped us all, but we talked Mary Lynn and Brenda into going again the next day, as with Amy coming to ride the 55 it would give us another team if everyone finished. With the promise that the trail is much easier on the second day, they agreed!


Greg, Vickie and I crewed for them, which was a nice change, as Mary Lynn, Brenda and Amy have done their more than fair share of crewing for us. Other than Amy and her horse taking a fall near the start, everyone finished in fine shape again. Well, Amy did have some metabolic issues, but her horse looked great!


So again our team got points! Amy finished 8th, and once again, Mary Lynn and Brenda finished the 30 and this time their ride counted for the team!


Go DUCKS!!!

The weather was really nice to us, and we really did have a fun time.




Vickie and Biscuit preparing for a day of crewing...>

Abi Khan & VA Highlands ~ Aug.

The Ducks went off in two different directions this ride weekend!

Vicki, Brenda and Amy went to a Competitive ride, The Abi Khan in OH, and all finished both days, so added some much needed points to our Team! Yeah!

Seems the Ducks were a hit, and the OH group are envious enough to want to start there own teams... Not sure they can have more fun than us though...

Vicki had some trouble with interference with Poppy, but was still able to finish for the two day, 50 miles. Amy had a good ride and even got her horse to pulse down to a 44, which was a goal...and finished 3rd in her wt. division. Brenda had a really good ride it seems, as she finished 1st in her weight division, and also captured the Best Arab award! Way to go TEAM!

With over 40 horses there, quite an accomplishment!

As I understand it, Amy did provide some entertainment on the second day while mounting up. Seems she hadn't had a close up view of the dirt for a while so took the opportunity to do so then. Nothing broken, and no blood, so all is well...

150 points! Way to go!

VA Highlands, VA

Greg, Mary Lynn and Janice took off to VA for the second annual endurance ride. We knew we had no chance for team points, as only two of us were riding, but really enjoyed the ride last year...all but ML of course, who really had tough luck last year. And, this year her boy Wiley was on stall rest, so once again she had to pull crew duty. But, boy was that a much appreciated treat! Those away vet checks can be tough without a crew. There were 243 entries! for the weekend. And 76 in our 55 mile ride...whew.

Greg and I both had good rides. Greg finished in 36th position, and I finished 4th! Too bad we couldn't count points...oh well, we had a great time.

Oh yeah, I did my semi-annual close up look at the dirt also, but thankfully, I too had nothing broken nor blood...

Greg and Zelda cooling off in the New River...>