Endurance Horse Podcast

Endurance Horse Podcast

Christina Hyke, creator of Endurance Horse Podcast and WARHORSE Endurance Challenges. Chris lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim.

Chris has always loved the trails and spent every moment she could spare out riding for as long as she can remember.

It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory hiking, running and riding on good horses that inspired her to create both Endurance Horse Podcast and WARHORSE Endurance as places where riders for riders to share stories with others from around the world.

WARHORSE 100 Mile Challenge (sold out)

www.warhorseendurance.com

Cheers & Happy Trails!

Challenges! ROSEBUD and WARHORSE 100 Mile Challenges

June 3rd, 2020

Welcome to

Episode 39 of

Endurance Horse Podcast

THE CHALLENGES!

Created June 3rd, 2020

*Happy Birthday to one of our horses, FAITH

WARHORSE Challenges!

ROSEBUD 100 Mile Challenge (only 52 spots left) To benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud Reservation

Join the Facebook group for here WARHORSE Endurance Conditioning Challenges

Nicole Ford Tasmania, Australia

Susan Dickinson Kentucky, USA

Cork N Mane

Sarah Douglas-Braid & Dandie Washington, USA

Binky Tunny Wisconsin, USA

Sonja Knecht-Hoshi Virginia, USA

Frank Whitney / Ann Degnan Massachusetts, USA

Cate Jefferis Victoria, Australia

FOLLOW Queenie & Cate on Instagram @queeniethebeanie

Victoria Bonham New South Wales, Australia

Jen Joines Pennsylvania, USA

Jen McCabe Idaho, USA

Special thanks to:

Hylofit

Renegade Hoof Boots

US Rider

Skito

Christina Hyke Wisconsin, USA

Endurance Horse Podcast & WARHORSE Endurance Conditioning Challenges

Endurance Horse Podcast

Christina Hyke, creator of Endurance Horse Podcast and WARHORSE Endurance. Chris lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim and their children (well, almost all grown up) .

Chris is an equine & pet photographer. She has always loved the trails and spent every moment she could riding since before she could walk. It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory on good horses that inspired her to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.

www.warhorseendurance.com

Cheers & Happy Trails!

UPDATES Virtual Events Interview with DAWN HAAS

April 19th, 2020

Welcome to

Episode 38 of

Endurance Horse Podcast

Created April 19th 2020

Interview with Dawn Haas of Appaloosa Distance Riding Association,

Dawn tells her story of how she found endurance riding , helped create local trails and her a bit about her appaloosa horses.

It is a virtual Challenge based totally on the honor system, we trust you will track your miles and truly hope that you would share videos, photos and screen shots of your mileage to our WARHORSE 100 Mile Challenge FB Group. There is a small fee to cover the costs of shipping, design and creation of the medals (or for outside of the USA embroidered patches). We hope that you join us in this Challenge, share it with your friends and share your journey with us in the Facebook group. We have riders who I know will knock this out in one month by riding 25 miles or more per week. We also have drivers, even a mini! We have horses being walked lovingly by their owners because the horses are too young or too old to be ridden, so they are walking their horses by hand on the days they can. This goal is so customizable! We just wanted to connect with more riders, and cheer them on towards a truly milestone goal. I am loving hearing all the stories, moms riding with their children, husbands with their wife and older horses finding new purpose again. Won’t you join us? We know you know how to social distance in the best way possible, with your horse!

Christina Hyke

Cheers to 2020!

Join us for the

Learning Endurance & Other Stuff

Sandy Sickles Wisconsin, USA

Keisha Wood New Mexico, USA

Jenny Chandler New Zealand

Courtney Kruger Tennessee, USA

Virtual Ride & Tie FB Group (link to sign up)

Ride & Tie on Facebook

Brooke Moeller Iowa, USA

IOWA DISTANCE RIDERS on Facebook

Dawn Haas Wisconsin, USA

ApDra Ride Flyer

Wisconsin Horseman’s News

Appaloosa Distance Riding Association

Christina ‘Send me files’ Hyke Wisconsin, USA

Creator of Endurance Horse Podcast & WARHORSE 100 Mile Challenge

WARHORSE Endurance Ride July 25-26, 2020

Endurance Horse Podcast

Christina Hyke is an equine and pet photographer. Chris lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim. She has always loved the trails and spent every moment she could riding since before she could walk. It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory on good horses that inspired her to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.

Cheers & Happy Trails!

The WARHORSE 100 Mile Challenge (Virtual) & Updates from around the world

April 19th, 2020

Welcome to

Episode 37 of

Endurance Horse Podcast

Created April 17th 2020

Welcome to episode 37 of Endurance Horse Podcast!

While I believe that Endurance Riders are the BEST at social distancing, it can be hard to do when our trails are being closed, rides cancelled and goals taken away from us. Jim joins me again for the intro of episode 37 to share about the WARHORSE 100 Mile Challenge.

It is a virtual Challenge based totally on the honor system, we trust you will track your miles and truly hope that you would share videos, photos and screen shots of your mileage to our WARHORSE 100 Mile Challenge FB Group. There is a small fee to cover the costs of shipping, design and creation of the medals (or for outside of the USA embroidered patches). We hope that you join us in this Challenge, share it with your friends and share your journey with us in the Facebook group. We have riders who I know will knock this out in one month by riding 25 miles or more per week. We also have drivers, even a mini! We have horses being walked lovingly by their owners because the horses are too young or too old to be ridden, so they are walking their horses by hand on the days they can. This goal is so customizable! We just wanted to connect with more riders, and cheer them on towards a truly milestone goal. I am loving hearing all the stories, moms riding with their children, husbands with their wife and older horses finding new purpose again. Won’t you join us? We know you know how to social distance in the best way possible, with your horse!

Christina Hyke

Cheers to 2020!

Join us for the

Jessica Isbrecht Neveda, USA

Ride + Climb

Happy Trails Podcast

Carrie Baris North Carolina, USA

Marvel Endurance on Facebook

Ride & Tie on Facebook

Adriana Sardony Queensland, Australia

Marvel Endurance

Renegade Hoof Boots

Daryl Owen New Zealand

The Distance

Jenny Chandler New Zealand

Learning Endurance & Other Stuff

Leah Cain Idaho, USA

Cain Performance Horses

Jose Flores Mexico

Endurance Mexico

Endurance Mexico on Facebook

Outtro Song Credit:

“Sober” by Little Big Town

Christina ‘Send me files’ Hyke Wisconsin, USA

Creator of Endurance Horse Podcast

WARHORSE Endurance Ride- Palmyra, WI July 25-26, 2020

Endurance Horse Podcast

Christina Hyke, creator of Endurance Horse Podcast & WARHORSE 100 Mile Challenge, lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim.

Chris is an equine & pet photographer, and Ride Manager of WARHORSE Endurance. She has always loved the trails and spent every moment she could riding since before she could walk. It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory on good horses that inspired her to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.

Ride far, Ride well, Ride often!

Clinician & Horse Training

Cheers & Happy Trails!

THE FARM- Interview with Tracy Porter & Shirley May of Milton, WI

March 19th, 2020

Welcome to

The Farm Interview

with Shirley May & Tracy Porter

Endurance Horse Podcast

Hosted by Christina Hyke

Created March 19th, 2020

I know it is a challenging Spring for those in North America, and for all of us across the world.

Though I'd like to wish you all a Happy Spring, it is my hope that we can brighten your first day of spring!

So the best laid plans of mice & men…… Episode 36 of Endurance Horse Podcast was to be on Ride Management, though the recent world health concerns put a damper on my plans to travel around getting several interviews with Ride Managers. I was able to do a few interviews, and just so happened to interview a few friends before the pandemic restricted all the movements and gatherings.

In Episode 36 we will hear from two great horsewomen, mother and daughter, Shirley May and Tracy Porter. We chat about how both of them got into horses, a bit about horse training and yes a little about endurance. Shirley and Tracy operate a 120 acre boarding facility in Milton, Wisconsin

It is my hope that you enjoy this episode getting to know this midwest horse trainer and her mother. And I hope it helps to take your mind away from current events, even if only for a few minutes.

Shirley May Wisconsin, USA

The Farm

Tracy Porter Wisconsin, USA

John Lyons

Lyons Legacy

Christina Hyke Wisconsin, USA

Creator of Endurance Horse Podcast

Happy Spring 2020!

To share your story on Endurance Horse Podcast, email an audio file to:

endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com

Endurance Horse Podcast

Christina Hyke, creator of Endurance Horse Podcast, lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim.

Chris is an equine & pet photographer, and Ride Manager of WARHORSE Endurance. She has always loved the trails and spent every moment she could riding since before she could walk. It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory on good horses that inspired her to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.

Cheers & Happy Trails!

Wiyanka Hanska-Long Feather Racing on Facebook

LONG FEATHER Racing - Also Milwaukee Art Museum & Veterans Light Up the Arts

March 7th, 2020

Welcome to the

Long Feather Racing episode of

Endurance Horse Podcast with

The Milwaukee Art Museum &

Veterans Light Up the Arts

Created February 27, 2020

Welcome to episode 35 of Endurance Horse Podcast!

This topic may seem to have little to do with endurance riding, we distance riders are often talking about riding the same horse over many miles, in this episode we talk to a father who manages a racing team that is comprised of his family members. Long Feather Racing Team stands tall among the many skilled teams who participate in Indian Relay Racing.

One rider, 3 horses and many team members comprise the team. Riders must mount bareback on their own power and relay onto three horses to win this race. Though swapping horses, high speeds and bareback seem to have little to do with endurance, I reached out to Richard Long Feather of Standing Rock Reservation to connect with him and listen in as shares his love of Indian Relay Racing.

It is funny how things come together if you track them backwards. As you may know, I had the idea for WARHORSE Endurance ride, that then also led me to loan an idea and name for a second ride to Laura to change the name and theme of her ride. I loaned her the name I had for another ride, Spirit Horse. Laura then spoke to people who gave her the idea to fund raise for an equine program at Rosebud Reservation- which brought me to purchasing the DVD, HORSE NATION, which helped me to find out about the Mankato ride, and the Wounded Knee ride, and then apparently FB suggested Long Feather Racing- and so I found Richard’s family & now Richard is on Endurance Horse Podcast.

Richard’s family works as a team traveling during the racing season covering many miles with typically six horses to care for. This sounded very familiar to the ride camp we all travel around to. I wanted to make a connection with Endurance Horse Podcast and this amazing family. As you can see, what started out as a short interview turned into much more as I found myself enjoying this man’s love for his horses and his home. I hope you all can forgive me as I learn the more technical side of recording. I think that we had a bad phone connection, though I hope you can listen long enough to see what a good horse connection we made.

Sit back, hold on and enjoy the ride!

Click here to see a preview of We are a Horse Nation on YouTube

To find We are a Horse Nation you can search on Amazon or click here

Christina Hyke

Cheers to 2020!

Richard & Jace Long Feather, Standing Rock Reservation, ND

Horse Nations Indian Relay Racing Council

Racing Photo Credit:

A by A Photography Washington, USA on Facebook

To learn more about Indian Relay Racing:

Relay Horse Magazine

Horse Nations Indian Relay Council

Horse Nations Indian Relay Council- on Facebook

Navajo Code Talker -Thomas Begay

Thomas Begay singing in Navajo the Marine Hymn

Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce

Veterans Light Up the Arts

Milwaukee Art Museum

Trickster Art Gallery Cultural Center

Distance Riding Association of Wisconsin

Christina ‘Send me files’ Hyke Wisconsin, USA

Creator of Endurance Horse Podcast

Endurance Horse Podcast

Christina Hyke, creator of Endurance Horse Podcast, lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim.

Chris is an equine & pet photographer, and Ride Manager of WARHORSE Endurance. She has always loved the trails and spent every moment she could riding since before she could walk. It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory on good horses that inspired her to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.

Cheers & Happy Trails!

Lifestriders Theraputic Riding Center

Rider Health Part Three- Interview with Chrystal Stephens

February 7th, 2020

Welcome to Part Three

Focused on Rider Health

Endurance Horse Podcast

Created February 7, 2020

Welcome to episode 34 of Endurance Horse Podcast!

This topic has been a popular one, and I am having to expand it to a third part! We are chatting with Chrystal Stephens, the Director of Operations for Lifestriders Theraputic Riding Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Chrystal shares her extensive knowledge gained from working twelve years with two of the premier theraputic riding centers in Wisconsin. We will also hear from endurance rider Kim Fosler and her overcoming a back injury, Brooke Moeller will share how she is dealing with riding after having a difficult fall, we will hear more from Bridget Helms and what she does to stay fit to ride.

To wrap the episode up Jim & I chat a bit about the upcoming two year anniversary of Endurance Horse Podcast, so sit back, hold on and enjoy the ride!

Christina Hyke

Cheers to 2020!

Chrystal Stephens Wisconsin, USA

Lifestriders Theraputic Riding Center on Facebook

Kim Fosler Illinois, USA

Keep ‘em Covered- Endurance Horse Rump Rugs

@KeepEmCovered

Brooke Moeller Iowa, USA

Iowa Distance Riders

Bridget Helms Wyoming, USA

Talkin Trot: Endurance Riding News & Views

@thismomrides

Christina ‘Send me files’ Hyke Wisconsin, USA

Creator of Endurance Horse Podcast

Endurance Horse Podcast

Christina Hyke Photography, LLC

Christina Hyke, creator of Endurance Horse Podcast, lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim. Chris is an equine & pet photographer, and Ride Manager of WARHORSE Endurance. She has always loved the trails and spent every moment she could riding since before she could walk. It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory on good horses that inspired her to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.

Ride Far. Ride Well. Ride Often.

Cheers & Happy Trails!

Rider Health Part Two

February 5th, 2020

Welcome to Part Two-

Itty Bitty Naughty Kitty

(You will understand after the intro why there is a kitten pic)

Focused on Rider Health

Endurance Horse Podcast

Created February 4, 2020

Welcome to episode 33 of Endurance Horse Podcast!

This topic has been a popular one, and I am having to expand it to a

second part and now a part three putting together soon. We are chatting about everything from overcoming injures, dealing with illnesses, how horses are therapist and yes, some about rider fitness & emotional health. Jim joins me for the intro of the podcast & we try to share a walk down memory lane sharing how horses have affected our lives—- though Itty Bitty Naughty Kitty kept biting my feet, take a listen, you will see…we do love Bitty, even when he’s naughty.

There is a bit more about fitness aspect of rider health, and more about horses as therapy.

Sit back, hold on and enjoy the ride!

Welcome to Episode 33 of Endurance Horse Podcast!

~Christina Hyke~

Cheers to the first episode of 2020!

Ann Usher Wisconsin, USA

Location of our interview, one of my favorite places in Eagle, WI-

1863 Cafe Saloon

1863 Cafe on Facebook

Sandy Sickles Wisconsin, USA

Julie Valeoo Mongolia

Valeoo Foundation

Horse Trek Mongolia

@Veloo Foundation

@HTMongolia

Carrie Baris

Endurance Mexico on Facebook

Ride & Tie on Facebook

Jose Flores Mexico

Endurance Mexico

IT Band Stretches-

Youtube Video to show the stretches

Dr. Mel Newton California, USA

The Running, Riding, Writing Veterinarian

Dr. Mel Newton

Dr. Mel on Facebook

@drmelnewton

Johnny Terrell Arkansa, USA

Horses & Heroes Transcend

Horses & Heroes Transcend on Facebook

Wendy Konicheck

Horse Power Healing Center in Eagle, WI

Horse Power Healing Center on Facebook

Allison Chase Wisconsin, USA

Horse Power Healing Center in Eagle, WI

Horse Power Healing Center on Facebook

WARHORSE Endurance

Christina ‘Send me files’ Hyke Wisconsin, USA

Creator of Endurance Horse Podcast

Endurance Horse Podcast

Christina Hyke, creator of Endurance Horse Podcast, lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim.

Chris is an equine & pet photographer, and Ride Manager of WARHORSE Endurance. She has always loved the trails and spent every moment she could riding since before she could walk. It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory on good horses that inspired her to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.

Cheers & Happy Trails!

Christina Hyke Photography

Rider Health - Part One

February 4th, 2020

Welcome to Part 1 of 2

Focused on Rider Health

Endurance Horse Podcast

Created February 3, 2020

Welcome to episode 32 of Endurance Horse Podcast!

Rider health is the topic today & it has been a popular one, not surprising, all of us are riders & all have health to deal with. When it comes to rider health we are referring to an encompassing topic. Today we are chatting about everything from overcoming injures, dealing with illnesses, how horses are therapist and yes, some about riders fitness & emotional health. Guess what? SO many files were sent in I couldn't possibly fit them all into one episode, and believe it or not I am about to leave here in an hour to go do a second interview on this topic!

Honestly I was hesitant to cover this topic, as I know some of it can be hard to hear. It maybe easier to trot through a ride camp world where we all just smile and wave at each other- and not be the tiniest bit aware of what could be going on in the body of the other rider--- though think about how much we pay attention to the health of the rider's horse. I hope this episode does a lot to remind us all that all riders have more to contend with than the weather, the horse and the trail.

Christina Hyke

Cheers to the first episode of 2020!

Jenna Corsiatto North Dakota, USA

Brain Injury Association

Kim Fosler Illinois, USA

Keep ‘em Covered Rump Rugs

Christina Hyke Wisconsin, USA

WARHORSE Endurance

Endurance Horse Podcast

Mandy Blankenship Kentucky, USA

Mandy Lawson Art

Artful Touch Equine Massage

Jen Moore Wisconsin, USA

Standardbred Adoption

Jenny Chandler Waikato, New Zealand

Tom Quilty Gold Cup

Courtney Krueger Tennesee, USA

Gallop on the Greenway

Lindy Griffith Florida, USA

Touched by a Horse

Charlie, Sandy's horse who helped heal her heart.

Sandy Sickles Wisconsin, USA

Creator of Endurance Horse Podcast

Christina ‘Send me files’ Hyke Wisconsin, USA

WARHORSE Endurance on Facebook

Endurance Horse Podcast on Facebook

Christina Hyke, creator of Endurance Horse Podcast, lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim. Chris is an equine & pet photographer, and Ride Manager of WARHORSE Endurance. She has always loved the trails and spent every moment she could riding since before she could walk. It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory on good horses that inspired her to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.

From riding this summer, here is a photograph of my sleepy Harlyne with Faith, and then also a photo that Jim took of our lovely Baily.

Cheers & Happy Trails!

Distance Riding New Zealand

Episode 31 Updates & Happy NEW YEAR!

December 31st, 2019

Welcome to

Episode 31 of

Endurance Horse Podcast

Created December 31, 2019

Welcome to episode 31 of Endurance Horse Podcast!

Sit back, hold on and enjoy the ride!

Welcome to Episode 31 of Endurance Horse Podcast!

And Happy New Year or New Year’s Eve depending on which side of the great globe you reside on! Thank you for listening in, sharing and sending in audio files to Endurance Horse Podcast- you made 2019 a very happy and memorable year! Here’s to many more miles & many more memories in 2020! As we say goodbye to the last decade, lets say hello to some updates and friends new and familiar! Blessings to you all as you embark on the new journey that is rolling out in front of you in 2020!

~Christina Hyke~

Cheers to the last episode of 2019!

Jenny Chandler New Zealand

Waikato Endurance Club

Learning Endurance & Other Stuff- Jenny’s Blog

Courtney Krueger Tennessee, USA

David Wilcox Musician

Carrie Baris North Carolina, USA

AERC National Championships 2019

Brooke Moeller Iowa, USA

Iowa Distance Riders on FB

Rock River Charity Ride

(link to PDF that will likely be replaced when the 2020 ride flyer is posted)

Jessica Isbrecht Traveling the USA

Ride and Climb on FB

AERC National Championships 2019 on FB

Sesenta Anos Endurance Ride (Pioneer)

Daryl Owen New Zealand

Jen Fischer South Dakota, USA

Christina ‘Send me files’ Hyke Wisconsin, USA

Creator of Endurance Horse Podcast

Endurance Horse Podcast

About the creator of the Endurance Horse Podcast:

Christina Hyke lives in southern Wisconsin with her sweet husband, Jim.

Chris is an equine & pet photographer who also happens to love the trails and distance riding. It was the love of covering miles through beautiful territory on good horses that inspired her to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.

Cheers & Happy Trails!