February 20th, 2019
Endurance Horse Podcast - Episode 15
Welcome to Episode 15 of the Endurance Horse Podcast!
Publishing on 20th of February 2019
It is nearing the end of February and I am happy to bring to you a new episode of Endurance Horse Podcast. In this episode, Crewing, or depending on where you live, also known as strapping is a common theme woven throughout the various stories in this episode of Endurance Horse Podcast, and as you will hear in story by Carrie Baris, the endurance and ride and tie community and how it cares for each other does not end at ride camp when the trailers all head back home. Carrie’s story shows us the love and heart of the community that is endurance horse community. The bonds formed in all levels of endurance often become friendships that go far outside of the line where ride camp ends.
To prepare the intro for Episode 15 I searched the definition of crew/crewing and strapping. I will spare you the definitions, they really didn’t fit.
Other words that I thought of were family…that did not exactly fit either. Then I searched for the word minister, “To attend to the needs of someone, to give care or serve” & that definition fit perfectly.
Without further ado, I bring to you episode 15 of Endurance Horse Podcast, may you laugh, cry, learn and be inspired.
Please do check out the links provided in the show notes as they have additional links to resources that relate to riders or events mentioned in the podcast.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
Jenny Chandler
Jenny’s Blog:
Learning Endurance & Other Stuff
Binky Tuney
UMECRA
D.R.A.W.
Colorama Classic Ride Flyer
Victoria Clark
Marvel Endurance
Marvel Endurance on Facebook
Courtney Krueger
Ride and Tie
Yellowhammer 2019 Entry
Yellowhammer Endurance on Facebook
Adin Esqueda
MnDRA
Crystal Esqueda
MnDRA
Carrie Baris
Ride and Tie
Kat Bullen
Marvel Endurance
Tara Leroy
SKMHTA
Brie O’Conner
Goldenhorseshoe Ride
Golden Horseshoe 2019 on Facebook
Golden Horseshoe 2008 Video (fun)
- a side note, I really like this stagger start, riders leaving at one minute intervals.
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Hello, this is Chris, I hope you enjoyed riding along with us on this virtual loop. If this were an actual ride, we would be likely riding into our first hold right about now and many of us being helped out by our family and crew.
This episode was to be about crewing, though one thing was highlighted to me from all the audios I listened to and edited. No horse is easy, we all suffer loss, most of us experience healing through horses and many of us are blessed to have found friends who crew for us in our actual life. Just knowing they are there, waiting to pick us up if everything goes sideways means a lot. A distance ride is much like life, Courtney, I think there is a sermon in there somewhere…..
Much love & happy trails to you all. May your stirrups always be the same length and your boots stay dry! Until next time, BYE!
About the creator of the Endurance Horse Podcast:
Christina Hyke lives in southern Wisconsin with her 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. Chris and Jim also donate photography sessions to area rescues/humane societies, and Chris teaches photography to local 4H members. She enjoys the little things in life, because she believes it really is the little things that are the big things.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
www.christinahyke.com
Signing off for now, and until next time- remember- enjoy the beauty in the journey, notice the little things and encourage one another.
( & send me audio files 
January 20th, 2019
Endurance Horse Podcast - Episode 14
Episode 14 of the Endurance Horse Podcast is being published the
20th of January 2019. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN! (best brother EVER)
And Happy Birthday to DARBY, our sweetheart German Shepard.
WELCOME to the Second YEAR of ENDURANCE HORSE PODCAST!
Wooohooo! That is so awesome! We are at over 5,000 downloads between Podbean and iTunes, I honestly remember being in awe when we reached 256 downloads! It seems the podcast has filled a niche for riders.
It is officially 20th of January, only by a few minutes, I stayed up late to get this podcast out to you! Sometimes, a girl has to do what a girl has to do- and that sometimes means the only quiet time in the house is after everyone, including the dogs, have gone to sleep! This time I admit, I think it is pretty neat to publish the podcast on my little brother's birthday. Cool that I still get to call him my little brother even though he is WAY taller than I am.
It is so exciting when we get to hear from young riders in the sport and in this episode we will hear from a young rider in southern Wisconsin who rides the trails with her awesome Momma & Ride Manager, we will hear for the first time from two Florida young riders who have a great support team around them in their families and in their 4H Club. In Episode 14 we have some nail bitter stories from two of our long time listeners, Jenny Chandler (New Zealand) and Darice Whyte (Canada). We will also hear from rider, blogger, Audrey Hager from May the Horse be with You. And, if you are reading this Courtney, Jim blames you for my interest in at least trying a short RT at least once!
Please do check out the links provided in the show notes as they have some great resources, whether you’d like to hear the Templeton Thompson song that Courtney sang through the woods, if you’d like to check out the Ride & Tie website or if you are interested in learning more about 4H Clubs, or maybe you’d like to read more stories by Darice Whyte at Twisted Tales, and read more stories by Audrey Hager, you can follow the links and get more content!
I also included flyers to the midwest rides that were mentioned, though I don’t know how long those links will last as the new 2019 flyers will likely replace them. As always, life is a journey, enjoy the ride! Send me some audio files and remember it’s as much about the journey as it is the destination.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
Jenny Chandler
Binky Tuney
UMECRA
D.R.A.W.
Colorama Classic Ride Flyer
Courtney Krueger
Ride and Tie
Ride & Tie World Championships
Amber Erickson & Alice
Endless Valley Ride Flyer
Bone Crusher Ride Flyer
Walton County 4H Pony Express Club
4H
SEDRA
Sandy Sickles
UMECRA
Greenbean Endurance
IRON OAK Ride Flyer
Courtney Krueger
Ride and Tie
Ride & Tie World Championships
A Horse That Can Fly (song)
Audrey Hager
May the Horse Be With You (Audrey’s Blog)
Endurance Essentials Online Clinics by Patti Steadman
Darice Whyte
Twisted Tales
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And I thought I would share my favorite Templeton Thomson Song:
Girls & Horses
About the creator of the Endurance Horse Podcast:
Christina Hyke lives in southern Wisconsin with her 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. Chris and Jim also donate photography sessions to area rescues/humane societies, and Chris teaches photography to local 4H members. She enjoys the little things in life, because she believes it really is the little things that are the big things.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
www.christinahyke.com
Signing off for now, and until next time- remember- enjoy the beauty in the journey, notice the little things and encourage one another.
( & send me files please
December 25th, 2018
Endurance Horse Podcast - Episode 13
Hello and Welcome to Endurance Horse Podcast!
I’m your host, Christina Hyke, an equine photographer in Southern Wisconsin. Occasionally you will hear Jim, my husband, along with me
during the intro or outtro of the podcast.
This is the last episode of 2018! And we wanted to thank you for making our first year a success! Thanks to some AWESOME RIDERS who took the time to send in an audio, this one is another LONG episode! ENJOY!
Episode 13 of the Endurance Horse Podcast is being published the
25th of December 2018.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
Bridget Helms
THIS MOM RIDES
Follow Bridget on Instagram @thismomrides
Tara Leroy
Southern Kettle Moraine Horse Trails Association
Jenny Chandler
Distance Riding New Zealand
Lindy Griffith
Keisha Wood
Keisha’s Blog is:
Don’t Forget to Hold On!!!
Daryl Owen
The Distance
Courtney Krueger
Ride and Tie
Biltmore
Clemson Ride & Tie
Cute video of Ride & Tie at Giddy UP
Daryl Owen
The Distance
Ella Bunting
Ella Bunting Endurance
Red Dragon
Leah Cain
Cain Performance Arabians
TAR Pistol Pete +/
Carrie Baris
Ride and Tie
Yellow Hammer
Sylvia Ireland
New Zealand
Laura Hayes
Endurance Horse Podcast
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About the creator of the Endurance Horse Podcast:
Christina Hyke is a Wisconsin based Equine photographer who also happens to love the trails and distance riding enough to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length, though up to 10
Minutes is acceptable. Please try to avoid background noise when recording, especially car engines.
www.christinahyke.com
Signing off for now, and until next time- remember- enjoy the beauty in the journey, notice the little things and encourage one another.
( & send me files please
Merry Christmas!!!
November 28th, 2018
Endurance Horse Podcast - Episode 12
Hello and Welcome to Endurance Horse Podcast!
I’m your host, Christina Hyke, an equine photographer in Southern Wisconsin. Occasionally you will hear Jim, my husband, along with me during the intro or outtro of the podcast.
This one is a LOOOONGG episode!
Episode 12 of the Endurance Horse Podcast is being published the
27th of November 2018.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
Ken Campbell
Campbelllot Farms Hanoverians
Campbellot Farms (Facebook Page)
Western States Trail Run
Tevis Cup
Ken Campbell on ABC Sports (Iron Man)
Tara Leroy
Southern Kettle Moraine Horse Trails Association
Melissa Coolich
Coolich Endurance
Coolich Endurance on Facebook
Victoria Clark
Marvel Endurance
Marvel Endurance on Facebook
Courtney Krueger
Ride and Tie
Big South Fork Endurance and Ride & Tie
Big South Fork on Facebook
Lori Oleson author
Endurance Years Gone By
And also author of:
Enduring Memories
to purchase Lori’s books you can buy them by
Clicking on the titles above (they are links) to purchase the books
On Amazon, or you may buy them for $25.00 per book plus shipping by emailing her directly
At endurancehistory@gmail.com
You can follow the links on Amazon & it will let you have a look into the book, also available on Kindle. Just before the holidays here in the USA,
Lori’s books would be a fitting gift to one of your endurance buddies!
Daryl Owen
The Distance
Keisha Wood
Keisha’s Blog is:
Don’t Forget to Hold On!!!
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About the creator of the Endurance Horse Podcast:
Christina Hyke is a Wisconsin based Equine photographer who also happens to love the trails and distance riding enough to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
www.christinahyke.com
Signing off for now, and until next time- remember- enjoy the beauty in the journey, notice the little things and encourage one another.
( & send me files please
September 1st, 2018
The almost-all Ride & Tie Episode of the
Endurance Horse Podcast - Episode 11
Hello and Welcome to Endurance Horse Podcast!
I’m your host, Christina Hyke, an equine photographer in Southern Wisconsin. Occasionally you will hear me chatting with Jim, my husband,
during the intro or outtro of the podcast.
Episode 11 of the Endurance Horse Podcast is being published the
1st of September 2018.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
Melissa Coolich
Coolich Endurance
Coolich Endurance on Facebook
Courtney Krueger
Ride and Tie
Iron Mountain
Keisha Wood
Keisha’s Blog is:
Don’t Forget to Hold On!!!
Melinda Newton
Dr. Mel Newton Blog
Wild West Endurance Company
Western States Trail Run
Tevis Cup
Dr. Mel Newton: The running, riding, writing veterinarian on FB
Rachel Greely
Mounted Orienteering
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About the creator of the Endurance Horse Podcast:
Christina Hyke is a Wisconsin based Equine photographer who also happens to love the trails and distance riding enough to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
www.christinahyke.com
Signing off for now, and until next time- remember- enjoy the beauty in the journey, notice the little things and encourage one another.
( & send me files please )
August 30th, 2018
Endurance Horse Podcast Episode 10
Featuring Tevis 2018 Part 2
Jenny Chandler and SMR Filouette
ERIN GLASSMAN PS Arikaree Bask (Rio)
Erin's Blog
Daryl Owen
The Distance
Darice Whyte
Writes for Arabian Horse World
Twisted Tales
Melanie Martin
MD Royal Titan
Keisha Wood
Don’t Forget to Hold On!!!
Tevis 2018 Part 2 Episode 10 of the Endurance Horse Podcast
is being published the 30th of August 2018
This is the second of three espisodes with the featured audio files being those from Tevis.
The song at the begining is:
Good Life by Love & The Outcome
The song is avaialbe on on iTunes.
I hope you enjoy the show notes for links to websites and also to blogs!
If you like the podcast, please find us also on our Facebook group where we share more stories and photos about our horses and our rides:
Endurance Horse Podcast on Facebook
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
The Endurance Horse Podcast is sponsored by www.christinahyke.com
August 29th, 2018
Endurance Horse Podcast Episode 9
Featuring Tevis 2018 Part 1
ERIN GLASSMAN PS Arikaree Bask (Rio)
Erin's Blog
Jenny Chandler and SMR Filouette
WHITNEY WEST and AWC Aquavit (Aqua)
For more on Whitney and Aqua look up
Rhed Mares on Facebook
Sarah Rinne and Silver Valley Tate (Tate)
Team Tate
Rinne Hay Service
NATRC on Facebook
North American Trail Ride Conference
KAREN CHATON and Pro Bono D
Karen's Blog
Tennessee Lane and TM Burning Bridges (Bluff)
SoCo Endurance
SoCo Endurance on Facebook
Remuda Run
Remuda Run on Facebook
Tevis 2018 Part 1 Episode 9 of the Endurance Horse Podcast
is being published the 29th of August 2018
This is one of two espisodes with the featured audio files being those from Tevis.
The song towards the end is by Mary Ann Kennedy.
Mary Ann gave us permission to share her songs on the podcast. Mary Ann's songs are sold on iTunes. Please visit her site Mary Ann Kennedy she caters to the equine world.
Right after the song by Mary Ann Kennedy you will hear my Ride Report with my special friend, Tara Leroy where we try out some new phone tech to record a phone call between the two of us. Of course we had to wait until we had a quiet moment after chores were done (though quite honestly, probably not dishes), kids were to bed and husbands tucked in bed too.
We had a chance to remember the ride we had just a few short weeks ago at the Louise Riedel Memorial Bra Buster ride. The story goes that something had been lost on the trail; Louise took her bra off to mark the spot where it had been lost. Though I never knew Louise; I know she was a horsewoman with over 17,000 AERC miles and she is sorely missed by her friends who host this ride in her honor.
It seems so fitting that this ride- that is in memory of a friendship- should be the ride first ride that Tara & I completed together.
Another bit of trivia- both Jr and Mariah were the first horses that Tara or I had bred. Very different horses; though still just one of the many things that made Bra Buster 2018 special to both of us. Jr is 15 and Mariah is 14. Jr (Mandate for Gold) is a Georgian Grande (Saddlebred x Belgian draft) and Mariah Moment is Anglo-Arabian (TB x Arabian). Yes, we were quite the odd pair trotting down the trails!
I hope you enjoy the show notes for links to websites and also to blogs!
If you like the podcast, please find us also on our Facebook group where we share more stories and photos about our horses and our rides:
Endurance Horse Podcast on Facebook
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
The Endurance Horse Podcast is sponsored by www.christinahyke.com
August 7th, 2018
Endurance Horse Podcast - Episode 8
Hello and Welcome to Endurance Horse Podcast!
I’m Christina Hyke, an equine photographer in Southern Wisconsin!
Episode 8 of the Endurance Horse Podcast is being published the 7th of August 2018.
While I have been promising you an all Tevis episode, this one, is not quite it yet! We are waiting another week or two to be sure we have gathered all the audios and then will create the podcast. The good news is that this will likely be TWO episodes all from Tevis riders and crew. I promise, it is worth the wait!
Meanwhile- we WILL be starting out this episode with an audio file from Tevis rider, Erin Glassman. Erin was kind enough to send audios about her journey to and prep for the Tevis. The first audio you will hear on episode 8 will be from Erin, and one more on her journey will we near the end of the podcast.
I realize the audio said to stick around until the end & I would share some updates from my story as well. That did not happen- and what did happen was that after I had the WHOLE podcast done, the software had issues & it took me a few hours to sort it out…. And I just wanted to wrap things up.
The updates I can share is that Jim & I have been doing our 5k runs and even got in an 8k VERY HILLY trail run this past weekend! We are enjoying them very much!
I am planning on camping and going to my first LD in two years- updates on that when I do the next episode. The short & sweet of it is that I’m bringing a horse back that has been out of the loop like I have for about 2 years. Wish us luck, send good vibes, prayers etc…I’m hoping to turtle!
To all the riders who take the time to record and send in, THANK YOU SO MUCH, because without you- there is no podcast.
Without further ado- I am happy to bring to you, Episode 8 of the Endurance Horse Podcast
Please check the show notes for links to websites and also to blogs.
Without further ado, I am happy to bring to you, Episode 8, of the Endurance Horse Podcast.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
Erin Glassman
The Trip Out West: The First Leg of the 2018 Tevis Adventure
Prairie Sylvania Arabians
Jane Waterman Moss
Horse Sport Ireland
2018 World Equestrian Games
Carol Wagner
AQHA
UMECRA
American Endurance Ride Conference
Courtney Krueger
Ride and Tie
Old Dominion Ride
Keisha Wood
Keisha’s Blog is:
Don’t Forget to Hold On!!!
Ride and Tie
Susan Smyth Jackson
Coolest Ride & Tie 2018
Ride & Tie
Coolest Ride & Tie on Facebook
Susan Smyth Jackson- Email
Older Article about Coolest Ride & Tie with Great pics
Sandy Sickles
http://www.greenbeanendurance.org/p/about.html
Karen Chaton
Karen’s Musing & Endurance Ride Stuff
Erin Glassman
The Trip Out West: The First Leg of the 2018 Tevis Adventure
Prairie Sylvania Arabians
Endurance Horse Podcast
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Facebook GroupAbout the creator of the Endurance Horse Podcast:
Christina Hyke is a Wisconsin based Equine photographer who also happens to love the trails and distance riding enough to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
www.christinahyke.com
Until next time, may you always find beauty in your ride.
July 23rd, 2018
Episode 7
Hello from Wisconsin & Welcome to Endurance Horse Podcast!
Episode 7 is being published on the 23rd of July 2018
I am your host, Christina Hyke- a Wisconsin based Equine photographer who also happens to love the trails and distance riding enough to create a podcast about it to share stories with other riders from around the world.
Here, we gather to cheer each other on, share stories and to make connections with riders from around the world. It is, in a sense, a virtual ride camp. I once had a friend ask me, “What does this podcast give to me that facebook doesn’t?” And my simplest answer was this, ‘Your hands, eyes and feet.” You don’t need any of them to listen in to the podcast, all you need is your ears.
I’m happy to bring to you a special treat in Episode 7, really it is Jenny Chandler who has taken the time to create a special file with an icon of the Endurance world, Potato Richardson. It is this file that spurred on an additional call for more audio files to create yet another episode in July- we wanted to share the audio sent in from Jenny and Potato before Tevis.
We are also going to, for the first time - hear from/about Ride and Tie competitors, we are going to hear updates from the Midwest and Coolich Endurance, the Southwest from Keisha, a great update from Marvel Endurance at the State Championships Down Under and we will be welcoming another rider to the podcast- Erin Glassman.
Please check the show notes for links to websites and also to blogs.
Without further ado, I am happy to bring to you, Episode 7, of the Endurance Horse Podcast.
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
Your host is Christina Hyke. Christina is a wife, mom, friend, equine photographer and life long horsewoman.
www.christinahyke.com
Potato Richardson
https://www.potatorichardson.com
Victoria Clark - Marvel Endurance Team
https://www.facebook.com/marvel.endurance.team/
https://marvelendurance.wordpress.com
https://www.faraway.asn.au/easter-endurance-carnival/
http://stirlingscrossingendurance.asn.au
Melissa Coolich
Coolich Endurance
Keisha Wood
Keisha’s Blog is:
Don’t Forget to Hold On!!!
Ride and Tie
Green Bean Endurance Team
http://www.greenbeanendurance.org/p/about.html
Courtney Krueger
East Coast Championships 24-25 August 2018 Iron Mountain Jubilee!
Ride and Tie
Erin Glassman
Erin’s Blog-2 Weeks and Counting
Prairie Sylvania Arabians
Email your audio stories to endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com Ideally the files should be from two to 7 minutes in length.
Your host, Christina Hyke is a wife, mom, friend, equine photographer and life long horsewoman, signing off and saying
ride far, ride well, ride often.
www.christinahyke.com
July 7th, 2018
Hello & welcome to Endurance Horse Podcast!
This episode is the first topic specific episode of the
Endurance Horse Podcast. In this episode riders are sharing stories on the topic of what we call here
in the US, a Rider Option pull. A Rider Option pull is when your horse has successfully gone
through the vetting process, though you feel that for some reason, you should not go on. In other countries this is called a ‘Withdrawl’.
At the end of the podcast I will share about two times when I decided
to Rider Option, once on Faith in 2016 and once on Mandate for Gold in 2011.
Sometimes the stories we share on the podcast are fun and uplifting, so it did give me a bit of a pause to decide to tackle a not so uplifting aspect of Endurance riding, stories about the days when things did not go as planned.
We share the Rider Option stories in Episode 6 in hopes that we will give courage to someone who in the future who maybe faced with that feeling that something just isn’t right with their horse in hopes that the stories you hear here today will help you make that choice if there is ever a day when you are faced with that nagging feeling in your gut, even though all seems to be okay on the outside. I also hope that this episode will lend peace of mind to some of you who had decided to withdraw, or not start a ride- that you made the right decision.
In any case, at some point or another- if you ride long enough- there is a chance there will
Be a day when you just are not sure. Yes, to finish is to win, though somedays it is best to stop, play it safe and follow your gut instinct.
Thank you to the riders who were willing to share your stories that were difficult to share.
Without further ado, I bring to you episode 6 of the Endurance Horse podcast.
To send in your story to Endurance Horse Podcast please send an email to:
endurancehorsepodcast@gmail.com
