Endurance riding?

Question

what is endurance riding like?

has anyone ever done a ride & tie?

how would someone go about and start endurance riding?

competitive and non

it looks really fun and challenging!

anyone have any endurance trail stories??

thanks!

Answer 1

Endurance riding is a lot of fun if you and your horse are fit for it

It is unlikley to tie

Try it!!!!

Answer 2

I've done a couple of endurance ride and

i really like doing it lots of fun I've only done the

novice one 10- 15 miles I've never done a timed

one i prefer the more relaxed ones they are lots

of fun but hard on the butt lol

Answer 3

When you find out let me know, it sounds like a bunch of fun.

I have ridden 30 miles in one day, but no time limit. Luck

Answer 4

I've always wanted to try ride and tie, here is the official website:

http://www.rideandtie.org/

It has all the info you could ask for, stories and more!

Answer 5

never got to do it but was always interested.  my app and i would usually spend the weekend on the trails all day with about an hour break for lunch.

Answer 6

I've done two 15 mile rides and a 25 mile ride.  I've never done a ride & tie.  I used to really want to do one but didn't have a willing second rider.  Now, I'm not really interested in running if I don't have to!

My two 15 mile rides were different.  One was a mini endurance ride, with it being timed, with optimum times, horse checks, etc.  The other one was actually a "competitive trail ride" which was not timed, and you were scored on how well you negotiated specific obstacles along the trail.

The 25 mile ride was endurance.  We had to get there the evening before and had a vet check.  Then my horse and I camped (him in a small electric paddock and me in the truck).  In the morning was another vet check then the ride started, with riders started every few minutes.  There were a few stations along the trail with water for horses and humans, and a quick vet check at the halfway point.  When we returned, they checked the horse right away then we had to come back in an hour (I think) for the final check, looking for any stiffness or anything.  It was really fun and challenging.  I think 25 miles was the perfect length because both my horse and I were getting tired at the end, and any further wouldn't have been so fun any more.

Answer 7

My old friend and i did an endurance ride up to 20km. It was like a mini competition but so much fun.

They have heaps of scenarios for your like on the road, trails, paddocks, creeks ect. This is to test your horse's ability with the outcome of this.

On our course they liked to set up jumps so you could either jump your horse or go around the jump but it was better jumping :)

So it was more like a fun thing rather than a competition :)

Answer 8

ive done small stuff but i ride ith a group that trains for 50 milers.  I havn't done ride & tie but we tyed it once and you have to have a very steady horse that can be left out in the woods for 1/2 hours or up to a hour. Cmp/ Endr riding is very hard to get into.  you need a good horse preferablya arabian or gaited horse and you have to train for atleast a year to be able to do 50+ mile rides.  

For a training regimnt i would do with a hrose i was traing to do endurance a 5 mile loop all at a trot or canter. On days that we would do hills we would do 5 sets of 5 hils and after each set take a 5 inute break to recover heart rate.  When trainign for endurance riding you should have a stepascope with you at all times.  You can record your horses prgress by making a spreadsheet and put r example

(Week 1)

Day 1- 5 mile loop - (resting heart rate)- Active heart rate - recovery rate

resting heart rate you take before you head out on your trail, active heart rate is right when you get back fro myour ride, and recovery rate is ten minutes after you have returned to the barn.

Also start with smal rides liek hunter paces or 15 milers then after 6 months of 6day a week training go to 20 milers or 25 then after a year 5and on up.

Best trail story is probably when i was riding my out of shape arab with a pair of horses that did 50 miler rides and the fact that when we got back and took heart rates my horse had a better one than the other horses.

oh and one last thing to take a heart rate count the beats for 6 seconds and ad a zero.  You will figure out what is good and bad after about two weeks.