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SCA spells
“ENDURANCE”! |
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As
of November 30, 2011, |
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19
Sturgeon Creek Arabian-bred horses have: |
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21,715 AERC miles |
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502 total rides |
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86% completion record |
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28 Best Conditioned
awards |
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191
Top Tens |
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53 First Places |
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37 Second Places |
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We at Sturgeon Creek Arabians are particularly proud of
the quality of horses our breeding program has produced.
Several have excelled in endurance
racing.
If you would like to read Carl Fudge’s presentation
given at the Endurance Canada clinic in Osoyoos, BC on
September 3rd, 2011, go to the
Articles
page.
In 2002, SCA Dartagnan was chosen to represent Canada at
the World Endurance Championship in the United Arab
Emirates. In 2008, Reason To Believe was the second SCA-bred
horse to be selected to compete at the World Endurance
Championship, held in Malaysia. We think it is quite a
feat for a small breeding program such as ours to have
produced two world-class athletes.
Click
here to read about the SCA incentive program and
download a
mileage form!
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Top performers bred by Sturgeon Creek Arabians: |
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(Ride
history to June 30, 2011)
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Mistansza, ridden by owner Charlene Lewis,
climbing Cougar Rock at the Tevis Cup (Western States Trail
Ride), August 1998.
Credit: Hughes Photography
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MISTANSZA
(*SEKSTANS PASB x Moment of Mine
by *El Purchino NSB), 1992 mare, AERC#:H27888
Endurance winner in California. Mistansza
completed 49 of 52 rides including the Tevis Cup, for a total of
over 2600 miles, 14 Top Tens and 1 win.
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Ride highlights: |
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1998 -- Tevis Cup (Western
States Ride) (100 miles) - 84th place.
Rider: Charlene Lewis |
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2000 -- Mt. Charleston Challenge I
(75 miles) – 1st place. Rider: Charlene
Lewis |
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2000 -- Cow Tanks Pioneer Day 1
(60 miles) – 4th place & BC. Rider: Charlene Lewis |
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2000 -- Old Warrior’s Water Hunt
(50 miles) – 3rd place. Rider: Charlene
Lewis |
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2000 -- Californios 100-National
Qualifying Ride (100 miles) – 16th place. Rider: Charlene Lewis |
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2001 -- Around The Mountain (50
miles) – 4th place & BC. Rider:
Charlene Lewis |
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SAVOUR THE MOMENT
(*SEKSTANS PASB x Moment Of Mine
by *El Kasaka NSB), 1994 gelding,
AERC#:H29501
Endurance winner in California. Savour The
Moment completed 2490 miles, 46 of 61 rides (75% completion
rate), 6 wins and 6 seconds.
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Ride highlights: |
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2001 -- Fire Mountain 30/50 (50
miles) – 1st place. Rider: Fred Beahm |
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2003 -- Fire Mountain (50 miles) –
2nd place & BC. Rider: Dabney
Finch |
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2003 -- Cincuenta Anos (50 miles)
– 1st place & BC. Rider: Dabney
Finch |
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2006 -- Tour de Washooo (50 miles)
– 1st place. Rider: Lois Wifall |
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2008 -- Fort Schelbourne XP 5-Day
Pioneer Day 1 (50 miles) – 1st place.
Rider: Lois Wifall |
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2008 -- Fort Schelbourne XP 5-Day
Pioneer Day 3 (50 miles) – 1st place.
Rider: Lois Wifall |
Comments received from the owner of Savour The Moment:
Savour was very fast. I think that of all the horses that we
personally have or have ridden he was the fastest. He was a
very talented athlete and had very competitive nature; he was a
lot of fun to ride! - Lois Wifall, California. |
Top:
Savour The Moment, ridden by owner Lois Wifall, Tour de Washoo
ride, August 2007. Credit: Rene Baylor, Baylor-Gore
Photography.
Bottom:
Savour The Moment, ridden by Jordan Finley,
Mt. Laguna ride, June 1999.
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SCA
Dartagnan, ridden by owner Myna Cryderman, representing Canada
at the World Championship in the United Arab Emirates, 2002.
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SCA DARTAGNAN
(*El Kasaka NSB x *Dolly NSB by
*MUSLIN RASB), 1990 gelding, AERC#:H28123
Region 6 2x
Endurance Champion and 1x Reserve Champion
Region 17
2x Region 17 CTR Reserve Champion, 2x Endurance Champion, and 1x
Endurance Reserve Champion.
Completed
over 2400 miles in Canada and the USA, with 45 completions, 16
Best Conditioned, 41 Top Tens, 21 wins, and 11 seconds.
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Ride highlights: |
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2001 -- Fort Howes 25/50/100 (USA) (50 miles) – 1st
place. Rider: Lisa Somerville |
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2001 -- Great
Northern Connection (Canada) (100 miles) – 1st
place & BC. Rider: Myna Cryderman |
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2003 -- Fort Howes (USA) (50 miles) – 2nd place
& BC. Rider: Myna Cryderman |
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2003 --
Chimney Butte Ride (USA) Day 1 (50 miles) – 1st
place & BC. Rider: Myna Cryderman |
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2003 -- Long X I (USA) (50
miles) – 1st place. Rider: Myna Cryderman |
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2005 -- Long X II (USA) (50
miles) – 1st place. Rider: Myna Cryderman |
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SPIRITED MUSIC
(PISTASCHIO x Kaluwa by
Pyatigorsk), 1996 mare,
AERC#:H32750
Endurance
competitor in California. Spirited Music completed 1945 miles,
39 completions out of 41 starts (95% completion rate) including
the Tevis Cup.
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Ride highlights: |
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2003 -- Bar H
Boogie (50 miles) 15th place. Rider: Brooke
Schick |
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2003 -- Old Warriors’ Water Hunt (50
miles) – 12th place. Rider: Brooke Schick |
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2003 -- Mt. Charleston Challenge I & II
(75 miles) – 7th place. Rider: Brooke Schick |
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2005 -- Davenport Dare, AHA Region 2 Champ
(50 miles) – 20th place. Rider: Brooke
Schick |
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2006 -- Fire Mountain (50 miles) – 15th
place. Rider: Brooke Schick |
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2006 -- Tevis Cup (Western
States Trail Ride) (100 miles) – 60th place.
Rider: Brooke Schick |
Comments received
from the Owner of Spirited Music, December 20, 2010:
Spirit completed Tevis with ease - really. She loved the ride. I
did not go up cougar rock. I was riding with the grande dame of
Tevis at the time (Barbara White) and she opted to go around,
and so did I. I'm thinking about doing it again in 2011…! Spirit
is an amazing horse. With a rider like Cheryl Dell she could
have achieved as much as Reason (To Believe) has. She is a dream
horse. - Brooke Schick, California.
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Spirited
Music, ridden by owner Brooke Schick, Tevis Cup (Western States
Trail Ride), August 2006. Credit:
Casey Spencer, Photographer. |
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Be My Love,
ridden by owner Susan Friedman, Cuyama Oaks ride, March 2008.
Credit: Lynne Glazer Imagery. |
BE MY LOVE
(Pyatigorsk x Balalovja by *El
Purchino NSB), 1996 mare, AERC#:H33697
Endurance
winner in California. Be My Love has completed 1,915 miles, 41
ride completions out of 44 starts (93% completion rate), 12 Top
Ten finishes, and 1 win.
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Ride highlights: |
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2008 -- Bar H (50 miles) – 1st
place. Rider: Susan Friedman |
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2008 -- Manzanita End. Ride, Elevator,
Reg. 1 Champ (50 miles) – 15th place. Rider:
Susan Friedman |
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2009 -- Fire Mountain (50 miles) – 4th
place. Rider: Susan Friedman |
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2009 -- Manzanita End. Ride, Elevator,
Reg. 1 Champ (50 miles) – 25th place. Rider:
Susan Friedman |
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2009 -- Git R Done Elevator (50 miles) – 3rd
place. Rider: Susan Friedman |
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2010 -- Cuyama Oaks Pioneer (50 miles) – 4th
place. Rider: Susan Friedman |
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2011 -- Bar H Elevator (50 miles) – 7th
place. Rider: Susan Friedman |
Correspondence received from the owner of Be My Love:
I soooooooooooooo love my horse - thank you. She is so
beautiful and sweet. I so enjoy her. - Sue Friedman, California |
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Mabelline, ridden by owner Marie Feuer. Credit:
Jonni Jewel, Photographer. |
MABELLINE
(aka TR Belle) (PISTASCHIO x Maybe
Mee by Pyatigorsk), 1996 mare, AERC#:H31876
Endurance competitor in California.
Mabelline completed 1,610 miles and 38 of 43 rides (88.4%
completion rate).
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Ride highlights: |
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2001 -- Norco Riverdance Ride–IAHA Reg
1 Champ (50 miles) – 40th place. Rider:
Marie Feuer |
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2004 -- Californios Lite (30 miles) –
5th place. Rider: Marie Feuer |
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2005 -- Easy Come/Easy Go AHA Reg 1
Championship (50 miles) – 26th place.
Rider: Marie Feuer |
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2006 -- Los Padres I & II, Day 2 (50
miles) – 10th place. Rider: Marie Feuer |
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2006 -- Bear Valley Endeavor I & II
(50 miles) – 7th place. Rider: Marie Feuer |
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2007 -- Tejon
Ranch (50 miles) – 12th place. Rider:
Marie Feuer |
Correspondence received from the owner of Mabelline:
She is an incredible horse. Aside from being an
almost perfect athlete, she has the personality of a golden
lab. She is level headed, and smart. She takes complete
care of herself during any endurance ride. She has a
willing heart, but knows when she is tired. She makes an
outstanding "pet," trail horse, and arena horse in addition
to doing endurance. -Marie Feuer (Professor of Psychology,
Mt Sierra College, Monrovia) California.
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PARADIGM SHIFT
(Pyatigorsk x My Madame by *El
Kasaka NSB), 1998 gelding,
AERC#:H34442
Endurance
winner in California. Completed 1,480 miles and 100% of his 30
races, including 3 Top Ten finishes and 1 win.
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Ride highlights: |
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2005 -- Save Our Trails (50 miles) –
15th place. Rider: Mike Steuve |
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2005 -- Gambler’s Special Pioneer Day 1
(55 miles) - 1st place. Rider: Mike Steuve |
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2005 -- Gambler’s Special Pioneer Day 2
(55 miles) – 7th place. Rider: Mike Steuve |
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2005 -- Los Padres I & II (50 miles) (50
miles) – 13th place. Rider: Mike Steuve |
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2008 -- Santa’s Get Up and Go (50 miles) –
5th place. Rider: Mike Steuve |
Correspondence received from the wife of owner Mike Stueve,
March/April 2011:
Bud is such a wonderful, versatile horse. We love to show him to
friends who think Arabians are too hot and skittish. They leave
thinking the Arabian horse is a wonderful breed. He is a lovely,
sweet horse and a treasured member of our family.
With Mike’s surgeries and my pregnancy, months have gone
by with no work other than turnout or leading. And yet, Mike can
just hop on Bud’s back and expect a calm ride as if he had been
out yesterday. – Karen Stueve,
Newbury Park, California. |
Paradigm
Shift, ridden by owner Mike Stueve, Bar H ride, January 2009.
Credit: Lynne Glazer Imagery. |
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SEEK THE MOMENT
(aka Mack) (*SEKSTANS PASB
x Moment Of Mine by *El Kasaka NSB), 1995 gelding,
AERC#:H30911
Endurance champion in California. Seek The Moment completed
1400 miles, 26 of 34 completions (76% completion rate), 1 Best Conditioned, 25 Top Ten
finishes, 12 wins and 6
seconds.
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Ride highlights: |
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2001 -- Norco Riverdance Ride – IAHA Reg 1
Champ (50 miles) - 1st place. Rider: Cheryl
Dell, DVM |
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2002 -- Quicksilver Spring Classic (50
miles) - 1st place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2003 -- Tecopa Hot Springs (50 miles) - 1st
place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2004 -- Mariposa “Run for the Gold” (50
miles) - 1st place & BC. Rider:
Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2004 -- AERC National Championship Ride
(100 miles) – 3rd place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2005 -- AERC National Championship Ride
(100 miles) – 4th place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2006 -- Rides of March (50 miles) - 1st
place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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Seek The
Moment, ridden by owner Cheryl Dell, DVM, winning the Norco
Riverdance IAHA Region 1 50-Mile Championship, September 2001. |
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Reason To
Believe ridden by owner Cheryl Dell, DVM, Eastern High Sierra
Classic ride, August 2008.
Credit: Robyn Burgess Photography.
Credit: Merri Melde during the NAETC 2011. |
REASON TO BELIEVE
(Pyatigorsk x Resza by *REZUS++
PASB), 1998 gelding,
AERC#:H37996
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2006 AHA US National Endurance 100
Mile Champion |
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2007 AERC National Championship 100
Mile Reserve Champion |
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2007 Region 2 Endurance Reserve
Champion |
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2008 Region 4 100 Mile Endurance
Championship Reserve Champion |
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2008 One of 6-Member Team USA at the
2008 World Endurance Championship in Malaysia |
| 2009 Region 4 100
Mile Reserve Champion |
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Ride highlights: |
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2005 -- Quicksilver Spring Classic (50
miles) - 1st place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2006 -- Rides of March (50 miles) – 2nd
place & BC. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2006 -- Cuneo Creek Elevator Ride (50
miles) – 1st place & BC. Rider:
Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2007 -- Malibu-AHA Region 2 Champ. (55
miles) - 2nd place & BC. Rider:
Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2007 -- AERC National Championship (100
miles) - 2nd place & BC. Rider:
Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2009 -- Owyhee Fandango International
Pioneer (100 miles) – 2nd place. Rider:
Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2010 -- Prineville (50 miles) - 1st
place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2011 -- Whiskeytown Chaser (25 miles) – 1st
place & BC. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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2011 -- NAETC (100 miles) – 5th
place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM |
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HIROKO
(aka Trinity)
(Pyatigorsk x My Madame by *El Kasaka NSB),
1997 mare,
AERC#:H42524
Endurance
competitor in California. Hiroko completed 890 miles, 17 of 23
rides (74% completion rate), 11 Top Tens, 1 Best Conditioned and
1 second.
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Ride highlights: |
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2009 -- Mt Carmel XP Pioneer (50 miles) –
3rd place. Rider: Deborah Whorf |
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2009 -- Owyhee Fandango International
Pioneer Day 3 (50 miles) – 3rd place. Rider:
Larry R. Cooper |
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2010 -- Antelope Island (50 miles) – 3rd
place. Rider: Deborah Whorf |
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2010 -- Mt Carmel XP Pioneer Day 1 (50
miles) – 4th place. Rider: Deborah Whorf |
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2010 -- Mt Carmel XP Pioneer Day 1 (50
miles) – 3rd place & BC. Rider:
Deborah Whorf |
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2010 -- Moab Canyons Pioneer (50 miles) –
2nd place. Rider: Katie Defrancesco |
Correspondence received about Hiroko (aka Trinity), February 2011:
Trinity is a very nice horse, we enjoy her a lot.
She is a
beautiful mare, great disposition.
– Christoph Schork and Dian Woodward, Global Endurance Training
Center, California.
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Hiroko, ridden by Katie Defrancesco, Moab Canyon Pioneer ride,
October 2010). Credit: Christoph
Schork, Global Endurance Training Center. |
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Power
Ranger, ridden by Anna Allen, Wild West Pioneer ride, May 2006.
Credit: Rene Baylor, Baylor-Gore
Photography. |
POWER RANGER
(Pyatigorsk x TW Czorta by
SAMTYR),
1996 gelding,
AERC#:H31367
Endurance winner in California. Power Ranger completed 1110
miles, 22 0f 26 rides (85% completion rate), 9 Top Ten finishes,
1 win, and 2 seconds.
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Ride highlights: |
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2001 -- Shine
& Shine Only IV (25 miles) – 4th place.
Rider: Lisa Schneider |
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2001 -- Scotts Flat Ride (30 miles) – 5th
place. Rider: Shel Schneider |
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2002 -- Twenty Mule Team CEI/FEI (35
miles) – 2nd place. Rider: Amy Schneider |
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2006 -- Wild West Pioneer Day 1 – 3rd
place. Rider: Anna Allen |
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2006 -- Wild West Pioneer Day 2 – 2nd
place. Rider: Anna Allen |
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2006 -- Wild West Pioneer Day 3 – 1st
place. Rider: Anna Allen |
Comments received from the owner of Power Ranger, December
2006: Just
want to say how much I love Piper. He came to me three years
ago from friends who could no longer ride due to health
issues. He has a wonderful disposition and takes good care of
himself on the trail and in the pasture. This year he completed
8 of his 9 endurance efforts. You produced a really good
horse!
In February 2011:
Piper is still with me. His disposition is wonderful and he
is a steady guy. Anna (Allen) and Victoria (Henley) were teens
when they rode Piper. They learned a lot from him. When he
isn't being ridden on the trail, Piper gets in a few dressage
lessons with my trainer, Kelly Casey. – Karen Bottiani, Moraga,
California. |
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HORSE NAMING CONVENTION USED ON THIS WEBSITE:
Following racing convention, names of Stakes race
winners have BOLD TYPE AND CAPITAL LETTERS.
Horses that placed second in a Stakes race are
Bolded But Not Capitalized. Race winners are in
CAPITAL LETTERS. Horses that did not win, or did not
race, have only the First Letter Of Each Word
Capitalized. For horses imported to North America, a
star * is placed in front of the horse’s name and
its country of origin is added to the registered
name. PASB = Polish Arabian Stud Book; RASB =
Russian Arabian Stud Book; GASB = German Arabian
Stud Book; NSB = Netherlands Stud Book. |
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