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Cheryl Dell on Reason To Believe, Region 2 Championship Myna Cryderman on SCA Dartagnan in the UAE Charlene Lewis on Mistansza climbing Cougar Rock SCA spells "Endurance" 19 SCA-bred horses completed 21,715 miles in AERC races, 87% of the way around the earth! Ten SCA-bred horses completed just under 18,935 miles with a completion rate of 86%.  In 363 completions, they garnered 28 Best Conditioned awards, 174 Top Ten placings (48%), 51 wins and 33 seconds.  Nine of these ten horses competed in the US against fields averaging around 50 horses, and two completed the Tevis! From competing in Malaysia for the US, to the UAE with Team Canada, to climbing Cougar Rock at the Tevis Cup, SCA horses have successfully competed against the best!

 

The NAETC took place on September 24th in Greenville, California. The countries represented in the competition were the United States, fielding nine teams, and Canada, which brought one team. Other countries competing in open international competition were Sweden, United Kingdom and Romania. The following description of the race was taken from emails from Cheryl: Cheryl and Reason were members of zone Pac North’s team. In the first loop at about mile 7, she was cantering on a hard packed dirt road. There were little tiny rocks on it that acted like little ball bearings when he tried to right himself with his other foot it slipped out from under him due to the ball bearings, and fell flat on our side! Luckily, Cheryl kicked free of the saddle and didn’t get seriously hurt, but did take a hit on the side of her helmet, bruised and scraped her hip and knee. Reason scraped and bumped his head and just above his right knee, and his right hip it was oozing blood. When he trotted out beautifully, the vet said, “Wow, he trotted out much better than I thought he would!!” All went well till the second to last loop. Cheryl and Reason were sticking with the front runners, Jeremy Reynolds, Meg Sleeper and Becky Hart. They started out on the second to last loop, a 20 mile loop, feeling great, cantering and moving out well. Then he must have had a mild impaction because he just didn’t feel right! He didn’t want to move out as usual and he kept grunting and pushing and farting. They found some water and Cheryl poured it all over him and he drank a bunch and started feeling better. He finally started pooping a bit. He had no problem eating. They reached the top of the “hill” about halfway through the 20 mile loop, then started downhill. Cheryl decided to run the downhill part and give Reason a break and hopefully help him to continue to feel better. More poop was coming out and he seemed to start to feel better. Reason ate and drank and they pushed on. Cheryl and Reason finished in 5th place. Pac North finished a respectable 6 out of 8 horses, Reason was the only one in the top ten. They qualified for the selection trial race next year (in March) for the World Championship (in England in August), they got a COC (certificate of capability) which one earns if you finish a 100 mile race within a certain time, and earned Reason a lot of respect. Our sincere CONGRATULATIONS to Cheryl and Reason! Despite all their challenges, they persevered and had a GREAT placing!

For more information, see our Endurance page.   If you are looking for an addition to your horse family, please take a moment to review our Sales page.  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.

We at Sturgeon Creek Arabians have been breeding Arabian horses since 1985.  We are located near Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada, only 35 miles northeast of the capital city of Manitoba, Winnipeg. 

We believe in producing an Arabian that typifies what the great Arabian horse was meant to be, the ultimate athlete.  We have used only the best Russian and Polish bloodlines to produce horses with great movement, sound and correct conformation, and willing attitudes.   See our About Us page for more details.