western australia

endurance riding

We've been away at a horse endurance ride

@JudyEv (343439)

Rockingham, Australia

May 7, 2023 3:46am CST

I’ve missed a few days as we had an endurance ride on Saturday. We don’t ride but others ride their horses over varying distances and we take photos of them. If they like the photos, they can purchase them off our website. We took our caravan and parked it at a friend’s house so that we’d have power. It was supposed to rain on Saturday but luckily there was a small amount of drizzle and that was it. I’ve made a collage so I can show you four photos at once. Last year, the ride was in memory of a rider who had lost her fight with cancer. The photo, upper left, shows one of her horses which she gifted to the rider. The blue bib means the rider will be riding 40 kms. Lower left shows what I thought was the prettiest horse there. It’s hard to take bad photos of a really pretty horse. Upper right I included to show the beautiful foliage of the tree near the gate. I think it is a liquidambar but I’m not sure. And lower right are two happy riders giving a high five. The pink bibs say they’re rode 20 kms. It would have been only their second or third ride in this discipline.

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@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

7 May 23

Wonderful pictures. Your fall foliage is starting to come into its own, is it? Here north of the equator, it seems our spring may finally be getting its act together and warming up to seasonal temps. It's been an unusually cool May thus far here in North Carolina.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

We don't have the masses of beautiful trees that you see there but this one was certainly spectacular.

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@LadyDuck (472370)

• Switzerland

7 May 23

I noticed you were not around. I am glad to know you were at a horse endurance ride and had no other kind of problem. Very nice photos, those tree in the upper right photo are beautiful.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

We don't always have wifi when we're away and we also have a lot of photos to process after the ride. But thankfully we didn't have any other problems.

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@LadyDuck (472370)

• Switzerland

8 May 23

@JudyEv - More and more places here in Switzerland offer free Wi-Fi, but it's not everywhere.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 May 23

@LadyDuck We turned down a house-sit place because they don't have wifi. We'd need to process photos while we were there so it wasn't going to work out.

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@BarBaraPrz (48017)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

7 May 23

And what distance do the yellow bibs signify?

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@BarBaraPrz (48017)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

8 May 23

@JudyEv Wow! And I just noticed that one of the horses in the lower right photo is wearing socks...

@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

The yellow bibs did 80 kms.

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@RebeccasFarm (90742)

• Arvada, Colorado

7 May 23

Lovely photos Judy. Hope you had a really lovely time.

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@RebeccasFarm (90742)

• Arvada, Colorado

7 May 23

@JudyEv Of course they missed you.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 May 23

@RebeccasFarm They do like to see the photos. They all love their horses.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

Everyone welcomed us back as we missed two rides while we were away. So that was really nice.

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@Juliaacv (51889)

• Canada

7 May 23

Have you posted the photo in the upper left previously? The rider and the horse both look very familar.

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@Juliaacv (51889)

• Canada

7 May 23

@JudyEv No, I think that I remember a shot where she is looking more directly at the camera. Or maybe she has a look-alike.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 May 23

@Juliaacv Many of the grey horses look very similar. I couldn't find a photo that I'd used before with the horse coming straight on like this one but that doesn't mean much. I could easily have missed it.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

Well spotted. It's a new photo and new horse but I thought it was her old horse for a start but this one is much calmer. Here is the photo you might be thinking of. It's the same rider but on a different horse.

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@DaddyEvil (138954)

• United States

7 May 23

I'm glad there wasn't enough rain to cancel the ride! In my opinion, the horse in the upper left is the prettiest one you took photos of this time. Welcome back...

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@DaddyEvil (138954)

• United States

7 May 23

@JudyEv I would never have guessed it was his first ride! And yes, I would also say he looks like he's enjoying himself.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 May 23

@DaddyEvil I meant his first endurance ride. He would have been broken in probably a year or two ago. But for his first 'outing' he was very relaxed about it all.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

Yuki (aka Monkey) is certainly a pretty horse. He was doing his first ride and looks to be enjoying it.

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@pitstop (14297)

• Australia

7 May 23

Interesting event - do the horses get specially trained for these kind of event?

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

Yes, they do but only trained to get fit enough to go long distances. They don't have to learn to jump or to do special movements as in dressage.

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@AmbiePam (95023)

• United States

7 May 23

Wow, you did quite a wonderful jobs with your pictures.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

Thanks. I took over 300 and Vince took nearly as many. That's okay but then we process them to make them as good as possible.

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@allknowing (138837)

• India

8 May 23

That white horse is a beauty

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 May 23

He's lovely, that's for sure. The pick of them all I thought.

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@sjvg1976 (41308)

• Delhi, India

8 May 23

Oh, wow tree is looking beautiful.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 May 23

The tree was spectacular and there was a row of similar but smaller ones going up the fence line.

@wolfgirl569 (109627)

• Marion, Ohio

7 May 23

Great photos again

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

Thanks. The horsy people love to see the photos.

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@JESSY3236 (20141)

• United States

9 May 23

nice photos.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 May 23

Thanks. There were some lovely horses at the ride.

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@LindaOHio (183957)

• United States

7 May 23

The pictures are great as usual. I hope you and hubby are enjoying your Sunday...or Monday.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

I'm up really early and it's Monday for us. I'll put the garbage bins out shortly.

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@Kandae11 (55339)

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7 May 23

I looked at the collage before reading the post and already decided that the horse to the lower left was pretty - and regal looking too.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

Here he is nearly asleep but something caught his attention and he perked up. lol

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@Jenaisle (14078)

• Philippines

7 May 23

Beautiful white horse, it's beaming with pride. This is one of the items on my bucket list, horseback riding. They must have had lots of fun in fulfilling their goals.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

When the weather is nice, they get to have some great rides along the country tracks.

@Beestring (14781)

• Hong Kong

7 May 23

I'm glad that the weather was okay. I like all the horses in the photo.

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@JudyEv (343439)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 23

Most horses have a certain 'air' about them I think. These are athletes in their field.

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