On the cover: Laura Yost and OT El Din RSI followed by Chandler Yost (age 12) and Noble Star Chaser, and Kennedy Yost (age 9) and Shadow at the Color Country Ride, held this April in Utah. Laura has 1425 endurance miles, Chandler has 360 and Kennedy 210. Photo © Bobbie Lieberman, www.bobbiejo.smugmug.com.

Endurance News is published monthly by the American Endurance Ride Conference. Endurance News is sent without charge to AERC members as a benefit of membership in AERC. Subscriptions are also available to non-members for $40 per year within the United States, and $60 in Canada and Mexico. For those in other countries, subscriptions are available for $80. Single issues are $4 US.

Table of Contents

• Board of Directors and Committees
• President's Message: Trails, growth, AERC, and the future, by Mike Maul
  
• News from the National Office
  
• Vice President's Message: Midyear board meeting August 23, by Connie Caudill
  
• Current Business Before the Board: Updates to the AERC drug rule appendices
  
• Ride Managers' Forum: 30-minute post-ride vet check trial, by Melissa Ribley, DVM
  
• Ride Managers' Forum (two): Putting on a kid-friendly endurance ride, by Stephanie Irving
  
• Education Update: Blood analysis and performance assessment, by Ken Marcella, DVM
  
• Welfare of the Horse Committee Report: Report on 2007 AERC equine fatalities
  
• Junior News: Meet the Junior: Ildi Nadasdy
  
• Trails Post: Fort Stanton Trail Master course a success, by Paul Happel
  
• Trails Post: AERC actively seeking trail grant applications, by Roger Taylor
  
• Horse Health: Equine dematology: your role in diagnosis, from the U.C. Davis Center for Equine Health, and Exorcise your tack box! by Dr. Gregory L. Ferraro, Director, UC Davis Center for Equine Health
  
• Classifieds
  
  Features:
• 5,000 Mile Equines
  
• More Than Miles: Endurance Riding as a Family Tradition, by Leslie Steere
  
• Truckee to Auburn: A Trip to Remember, by Maya Stuart
  
• Tips for Sponsoring 'Somebody Else's Child' by Aarene Storms
  
• Ride: Florida Agricultural Museum Challenge, by John Pavlos
  
• Ride: Antelope Island, by Anne Podlesak
  
• Ride: Mary Lutz Memorial Ride, by Patti Pizzo
  
• Ride: Color Country, by Bobbie Lieberman, and Terri Tinkham and Ollie, by Terri Tinkham
  
• Sedgefield Fox Run, by Sue Showfety
  
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• Ride Calendar
• Riding Through the Regions . . . At a Glance
• Ride Results
• Limited Distance Ride Results
• Rider & Horse Mileage Awards
• Stallion Directory
• Horses for Sale Directory

Endurance News is published monthly by American Endurance Ride Conference. Endurance News is sent without charge to AERC members as a benefit of membership in AERC. Subscriptions are also available to non-members for $40 per year within the United States, and $60 in Canada and Mexico. For those in other countries, subscriptions are available for $80. Single issues are $4 U.S.