Endurance News
March 2008
On the cover: Sandy Obermeyer and OB Blitzkrieg Bey on their way to a first at the October 2007 Del Valle Vulture Venture 25. Sandy competes with her 11-year-old stallion with surgically replaced hip, knee and shoulder joints. For more inspiring stories, see page 28 of this issue. Photo © Gore/Baylor, rlbaylor@sbcglobal.net.
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: AERC statistics for the 2007 season, by Mike Maul
- News from the National Office
- Vice President's Message: Endurance: a sport of ups and downs, by Connie Caudill
- AERC 2007 year-end treasuer's report
- Ride Managers' Forum: Managing those badly-behaved riders, by Patti Stedman
- Education Update: Endurance riding is not for all horses, by Kim Fuess
- Vet Forum: Thoughts on electrolytes and equine athletes, by Ann Stuart, DVM
- Vet Forum (sidebar): Equine electrolyte supplementation -- 14 scientific facts, by Olin Balch, DVM, PhD
- On the Lighter Side: Wardrobe malfunctions? No problem!
- Trails Post: Land manager relations vital to endurance, by Jerry Fruth, DVM
- International News: Top performances take mind, body and spirit, by Becky Grand Hart
- International Sidebar: North American Young Ride Endurance Ride (75 Miles FEI JYR CEI***, July 31, 2008, Colorado Horse Park, Parker, CO) - Info: www.NAYRER.org
- Classifieds
Features:
- Poem: Is there a perfect endurance horse? Poem by Suzy Warren
- Best-ever endurance advice by and for AERC members
- AERC Juniors and their ponies: a fitting partnership
- Overcoming the endurance riding odds: Connie Berto, Audra Homicz, Sandy Obermeyer & Puddin
- A song for the crew, by Aarene Storms
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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
- 2008 Membership Registration Form
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