100 miles in 24 hours! Yes-that is tough. Quite the achievement for your friend Sue. So wonderful that you’re there to support her. Beautiful country. Gives us an idea of how past generations traveled.I like the names of the different places.

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I love this sport and am always amazed at the riders who take this challenge on! I believe this year the youngest rider to complete is 13 years old, riding with her Mother, who also completed and the oldest is an 81 year old man!!

I love how it’s not like a lot of the big competitions in other sports. There are stock trailers out there, it’s not all fancy new slant loads, and the horses & riders are in normal tack instead of top of the line perfect stuff. I love that. It seems like a more comfortable atmosphere in that sense.

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

Every horse sport is so different! I think the riders dress for comfort as they are in the saddle for 100 miles! Thanks so much for watching the video! 😊🐴

Looks like a lots of fun Sue n KC great job n congrats 👏 👍

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

Жыл бұрын

Hi Phillip! I’m glad you liked this video! Have you had a chance to watch the new video on Tevis Cup 2022? 😊🐴

This was great! Thanks!

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

11 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you liked the video! 😊🐴

That was a great video. Thank you. I had never heard of this race.

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you liked the video and got to know about The Tevis Cup! Check out the 2022 Tevis Cup video when you get a chance! 😊🐴

Enjoyed this video. Well done.

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Be on the look out for Tevis 2022 coverage! 😊🐴

I can’t even imagine going 100 miles over the mountains in 24 hours! What a treat to see these. Logs.

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! It’s quite amazing to see these riders and horses take the challenge on! 😊🐴💜

Amazing accomplishment ! Congratularions to Sue and KC and her crew !

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You! Sue and KC did the heavy lifting but everyone is instrumental in making this ride work!

I spent the Tevis week this year caring for my very sick stallion and alternating between hand feeding him super sloppy alfalfa pellets and getting him to drink and watching the livestreams the night of lol He pulled through and while he lost a lot of weight, he's gaining it back slowly, and back to having a hearty appetite and making his happy stallion noises and dances at supper time. In a couple years I hope to do our first LD together ^^ Crew are really so valuable, especially in the later miles when you need to be reminded to care for yourself as well as your horse. (I personally have only done one LD 25 miles; Midnight Rider 2019, which is a night ride in Washington State, usually held the same night as the Tevis itself :D. My mare was perfect that year and carried my potato sack self well, even had all A's on her back which amazed me because I'd been doing a lot of acrobatics trying to find comfortable ways to ride her moose trot later in the ride lol) My mom sort of crewed for me; she was mostly there as moral support lol. I'm on the Spectrum and she is my buffer around people until I get to know them enough to hold my own conversation. Kudos to her for driving us home at 2AM after the ride since we weren't sure my mare would behave herself through the whole night if we camped. Congratulations to Sue for her finish! I, personally, don't think I'll be able to do 100s, at least, not yet lol

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

I’m very happy to hear that your stallion has recovered. That sounds scary. And kudos to you for your involvement in the endurance sport! 👏💜🐴

Thanks so much for making this vid! I had a good friend compete and finish as well this year. Such an accomplishment!

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Who is your friend? And congratulations to them for the accomplishment!’

@muppet-fan

2 жыл бұрын

@@alifewithhorses-meryllynn His name is Gayle Muench and his horse is a black Arabian named Blue Star.

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

@@muppet-fan I met Gayle and his wife! Their trailer was right next to Sue, me and Paul at the Fairgrounds!

@muppet-fan

2 жыл бұрын

@@alifewithhorses-meryllynn That's so fun! And they are just fantastic people. We compete in NATRC together. I'll admit I was scanning your footage here for any shot of them in the background. :-)

Thank You for sharing! Congratulations 👏

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gail! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥👏🐎🐎

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

Жыл бұрын

Hello! So glad you liked the video!

❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🐎👋

What is the saddle make please from Liz Cavan Ireland

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Liz! Thank you for watching and subscribing to the channel! The saddle Sue rode in the Tevis Cup 2021 is a Stonewall Living Bar Endurance Saddle. It has the new patented Living Bar Technology which combines a rigid Carbon Fibre Tree structure with Flexible panels that conform to the horse’s confirmation. The seat and twist can be adjusted as well as the position of the stirrups. Here is the company link... Sue loves her saddle which she custom ordered from Stonewall! www.stonewallsaddles.com/#/

Nice horse

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Gopal! Sue’s competitive endurance mare KC is amazing! Purebred Arabian. Her registered name is Kismet Cognac. She has completed 6 Tevis Cup rides with Sue and every horse who has 5 Completions has their name etched on the Robie Cup Trophy!

@gopalsinghrathore8423

2 жыл бұрын

@@alifewithhorses-meryllynn Dubai horse riding i working indresh you nice horses

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

@@gopalsinghrathore8423 that’s great!

Arabians have a lot of stamina

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! You are absolutely correct! They were bred over centuries for stamina and staying power!

Hello how are you

I’d watch it all but honestly that music was too much... Congratulations on your ride!

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! What music would you prefer? I’m always trying to improve my videos!

@BrienaSkysong1

2 жыл бұрын

@@alifewithhorses-meryllynn The music is lovely, IMHO (I'm a sucker for this music lol). Those who do not like Irish jigs and the like won't miss any major dialogue from what I've seen so far by muting it. The finish line has audio, and a little bit at one of the holds with Meryl helping with a sponge toward the end. For a critique suggestion, perhaps notate in the chapters/timestamps where the music maybe pauses and dialogue is happening so those who don't want to hear music know when to unmute to hear what's being said, but tbh I liked this video lol

@alifewithhorses-meryllynn

2 жыл бұрын

@@BrienaSkysong1 thank you so much for your thoughtful critique and suggestions! Music preference is definitely very individual! I’m glad you liked the video! 😊💜🐴