Winter 2011 - Texas Endurance Riders Association

The Official Newsletter of the
Texas Endurance Riders Association
In This Issue:
Ride Your Mitts Off, The
Rest of the Story - p1
Editor’s Musings - p2
Board of Directors - p3
TERA Ride Calendar - p3
Regional Championships - p4
Ride Managers Clinic - p4
“The Cedar Wind” - p5
Fall Meeting Minutes - p6
Trail Masters Class - p6
Endurance Pants - p7
TERA Awards - p8-9
Classifieds - p12
Volume 10, Issue 1,
Winter 2011
Ride Your Mitts Off, The Rest of the Story
by Darolyn Butler
We had one of our Cypress Trails adventure at the Mitts Ride
which was a benefit ride for Monte and Nancy Mitts of Missouri held at the LBJ Grasslands in Decatur, TX. We hauled
out of Humble at 9:20a on Friday and had a non-eventful trip.
We arrived and took a little trail ride, then after the ride meeting, Lindsay Norris, Matha and I were relaxing in the bliss of
having only 3 horses to tend to (our norm is between 12 & 20).
All were fed, tack picked and fitted, equipment/cards etc ready
for the morn. Martha went to the local B&B and Lindsay and I
Photo by John Adame
just chilled until the horses 10:00p feeding and went to bed.
At around 11:30p we were awoken and told that Judit’s mare Horselett had slid under
our pen and got in with our boys Nevada, Diesel, and Chief. Before we could stumble
out of the trailer, they got in to it and in her haste to retreat, Horselett went through the
pen and all were gone. There we were in the dark, half asleep, trying to catch horses.
Lindsay grabbed Horselett and put her in Judit’s pen, but unknown to her, she had been
in a separate pen and when put in with Tess & Jean Brandeau’s El, she lit into them
and they tore their pen down too. The first horses we caught were those three, then we
started looking for ours, who had plumb skedaddled down the road. In the next hour
or so they would come roaring, three or four times, back into camp and whoosh by the
trailer, only to be gone in a cloud of that white dust that covered camp. CeCi and Jasons horses were still in the pen so around 1a, CeCi got on Tess to try to lure them back
if they came by again, and Jason circled on foot but soon gave up and everyone went to
bed at 2a... ‘cept me. I was convinced they knew where we were and perhaps wouldn’t
try to head for Houston. 2:30a, I got on Tess and rode around one of the “near to camp”
loops, and the parking area to see if they had befriended other horses. No luck so I put
Tess up, wrapped up in a horse blanket and sat outside the trailer hoping they would
amble up at some point. Frozen, I went to bed shivering at 3:30a.
My phone died during the night, but I still awoke at 5:30a for a ride start of 7a. No
horses yet! I got up and dressed for riding, got Lindsay headed toward Tess as Judit had
offered us her horses for us to ride. I would save Horselett for Martha in the 25 and still
hoped my guys would come in before ride start. I went to the start area, found the ride
management, changed Lindsay to Tess, CeCi from the 50 to the 25 and warned them I
might not be starting.
At approximately 7:07a our 3 guys galloped into the start area. Luckily the riders
were all gone or I’m sure they would have joined the ride without us... YIKES! Luckily someone walked by Cody’s trailer and casually asked me if I knew that my horses
had come in. 7:15a I left in a serious jog to my camp 1/4 mile away. Martha, Lynne
D’annusio, and Gail Gimery asked if they could help and while they saddled, I tried to
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Trail Markers is published
Quarterly in January, April, July, and October.
It is distributed solely to members of the
Texas Endurance Riders Association, and
is comprised of both their input and the
opinion of the editor. Neither of which
represent the organization’s views or official
stance. Of course, if there is no input from
members, then you’re pretty much stuck with
the editor’s opinions. Which don’t amount to
much, really, but they can sometimes make
interesting reading. Other times … well, the
term “bird cage liner” comes to mind.
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We are also offering a classified section free
to TERA members. Non-TERA members
-.50¢ a word.
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Deadline for the next issue is
April 6, 2011.
Safe Riding,
Todd Hezeau
Cover photo by:
John Nowell
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I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year and that you got just what you
wanted for Christmas. I first of all want to thank
everyone who sent in something to be put into the
newsletter. I enjoyed reading and deciding what
went into this newsletter and I really like the fact
that I had things to pick and chose from. If you
didn’t see what you sent in this issue, doesn’t mean
it will not show up next issue. Please keep them
coming! We also have some new advertisers so
please go and check out their websites and the things
they are selling! Support your vendors!
As we get into a new ride season, I’m excited to
see new rides at new locations but at the same time,
I’m excited to see that we still have our older rides
at their same locations and some with new distances.
That’s a great thing! I also met quite a few new
riders from last season and I’m hoping to continue
to see them out on the trail or in camp as well as the
wonderful people I have befriended in this sport.
That is one thing I love about this sport, the fact that
we are like one big family. The “Ride Your Mitts
Off” ride is proof of that. To see everybody come
together to support people in need in our “Family”
was just awe-inspiring. So I hope that our new riders
will continue to be part of this family. It’s the only
way to make it grow!
See you on the trail, somewhere...
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Advertising rates are as follows:
Full page - $80
Half page - $55
1/4 page - $32
Business Card - $22
These are one time rates. Contact Todd for
yearly rates.
Wanna be published?
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A new ride season...
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Board of Directors
President, Diane Campbell
3401 Oakridge Blvd
Harker Heights, TX 76548
254-698-1965
[email protected]
Vice-President, Scott Godwin
7821 County Road 383
Dripping Springs, TX 77583
281-431-2993
[email protected]
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Director, Kim Reeves
1104 FM 200
Cleburne, TX 76033
817-558-7146
[email protected]
Director, Al Prescott
300 Hickman Creek Dr.
Cleveland, TX 77328
281-432-1990
[email protected]
Editor, Todd Hezeau
7259 CR 3223
Lone Oak, TX 75453
469.261.8733
[email protected]
Heart of the Hills
March 12, 2011
Hill Country State Natural Area, Bandera, TX
Caryne Edwards
830-660-5552
[email protected]
Shanghi Trails
March 26, 2011
Pierce Ranch, Pierce, TX
Cindy Kovalchuk
281-961-5810
[email protected]
TERA
Sylvia Fant has taken over the Secretary
position on the Board. She was voted in at the
“Off Road Warrior” ride during the TERA
members meeting.
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Jan 01-02, 2011
7IL Ranch, Cat Springs, TX
David Reznicek
936-852-3532
[email protected]
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Treasurer, Tammy Powell
9011 Latma Ct.
Houston, TX 77025
832-689-3820
[email protected]
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Director, Dawn Carrie
556 FM 3179
Huntsville, TX 77340
936-436-1654
[email protected]
High Roller I & II
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Secretary, Sylvia Fant
3901 North Possum Walk Rd.
Kennard, TX 75847
936-655-4048
[email protected]
Director, Ann Goolsby
Rt 1 Box 49
Forestburg, TX 76239
940-964-2740
[email protected]
2011 TERA
SPONSORED RIDES
Post Oak Challenge
April 09-10, 2011
Trace Trails, Athens, TX
Thomas Booth
903-288-1877
[email protected]
Old Glory
May 28-29, 2011
Priefert Ranch, Mount Pleasant, TX
Kristian Seymore
903-563-6639
[email protected]
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Llano Estacado
June 18-19, 2011
Lake Meredith Recreation Area, Armarillo, TX
Doug Blashill
806-206-4867
[email protected]
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Ride the Storm
October 01-02, 2011
Storm Ranch, Dripping Springs, TX
Scott Godwin
512-659-9719
[email protected]
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2010 AERC Central Region Championship
Off Road Warrior ride at Trace Trails in Athens, TX
On Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 seven riders started their quest to become the 2010 AERC Central Region 75 Mile Champion. Amazingly all seven riders that started also completed. Darolyn Butler and DJB Mercy Merci finished first to become the AERC Central
Region 75 mile Champion. Darolyn received a beautiful 1st Place Trophy, a Best Condition Cooler, and a Top Ten Belt Buckle.
Since all seven riders were in the top ten they all received Top Ten Belt Buckles. In order of finish after Darolyn were Katie Crabtree, Kordula Voights, Russell Broussard, Autumn Whitt, Ryan Norworthy, and Ann McFarland. Katie Crabtree was the first junior
and received a beautiful trophy donated by the Fants.
The 25 Mile Championship ride was also held on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Gunner Frank from Texas won the ride while Kelvin
Frank took Best Condition. Gunner was the first to finish of eighteen starters. Gunner and his mount Mi Clever Ansata won a 1st
Place Trophy and Top Ten Belt Buckle. Kelvin and his mount PV Blazen Rocket won a Best Condition Cooler and a Top Ten Belt
Buckle for fifth place. A total of thirteen riders finished the challenging course in the following order, Gunnar Frank, Donna Murphy, Robin Howze, Dayna Smith, Kelvin Frank, Christina Kimery (1st Junior, she also received a trophy donated by the Fants), Lee
Bateman, Hope Urban, RJ Wenzel, and Judith Tyler all received Top Ten Belt Buckles. Leslie Schubert, Danielle Lewis, and Beverly
Gentry finished out the placings.
On Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010, eighteen riders started out on the 50 Mile Championship Ride. Devon Horn and her mount, DJB
Royal Blue Star, set the pace. Devon won first place but Kordula Voights and DJB Black Al Badi were second place and won the
Best Condition Cooler. The following riders finished out the top ten and won belt buckles, Darolyn Butler, Cynthia Mettes, Vickie
Roden, Jim Matthess, Patsy Hoffman, Amanda Fant, Alanna Pope Frank, and Kristin Seymour. A total of seventeen riders finished
the 50 mile competition with Autumn Whitt, Selena Copeland, Todd Hezeau, Katrina Mosshammer, Mike Maul, Kim Reeves, and
Pete Harper, rounding out the finishers.
All entrants, vets, and volunteers walked away with great Championship T-shirt’s. Your AERC Directors would like to thank
Edie Booth, her family, and the volunteers, for letting us piggyback off of the Off Road Warrior Ride. After the Freeze R Burn ride
got snowed out in February we were thankful to have a number of rides step up and offer to host the championship ride. The
championship rides would not be possible without the local ride managers allowing us to work with them in this endeavor. Dennis Seymour, Carter Hounsel, Gail Conway, Val Bixler, and Val Jaffee, were great vets and kept everyone in line. We also need to
thank OCER and TERA for co-sponsoring the Championship Rides. Please join us in November 2011 at Season Finale in Chandler,
OK for the 4th AERC Central Region Championship Ride. Keep your eyes out for the entries. Please contact any of your directors
located in the Central Region for information, Michael Campbell, Monica Chapman, Susan Keil, and Mike Maul. Our information is
in the front cover of the Endurance News and we are also on the AERC Website. ◆
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RIDE MANAGERS CLINIC FEB. 12th
TERA will hold it’s annual Ride Managers clinic on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Parrie Haynes. The clinic will be conducted
in the club house on Saturday, so we have a dry, heated facility with a kitchen and rest rooms. In addition, there is plenty of area to
camp and ride Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday if you wish to stay over. We have reserved the clubhouse, but need to make
reservations for the camp sites. There are only 18 hookup sites that have horse pens. These will be available by reservation on a first
come, first serve basis, so please let Scott know if you’d like to have one of the hookup sites as soon as possible. Additionally there
is basically unlimited primitive camping. The East unit, on which we will be staging, has 1800 acres and 30 miles of permanently
marked trails.
We have put together a working agenda for the meeting, but are very interested in hearing from those of you who will be participating. If there is a subject that you would like to see addressed, or if you have something special to offer the group, please let Scott
know. Coffee and (something?) will be served at 8:00 am Saturday morning. The meeting will start at 9:00 and end about 5:00. We
will provide lunch and snacks. There is no fee for the clinic for TERA members. TERA will also pay for one night of camping for
participants. If you want to stay over a second night, you will be responsible for the $16 hookup/$10 primitive fee.
Please send Scott your RSVP sooner rather than later. We need to reserve the hookup sites, or they will be available for day riders
or over night campers not attending our clinic. At present there are 33 attendees and 15 of those have reserved hookups.
Participants will receive a TERA Ride Managers Handbook, the latest version of the AERC Ride Managers Handbook, and will
be eligible for TERA sponsorship of their ride. Remember, the Ride Manager of a TERA sponsored ride must attend a TERA Ride
Managers clinic at least once every three years.
Even if you are not a ride manager, or perhaps you are considering putting on a ride sometime in the future, please come to the
clinic. There is a lot to learn about how rides are organized and why things are done in a particular way.
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get CeCi up to re-enter the 50, and did manage to persuade Judit to get up & ride Horselett in the 25 with Martha, but CeCi opted to wait until
the 25. (Later of course she was mad ‘cause I didn’t make her get up for the 50 ... geesh). Moving rather hysterically, as it was now 7:23a, I
tried putting on my helmet, tough when you are trying to put it on wearing a head lamp-which I had slept in, and finally felt the top of my head
and figured this problem out.. Out the door, started to mount and one of the ladies said, “got everything, vet card, etc?” *$%#, don’t have my
pack/vet card, jumped off mounting block, into trailer, got fanny pack, and back on horse... they handed me a bagel as I rode off and passed
through the starting area at 7:28a.
I was riding Diesel who is notorious for bucking and having behavior issues the first 5- 10 miles of a race, but guess what, he was all warmed
up from his little all-night gallop, and there were no other horses to show off for. I could not have asked for a nicer ride. The evening before
on our warm up ride, it was near impossible to open or shut a gate on him, but today, he was actually pretty cooperative, even to the point of
nudging them open with his nose. A very nice surprise. By the time I got to 5-7 miles into the course I started catching the slower riders. I
visited with the folks as I rode by, and everyone seemed delighted that the horses had returned unharmed and I actually got out of camp. It was
kinda fun seeing every single person in the ride. Came in off the 14 mile Blue loop, had a trot by and estimated, was somewhere near midpack. Back on trail on the 11 mile white loop, I continued to overtake friends and foe (lol). Since I didn’t have electrolytes stationed at the trot
by, I got off at the windmill and gave some emergency KM that I have in my fanny pack. I almost lost Diesel there too. Very close call. Just
sloppy holding on to him. Back on trail we passed two people I had passed previously before the lyte stop. I still figured there was at least 10
people up ahead of me so when I passed Louise and Amber Burton and Alana Pope-Frank, I wondered who in the world could be riding fast
enough to be ahead of them. I visited briefly and blew on by them too. I saw them again as I came back from the “watering windmill” where
you have to double back, and they made exclamations of congratulations... hmmm. What did they mean by that? I started watching the ground,
and actually didn’t see many tracks going in my direction. Was it possible that I was in the lead? Well, can’t slow just yet
When I did pull into camp, Doc Jim Baldwin was just walking down the road toward the vet check and said to me. “Well, I just finished
breakfast. Sure timed that right.” I looked in the vet check and all was quiet, Not a horse around, no crew to speak of, so I started cooling
horse and Gail Gimery appears and helped me out (she was great all day!). I vetted through about the time Louise and Amber appeared. CeCi
came in about that time too from her first loop of the 25 and was laughing as she said Bobby Wallis commented to her upon her arrival. “Well,
your momma left here 30 minutes behind at the start and passed 58 (she was 59) riders out there before the first vet check.” It worked pretty
good, because the trail was very technical this time with lots of wash outs and rocks and Diesel was controllable because he was by himself
and maybe a little tired from lack of sleep himself. We were able to scoot around without waiting or negotiating around a lot of other riders. I
slowed a bit and simply maintained a safe distance from the Burtons.
At the last vet check Dennis thought he saw a little something going on with Diesel and hinted about rocks in feet. I quickly looked at his
front feet and sure enough, big ole rock stuck down in the sulcus. With that removed, I iced a bit during the vet check and all was good. The
last 10 miles was run with care as the yellow loop was by far the rockiest and most challenging of all. We arrived at the finish at 1:47p. 5:17
minute ride time, 4:47 ride time since I started 30 minutes late. The Burtons were about 20 minutes back. Diesel had a 13/13 CRI at the 15
minute time and looked pretty good at the BC check, but I still hadn’t heard who got BC as we left that evening. NEWSFLASH: Diesel did get
BC. Judit finished with Martha Pierne doing her first 25 (They were overtime, but we’re not dwelling on that they started 30 min. late too for
some reason) and Jason and CeCi were 2/3rd on their 25.Unfortunately, poor Lindsay opted to pull at 25 miles because Tess just didn’t seem
right but Jean and El finished their 50. Since it was supposed to turn really cold during the night (like high 20’s), we opted to leave as soon
as we could get packed up. We stopped in Denton to eat which was a mistake, because with a full tummy I had to pull off south of Dallas and
sleep for an hour to make it home, but we did make it about 2:30a or so and it was great to crawl into bed. Next Adventure….. High Roller! ◆
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“The Cedar Wind” to the tune of The Summer Wind
An Ode to Cedar Fever Sufferers during the “Lone Star”
Endurance Ride, Hill Country State Natural Area,
Bandera, TX. over Thanksgiving.
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The Summer Wind made famous by Frank Sinatra. Lyrics by Hans
Bradtke, Johnny Mercer, Heinz Meier. Altered lyrics by Michele Petty
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The Cedar Wind, came blowin in, from the Hill Country
It Lingered there, to dust my hair, coating me in a pollen sea,
The swollen eye, no time to cry, The Lone Star Endurance Ride to run
In spite of that dread old Cedar Wind.
What pretty sights, warm days, cold nights, horses flyin by
The trail was new, beneath a blue umbrella sky
Leadin the race, branches slappin face, for that mean old Cedar tree
Never shows riders no mercy.
All start to sneeze, cant avoid the breeze, by end of course
Even vets get hoarse, with scratchy throats, scribblin their notes,
Stuffy noses, mega doses, of antihistamine,
The only cure, For the Cedar Wind.
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“Lone Star” Endurance Ride
Photo by John Nowell
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Trail Masters Class
At the Fall Membership meeting at the Off
Road Warrior ride, a proposal was made for
TERA to co-sponsor an AERC Trailmaster
class in Texas for 2011. After some discussion,
the motion was made and passed. The Board
of Directors is currently forming a committee
to work out the details. If you are interested in
some aspect of this project, please contact Dianne Campbell or Scott Godwin. ◆
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III. Minutes from Spring Membership meeting were read and approved.
IV. Treasurer’s Report was read and approved.
V. Old Business
A. Ride Manager’s Clinic will be held February 12, 2011 at Parrie Haynes
TERA members were encouraged to attend to increase their understanding of
how rides are run.
B. Awards for 2010 were discussed and members were encouraged to
nominate people for the subjective awards before the November 30 deadline.
C. Lone Star Benefit ride: The original ride manager was unable to follow
through with the ride and new manager Linda Parrish discussed what had
been done to save the ride by turning it into a TERA benefit ride. The membership truly came together to make it possible to save the Thanksgiving ride.
D. Ride Your Mitts Off: TERA members were encouraged to support this
benefit ride for long time Central Region riders Monte and Nancy Mitts. There
is a raffle for an Abetta saddle and members can donate if unable to attend.
E. Old Glory TERA Benefit Ride: The 2011 Old Glory will be managed by
Khristen Seymore at the Priefert Ranch. There will more details forthcoming.
VI. New Business
•Election of Officers:
The nominees were Dianne Campbell for President, Scott Godwin for Vice-President, Tammy Powell for Treasurer and Sylvia Fant for Secretary. Rhemy Halum
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made the motion that the slate be accepted and Darolyn Butler seconded the
made
motion. Motion carried.
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Day 1: Trail design and layout. Riter stressed the importance of knowing the area first, both on foot and by
studying topographic maps, which he called "the trail
designer's best friend." A good trail requires little maintenance because it is designed right. Flowing water,
which accelerates the process of erosion, is the enemy
of a trail. Proper design can avoid situations whereby
the trail becomes a river during rainstorms. In the afternoon, participants learned how to use clinometers to
assess the slopes around them in a scientific fashion.
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•Meeting called to order at 6:45 PM
•Introduction of Board Members, Newsletter Editor, Webmaster
Dianne Campbell, President
Scott Godwin, Vice-President
Tammy Powell, Treasurer/Secretary
Kim Reeves
Dawn Carrie
Al Prescott
Ann Goolsby
Todd Hezeau, Newsletter Editor: membership involvement in newsletter
encouraged; advertising available
Danielle Lewis, Webmaster
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Day 2: Trail construction. Attendees learned how to
pick the proper tool for the job, when to use power
tools, and how to cut trails into a slope. Riter also talked
about how to build bridges and boardwalks, and when
to incorporate switchbacks into a trail and how to do it
right. He also went over safety procedures for tool use,
and taught the best way to swing a shovel and not throw
out your back. Very important!
Day 3: Trail maintenance. Although a well-designed
trail is easy to maintain, most trails that trail workers
will be dealing with have been laid out in a less than
ideal way. If you cannot reroute them, you will have to
fix and maintain them, battling wind, water, and gravity.
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•AERC Trailmaster Class: Dianne Campbell explained that a class could be
held in Texas for a cost to TERA of $3500. Monica Chapman explained the
purpose of the class and the benefits to ride managers and others of taking the
class. A lengthy discussion followed about why it should be held, who would be
able to participate and who would benefit. Sylvia Fant moved that TERA sponsor a Trailmaster class in conjunction with AERC. The motion was seconded by
Linda Parrish and Devon Horne. The motion carried with one opposing vote. A
subcommittee will be formed to organize the clinic.
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Day 4: Crew Leader and Graduation. The final day is
where all that you have learned to pulled together in an
outdoor session. The attendees each role play "Crew
Leader", using the language, tools, safety issues and
team work with your class on the trail. At the end,
certificates for those that completed the course will be
issued, by Mike Riter of Trail Design Specialists.
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Improved Communication in case of Emergencies: Scott Godwin discussed
the need for more efficient communication among members in the event of unexpected ride cancellations. He has offered to set up a separate list with only
TERA officers able to post information. It will be used to send out important,
time sensitive information. Members will have the opportunity to opt in or out.
•Renewal for 2011: Tammy appealed to all members to renew ASAP.
•TERA Polo shirts: Tammy solicited interest in a TERA Polo shirt. Many
members voiced their interest. Tammy will pursue the design and cost.
•Meeting Adjourned: Amanda Fant made a motion that the meeting adjourn,
Jennifer Noblin seconded and the motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by Sylvia Fant
November 30, 2010
Make your favorite pair of pants into endurance riding pants
Endurance riders borrow equipment from many disciplines – running, skiing, hiking, biking and more. Almost any item
from other sports can be successfully used with the exception of pants with seams running down the inside (called inseams).
I don’t know how you feel about this, but I can’t stand to have ANY seams chafing my legs for hours on end! Especially in
the winter when you need lots of layers to peel away as you get warmer.
Luckily it’s easy to change almost any pair of pants into ultra-cool riding pants! Jeans, exercise pants, ski pants, running
pants, sweat pants. Try doing this with basketball pants with snaps running down the outside seams for easy removal as you
warm up! Regardless of the type of pants you use, it takes only about an hour from start to finish. All you need is a yard
of fabric for the new inner leg/seat piece. I like to use a warm brown-colored suede with a knit backing, it looks good and
gives good grip on the saddle. But you can use almost any knit fabric. For winter pants I like to use that fuzzy fleece, it gives
warmth and grip as well as softening the ride. Get creative with prints and colors. Knit fabrics with two-way stretch works
well, and four-way stretch works best.
I recommend that you try this the first time on an old pair of pants you don’t care about, then start modifying your favorite
pants. You are going to cut out the inner legs from your pants, then use it as a pattern to cut the new piece, adding about a
half-inch on all sides to allow for the seams.
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To mark the size of the inner piece, start by turning the pants inside out and trying them on. If you can, bring some pins and
sit in your saddle to mark where your legs do not touch the seat. Otherwise stand in front of a mirror to estimate what
touches the saddle and what does not.
Pattern and cutting:
1. Mark leg bottom: Using the inseam as your guide, at the bottom hem put a pin about 2” in front of the inseam and 3” in
back of the inseam.
2. Mark front point: Put a pin about 2-3 inches above the crotch seam.
3. Mark the back corners: now twist around and carefully put a pin on your rear at the highest point that does not touch you
saddle, and another at the widest point that does not touch. These will be your cutting lines.
4. VERY carefully take the pants off and fold along the front from the front bottom hem pin to the front point pin.
5. Cut the front seam along this fold.
6. Re-fold along the back from the bottom hem pin up to the corner back pin.
7. Cut the back seam along this fold up to the corner you marked.
8. Now fold from back corner to back corner and cut. This gives you your pattern.
9. Lay your fabric on the table and fold in two. If the pants are snug, fold so the stretch goes crossways. If the pants are not
snug, fold so the stretch goes the long way.
10. Lay the pattern over the fabric with at least an inch on each side, and cut ½” larger on sides and top, and at least 1”
longer for the bottom hem.
Sewing instructions:
Note that you’ll sew each seam three times: once with longer stitches to put the seams together, a zig-zag or shorter straight
stitch close to the first seam to help prevent embarrassing rips, and a final top-stitch for added strength and to give a professional look. All seams are ¼”, because you added ½” to the inner piece you cut (1/4”x2).
1. Sew the crotch seam together from back to front, zig-zag and top-stitch.
2. Pin the back crotch seam to the pants back crotch seam, and pin both corners. Stitch (but do not zig-zag or top-stitch yet).
3. Stitch from corner to bottom hem.
4. Pin the front crotch seam to the pants front crotch seam. Stitch front seam to bottom hem on one leg, then repeat for other front leg.
5. Try on to check the fit, make any adjustments.
6. Finally, re-sew each seam with zig-zag close to first stitching, and top-stitch.
Note that these instructions make a square-shaped seat. You can easily round this as you get better at it.
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Kerry Watson King’s secondary hobby is sewing riding stuff for herself and her horse. When she’s not riding or sewing she’s a web project manager.
Email her at [email protected].
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TERA AWARDS 2010
TERA has two parts to it’s awards program. The first part is the objective awards that are calculated on TERA sponsored rides only. Limited
Distance and Endurance miles are calculated as separate mileages. Endurance mileage is divided by weight division.
The second part of our awards program is the subjective awards. These awards are not necessarily given each year. The award recipient is
chosen by the Board of Directors after being nominated by a TERA member.
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OBJECTIVE AWARDS 1. Limited Distance High Mileage Rider
1. Lee Bateman on Jubilee with 305 miles.
2. Gail Conway on Sensations Sparkling Star with 255 miles.
3. Vicky Rogers on Coin’s Diamond Nugget with 205 miles.
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2. Endurance Mileage Weight Divisions
High Mileage Featherweight
1. Ann Kitzmiller on Xtreme Venture with 400 miles
2. Tied for second place with 300 miles:
Alanna Pope-Frank on Ramses Mr. Midnight
Donna Thompson on Abha Amiir
High Mileage Lightweight
1. Amanda Fant on PWF Lee Wynd (Clyde) with 400 miles
2. Tied for second place, all with 300 miles
Dianne O’Conner on DJB KD Karina
Sylvia Sazama on Dazzel EM
Khristen Seymore on HRZ Bask O Fire
High Mileage Middleweight
1. Mike Maul on Rroco-my-Sol with 750 miles
2. Jim Matthess on Beacons Nite Lite with 450 miles
3. Tied for third place with 300 miles each:
Scott Godwin on WH Shirak
Kim Reeves on Casey O Stubby
High Mileage Heavyweight
1. Joe Reilly on Figure with 250 miles
2. 4 people tied for second place, all with 200 miles
Pete Harper on Iron Eagle’s Ladyhawke
Val Jaffe on Baraq Al Hadiye
Katrina Mosshammer on Hungarian Perle
Lisa Skalski on Einstein TA
High Mileage Junior
1. Gunn Dale on Locomotive with 150 miles
2. Tied for second place with 100 miles:
Katie Crabtree on DJB Top Card
Gatlin Dale on Spotted Wolf
3. Overall High Mileage Rider and 4. Overall High Mileage Horse
These categories were originally designed to allow one rider to compete on several horses or, in the case of the horse award, to allow several riders on
one horse. The past few years, we have had one persistent horse and rider team that has racked up the miles:
Mike Maul and Rroco-My-Sol with 750 miles (Mike and Rroc have a special award to come. It is a surprise, but we promise to share it later.)
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5. Husband and Wife Award
Ross and Dawn Carrie with 775 combined miles.
6. Family Award
The Dale Family, Sheila, Gared, Gatlin, and Gunn with 550 combined miles.-
SUBJECTIVE AWARDS
Next we have our Subjective Awards. These are awards that are nominated by TERA members and voted on by the Board of Directors.
1. Rookie Rider of the Year - The Rookie award is for a rider that has shown significant progress in his/her
endurance career.
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Manda Martinek, who rides “Super Pony” (Pint of Paint aka Dakota). Manda rode another horse at several rides a few years ago, but just started
back again this year. She did an LD at Off Road Warrior last year and quickly moved up to 50’s. She completed a 75 at Off Road Warrior this year. I have
ridden with her several times, and she is very focused on Dakota’s welfare and takes great care of him. The Rookie of the Year, Manda Martinek!
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Sho Ota
Sho was kind enough, and compulsive enough, to do our TERA rider stats for 2 years, 2008 and 2009. He volunteered to do this task and
completed it cheerfully—at least as far as we know.
3. Veterinarian of the Year
For the past several years, the Board of Directors has elected to acknowledge all of our wonderful TERA Vets.
Dennis Seymour, Carter Hounsel, Gail Conway, Val Jaffe, Val Bixler, Steve VanWagner, Denise Easterling
4. Ride Manager of the Year
Normally, we have one Ride Manager of the Year. But this year, we had 2 wonderful nominations that we believed BOTH were deserving. So, this
is the first time we have selected TWO Ride Managers of the Year.
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Ride Manager of the Year Award • Doug Blashill
Doug Blashill, TERA Ride Manager for Llano Estacado’s 2-day ride, was nominated by Kim Reeves. Kim said, “Doug’s trails are always well marked and
mowed. When you arrive in camp, her PERSONALLY goes to each person’s rig and greets them. Her serves great food, has radio contact throughout the
ride with Ham Radio Operators telling when the rider makes it to certain points on the trail. He has plenty of water troughs scattered throughout the camp.
You don’t have to go more than 50 yards to get to water. The porta potties are always serviced on Saturday afternoon. There is plenty of volunteer help.
Water troughs on trail are always full, even for the turtle horses. The radio operators have bottled water to hand out to riders. Doug didn’t quit being the
ride manager the year after the ride was flooded and no one could leave.”
Doug couldn’t be here, but he was really excited to be honored in this way. He will get his belt buckle presented to him by Kim at this year’s Llano Estacado ride.
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Second Ride Manager of the Year Award • Scott Godwin
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Scott did an outstanding job of managing the 2010 Old Glory ride. The ride was extremely well organized, trails were safe and well marked, and there
were plentiful volunteers that made sure that riders knew what to do and where to go. Scott also involved the local community with a number of local
businesses donating awards or otherwise helping with the ride. He also concentrated on bringing new riders into the sport of endurance. In addition to
managing his first ride, Scott also established and fostered a strong relationship with the owners of Storm Ranch, which provided a new ride venue. Scott
is building on his success with managing the 2010 Old Glory ride by managing a 2-day ride in October 2011 at Storm Ranch, which includes a 75-mile
distance. Our Ride Manager of the Year, Scott Godwin!
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I would like to nominate PWF Lee Wynd, known to his friends and fans as Clyde , and Amanda Fant as Horse and Rider of the Year. They symbolize the bond
and commitment that great partnerships are built on. PWF Lee Wynd was foaled on Possum Walk Farm. Amanda has been involved in every step of his
development, from halter training, breaking to ride, conditioning, competing and breeding. PWF Lee Wynd began his career with 50 mile rides and has now
completed three hundreds and logged over 1,100 miles. He has an excellent base, Amanda devoted many miles to developing not only his cardiovascular
system, but also his bone. After four years of developing the physical and emotional foundation that she wanted to build with him, she has increased both
the number and intensity of rides this year. He has begun 23 rides and completed 19 with 4 of those starts being 100 mile events and 3 100 mile completions. Clyde has accumulated three High Vet Scores and three Best Condition Awards along the way. Amanda has always taken the time to be helpful to
fellow riders. Many times she is able to arrive early for a ride and helps management in any way she can, even hanging ribbons at 6:00 in the evening the
day prior to riding a 100 at Armadillo this year. If she rides just one day of a two day event, you can always find her volunteering in whatever capacity ride
management needs. She consistently puts the needs of her horse first, pulling him if she feels it is the prudent action to take. And PWF Lee Wynd is a total
gentleman at the rides. There have been many times I had to remind myself he is a stallion. For all these reasons I believe they should be Horse and Rider
of the Year.
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6. TERA Hall of Fame Nomination • Peter Ansorge
As a long time TERA member, Peter Ansorge is certainly worthy of belonging to the TERA Hall of Fame. In fact, Peter goes back to the very beginning of
AERC in 1972. He was a member from the start as his AERC number is five! He served as an AERC Central Region Director back in late 1970’s and early
80’s. When you talk to some of the old timers of Texas endurance riding you find that Peter was one of the few riders consistently supporting those early
events and usually doing quite well.
One memory of Peter was in the early 90’s when he brought his dirt bike to the ride site of the Dry Creek Cattle Call and helped to measure and lay out trail.
Obviously trail measurement and layout is a passion of his since he has served as the Trail Master for both the 2010 Heart of the Hills and Lone Star I and II.
He already has the trail laid out and maps ready for the 2011 Heart of the Hills.
Peter’s fondness for the Hill Country State Natural Area goes way back as he was in the first group of riders to help lay out the trail system when Texas
established the Park back in the late l970’s. Some of you may remember the rides he managed there. The Hill Country Memory Ride was a two day ride
over Memorial day weekend in 1999 and 2000.
Peter served as Vice-President of TERA in 2004 and 2005. Later, he stepped up his involvement when San Antonio was chosen as the site for the AERC
national convention in 2006. The TERA folks were called on to play host and Peter took the lead. Several hotels were in contention and Peter checked them
out and chose the Crowne Plaza (then called the Adam’s Mark). He so wanted everyone from all over the country to come see our beautiful city that he
wrote an article for the Endurance News highlighting the city. He also made a map to hand out to attendees so they could visit the Alamo and other historic
sites without getting lost. It seemed the only thing missing on the River Walk were colored ribbons!! However his most ardent involvement with the
convention came during the actual convention itself. He realized that the vendors who bring literally truck loads of goods would have a rough time getting
unloaded and lowering their items on an elevator down to the vendor floor of the hotel. So out of his own pocket, Peter rented a hand-operated fork-lift and
he spent days—before, during and after-- helping the vendors get their goods to their booths and then back up to their vehicles. He gave up going to the
seminars and other meetings so that this operation could be done smoothly. All of the vendors said that they had never received such wonderful service at
any convention they had attended!!
Peter is truly an inspiration as a rider and friend. Oh to be his age and still be a tough competitor, to ride hard, appreciate a great horse, and to love the
beauty of a trail ridden with good friends. TERA needs to recognize what this man has done and continues to offer to all of us who love this sport of endurance.
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RETIRING BOARD MEMBERS
Carol Kight (blanket and buckle)
Thank you to Carol for serving as our TERA Treasurer!
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