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New!MID-YEAR AERC BOARD MEETING: All are invited to attend this year's mid-year board meeting August 22 at the Doubletree Hotel Denver Southeast at 13696 Iliff Place in Aurora, Colorado. Can't make it? Be sure to call or email a board member to share your comments.

New!FEI ENDURANCE JUDGES & STEWARDS COURSE OCT. 12 IN KY: Download the FEI course flyer. Note change: The course will now count for license maintenance for 2* FEI Endurance Judges and FEI Endurance Chief Stewards. 3* and 4* Judges can still audit, but it will be for information purposes only and will not count towards maintenance or promotion.

New!VETS: INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN FEI EVENT VETERINARIAN? Click for information about the Dec. 6-9 FEI course for National and FEI Event Vets in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Attention: September 30 deadline! AERC/USEF RIDER, 17 OR YOUNGER? You may be eligible to apply for USEF's Fourth Annual Youth Sportsman's Award. Applications/info available here. See the "Youth Programs" page at www.usef.org for complete details. Send completed info by 9/30/09 to Hal Hall, AERC-I Committee Chair, 385 Robie Dr., Auburn, CA 95603, or email to halhall@sbcglobal.net.

New!AERC EQUINE OWNERSHIP CHANGES: To be sure your horse's awards come to the correct owner, let the office know if you have acquired an AERC-registered horse. There is no charge for ownership changes from one AERC member to another! The office number is 866-271-2372.

New!2009 AERC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Information and ride entry are now online -- go to Competitions, then National Championship to find out more about AERC's premier ride.

AERC Certified Control Judges: Congratulations to the AERC control judges who have passed the AERC voluntary certified control judge program! Click here for the latest list of AERC-certified control judges. For more information contact the AERC office.

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August 2009

On the cover: Ruth Waltenspiel, riding Cheyenne XII, adds to her limited distance mileage at the 2009 Cooley Ranch Ride. (See story in EN, page 6.) Ruth, of Healdsburg, California, now has 205 LD miles. Oh, yes, she’s also got a few endurance miles: 30,242, to be exact. Photo © 2009 by Rene Baylor, Baylor/Gore Photography.

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: National Championships: more than a ride -- an adventure!, by Connie Caudill
  • Mailbag
  • Vice President's Message: Horse welfare forum in nation's capital, by Laura Hayes
  • National Office News: August update, by Kathleen Henkel
  • Current Business Before the Board: Updates to the drug rule appendices for 2010
  • Ride Managers' Forum: The Waltenspiels' gift: Cooley Ranch, by Cynthia Ariosta and Forrest Tancer
  • Education Update: Mentors can make a large impact, by Susan Kain
  • Vet Forum: EPM: the road to recovery, and beyond, by Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM, with a sidebar titled "An early bout of EPM can't stop Texas Dually" by Kathy Crothers
  • Junior/Young Rider News: Shorty: the best hand-me-down ever!, by Tessa Kimbler
  • Trails Post: Trail differences around the country, by Mike Riter
  • International News: FEI, USEF, and AERC-I committee roles, by Joe Mattingley
  • Classifieds

    Features:
  • 2008 AERC Pard'ners Award: Bailey Rose Eiland and Nimphas Barbi
  • AERC 5,000-mile Equines in photos and essays
  • Ride: Tall Pines 30/55, by David Kaden

    Articles without links are available only in Endurance News magazine. To join AERC or subscribe to EN, or to request a sample copy, contact the AERC office!

  • 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.
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Ride Info

LOCATION CHANGE: Due to rains - both past and forecast - the Rock River Chairity Ride on Aug. 22 and 23 will be moving to Rock Cut State Park in Rockford, Illinois. The FEI training is still on for Aug. 20 and 21. Questions? Call 815-530-4464 or 815-539-7375.

RIDE CANCELLATION: The (Mountain Region) Colorado Horse Park Challenge 25/50 on August 22 & 23 has been cancelled.

RIDE DATE CHANGE: The Redwood Ride II (West Region) date is changed to August 22 (from August 15).

RIDE DATE CHANGE: The Tour De Washooo (West Region) originally scheduled for August 22 has been changed to August 29. The ride is in the Washoe Valley of Nevada. Ride manager is Beth Kauffmann.

LOCATION CHANGE: The Season Finale I & II scheduled for November 27 and 28 has been moved to Bell Cow Lake in Chandler, Oklahoma (Central Region).

Send any ride news to aerc@foothill.net for posting on the AERC home page. Best of luck to all riders for a wonderful ride season!

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