Endurance News

February 2004

From left to right, Patty DeMott riding her saddlebred mare Wine's High Spirit; Deana Cushman on her half Polish/half Saddlebred mare RH Bold as Brass; and Cindy LaRoy Young on her Polish-Arabian mare, Malexia I. The trio is pictured at last year's Lincoln Trails ride. Photo by Peter DeMott, www.photosbypdemott.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 Directorsand Committees
• President's Message: Lighten up -- come to the convention!
• Vice-President's Message: A little about the horses we ride
• Mailbag
• Ride Manager's Forum: Vet video a great tool for ride managers
• Vet Forum: 2004 veterinary continuing education
• Ask a Vet: Tough sport, weak links, and equine colic
• AERC International: Opportunity knocks
• Welfare of the Horse: 2003 Ride year endurance horse fatalities Table and Case Study
• Limited Distance: Limited distance best condition changes proposed
• Education Protecting AERC's horses
• Grants: Research Grants Committee update
• Trails Post: Perkiomen Trail opens in Pennsylvania
• Ride Calendar
• Riding Through the Regions . . . At a Glance
• Ride Results
• Limited Distance Ride Results
• Protest & Grievance Committee Findings
• Rider & Horse Mileage Awards
• National Office News
• Stallion Directory
• Horses for Sale Directory
• 2004 Membership Registration Form
• Classifieds
  
• End of the Trail

• Features: Analysis of Pull Rates, 1996-2003
• Buying a Horse
• New Member Hint:Assessing your horse
• Longevity - The Decade Team: New Rider Advice & Lessons Learned Along the Way
• Looking Forward/Looking Backwards: Reflections from AERC's Past Presidents
• Memories of the Good Old Days
• Improvements Over Time
• Featured Rides:Spook Run/AHA Championship

• Regional Best Condition - Endurance
• Regional Best Condition - Limited Distance
• Regional Point Standings
• Regional Mileage Championship
• National Mileage Championship
• National L.D. Mileage Championship (Sponsored by Sundowner Trailers)
• National B.C. Award Standings (Sponsored by Gulf Coast 4-Star Trailer Sales)
• National 100 Mile Award
• Jim Jones Stallion Award
• War Mare Award
• Bill Stuckey Award(Sponsored by Sundowner Trailers)
• Bill Thornburgh Family Award
• Bob & Julie Suhr Husband & Wife Award (Sponsored by Sundowner Trailers)
• Pioneer Award Standings

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