Paloma update! So this was Paloma’s first endurance ride. It was a 30 mile LD (limited distance) at the AERC Land of the Sun Endurance Ride at Boyd Ranch in Wickenburg, AZ. If you remember from the makeover video Paloma was Isidro’s 5th place finisher mare at the Mustang Magic makeover in January. Plan was to buy her back to do endurance and we are super happy with her first go. They ended up 4th place in this race and she finished strong and healthy, thrilled with that.
The next day Isidro was suppose to ride his other mustang Despacito in the 50miler the next day but we noticed a new splint on his left foreleg and had the vet look at it. Vet advised to scratch so we did. So Isidro rode Cent’Anni, a lovely arabian we have in training right now, in the 30 mile LD instead. The plan was to do a nice slow LD and finish last or close to last. Well they did do it slow, average of 5.8mph but this horse is so nice he ended up winning. A unique set of circumstances of only 11 riders in the race and Cent’Anni meeting pulse criteria faster than the other horses put them 10-30minutes ahead of the other riders! Cent’Anni looked so amazing that Isidro showed him for the best conditioned award as well as won that too! So the tortoise beat the hare, lol!
We couldn’t be more please with how Isidro Espinoza Horsemanship horses behaved, looked and performed at this ride.
Stay tuned for the next ride!
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4 окт 2024
