{"id":167,"date":"2023-10-04T18:36:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvendurancerider.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2023-10-05T17:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T16:23:28","slug":"we-did-our-first-ride-and-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvendurancerider.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/we-did-our-first-ride-and-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"We did our first Ride and Tie!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CoolLast weekend my new Ride and Tie partner Jennifer, Jovi (horse) and myself completed the 9 mile short course at the Coolest Ride and Tie in Cool, CA. Yesterday Jennifer and I did an interview with the Ride and Tie Association<\/a>. It is now online on YouTube: click here<\/a>! We had a lot of stuff go right, but also some things that didn’t. You’ll have to listen to the interview to find out more.<\/p>\n

Susan Smyth and her crew did a fabulous job. All of the volunteers, management, vets and helpers did a great job, and put on a fun event.<\/p>\n

\"\"We had a great time and I wanted to mention a couple of things that we didn’t really get to in the interview. The first one being that the sport of Ride and Tie is a really affordable equestrian sport. The entry fees are lower than I am used to for endurance but actually half that since there are two people paying it works out to being 50% or less. That is a great deal to give a new sport a try, get some new experiences for you and your horse plus make new friends! You get a nicely marked trail, vetting, aid stations and afterwards awards and a meal. We also had ride photographers and live music.<\/p>\n

\"\"The next thing that I really liked is that the Ride and Tie Association has only 20 rules. They all fit on a single page! Whereas the AERC has a rule ‘book’, which is 16 pages long. I totally get that there are reasons why AERC needed to have more rules. I’m just sharing that I thought it was refreshing that R&T was so simple and uncomplicated. I felt that it made things a lot more laid back and less stressful. There is so much flexibility and it was great to see how the sport attracts people of all ages and fitness levels.<\/p>\n

We also lucked out and found a sponsor that regularly sponsors Ride and Tie. doTerra<\/a> is an essential oil company. They provided us with their Deep Blue product that is a topical analgesic made with essential oils. Jennifer and I both felt that it worked great on our aches and pains post ride. They also provided us with shirts that we wore during the event.<\/p>\n

Next time I’m looking forward to doing a longer distance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last weekend my new Ride and Tie partner Jennifer, Jovi (horse) and myself completed the 9 mile short course at the Coolest Ride and Tie in Cool, CA. Yesterday Jennifer and I did an interview with the Ride and Tie … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ride-and-tie","category-vg-ben-jovi","tag-rideandtie"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t