Horse Trail Chicks

So, if you have read any of my previous blog posts or know me at all, you know that while I really love trail riding, I pretty much just love horses and riding. I also do dressage, jumping, and eventing. This past weekend I had the good fortune to be able to ride my friend’s horse Clayton and Monica’s horse Tupelo in addition to my awesome boy Prophet.

I decided to map my rides over the weekend to see just what the heck my rides would look like from a bird’s eye perspective. Why, you may ask, would I do that? Well, because I am a big nerd obviously.

Clayton and I had a fun jump school. He’s a bit green when it comes to jumping, and I had never jumped him before. As such, we did some small courses and some single jumps and schooled on the flat in between. From my data I found that we traveled 1.47 miles and rode for approximately 30 minutes. Our fastest speed was 10.65 miles per hour. It looked a little something like this:

Next I rode Tupelo for a dressage school. Tupelo tends to be fairly stiff through his body, so we work a lot on bending and suppleing. We rode for about half an hour for this ride and traveled 2.01 miles. Our fastest speed was 10.89 miles per hour. Circle much?

Finally, I took Prophet out on a trail ride with a couple of friends. We did some trail clearing work from horseback during the ride and did a little cantering in some fields. (And, wow, can I just say how awesome my horse is? I was pruning large branches and snapping dead limbs from his back. He didn’t so much as flinch or move a foot. Pretty impressive!) We went 5.02 miles in 1 hour and 23 minutes. Our fastest speed was 14.2 miles per hour.

My point? I don’t really have one! I just think it’s neat to be able to see a record of my rides. I also think it’s interesting that even though I feel like I am always just going around on the rail when I ride in the ring, that’s obviously not the case. All three types of riding are all great and serve an important purpose.

Happy Trails!

Kerrie