Tevis Cup
The Tevis Cup , or Western States Trail Ride is a 100-mile endurance ride , which is held annually since 1955 in the Sierra Nevada in California. The ride is conducted according to the rules of the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC). Modern endurance riding developed from the Tevis Cup. The Tevis Cup is organized by the Western States Trail Foundation.
General
The ride takes place in Placer County , California. In general, a weekend with a full moon in July or August is chosen so that the light of the full moon makes the ride possible at night.
It starts at 5:15 a.m. at Robie Equestrian Park near the town of Truckee . It runs over the ridge of the Sierra Nevada near the Squaw Valley ski resort, runs through El Dorado County and ends at the fairground in Auburn . There are two mandatory 60-minute breaks with VetGate . The first is about 30 miles at Robinson Flat, the other about 70 miles at Foresthill. There are other stations along the route where veterinarians check the horses' condition and fitness. A VetGate is also at the finish. Every horse that completes the 100 miles in 24 hours and passes the constitutional inspection will be awarded a silver Completion Award Buckle .
The 54th Tevis Cup was planned for July 19, 2008. However, it was temporarily postponed to Saturday, August 1, 2008 due to the forest fires in Southern California. 169 horses started in the Robie Equestrian Park. The weather was unusually cool and more comfortable for the horses. For the first time, helmet camera videos from this ride were posted on the internet from the saddle and reported live on social media. In 2009 Sarah Engsberg from Georgia, USA won with K-Zar Emmanuel , a 15-year-old Arab gray gelding . In 2011 the ride had to be postponed from summer to October due to heavy snowfall.
In 2014, 9,659 horses took part in the 59th edition of the Tevis Cup. Of these, 5,259 horses were able to finish the ride, which corresponds to a share of 54%. The oldest horse that successfully completed the Tevis Cup was Hadji Halef Omar in 2014 at the age of 22, the youngest horse was Chief in 1962 at the age of 6.
Haggin Cup
Since 1964 the "James Ben Ali Haggin Cup", or Haggin Cup for short, has been awarded to the horse that reaches the finish line in the best possible shape. The first ten horses to successfully complete the ride will be presented to a committee of veterinarians and representatives from the Western States Trail Foundation on Sunday morning. The horse in the best condition is selected. It is assumed that the officers of the US cavalry already selected the horse in the best condition from their regiment the day after their arrival at a destination.
Keno was the first horse to win the Haggin Cup in 1964 , ridden by Paige Harper. In 2014 the 17-year-old Arab gelding MCM Last Dance , ridden by Barrak Blakeley, became the oldest horse to win the Haggin Cup. Up to 2015 the Haggin Cup was awarded 49 times, 39 times to geldings, 8 times to mares and twice to stallions .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ About the ride , Tevis Cup website