Winning a Haggin Cup: 7 Step Strategy to Top Ten at Tevis

Rusty Toth and Stoner riding through Foresthill. Photo by Merri Melde/Endurance.Net. 

Article by Kevin Myers

We set out with a goal ten months ago, and built the strategy around that goal. The goal was simple: to achieve a top ten placing at Tevis 2012. We thank Garrett Ford for his support and encouragement that we could train our horses to this level. Our reading list was 4th Gear by Dennis Summers.

The essential components were:

- See more at:  Our 7 Step Strategy to Top Ten at Tevis - 4th Gear Here We Come

Rusty Toth and Farrabba, 2010

My Tevis journey began on a whim. Kevin mentioned he was not going to ride, so I offered to take his horse. And so it began.

We began the walk to the start a mile down the road in pen one: 70 horses packed together three to four wide and as deep as you could see in the morning twilight. The tension and excitement made the air thick with energy. Farrabba AKA The Stoner is the kind of horse you trust to always be relaxed, even keel, a true gentleman. I would not see this in him until mile 95.

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Garrett Ford and The Fury, 2010

Wow. To say the results of the 2010 Tevis Cup are a culmination of a lifetime of preparation and dreams is an understatement.

My wife and I crossed the finish line of the 2010 Tevis Cup hand in hand. Our horses finished in the top ten wearing a product we were instrumental in developing. More than twenty other horses wearing Easyboots would also finish. 30% of the horses in the top 20 were fitted with Easyboots. Our horses looked strong and sound for the Haggin Cup judging.

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