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A Simple Method of Conditioning the Endurance Horse Francois & Laura Seegers, Perseverance Arabian and Endurance Horses We are frequently asked by people who are interested in taking up endurance, or who have bought a horse from us, how they should prepare their horses for an endurance ride. There are many different ways to condition … Continue reading
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Some creatures are Survivors. It can be due to perseverance and their own intrinsic qualities, physical strengths and character. Grey Goose is one like that. She’s survived four major incidents in her life. The first came when she was young: a farmer had been advised to cut down his horse numbers. An expert came and … Continue reading
‘n Eenvoudige Metode om die Uithourit Perd te Kondisioneer Francois en Laura Seegers, Perseverance Arabian and Endurance Horses Ons word dikwels gevra deur mense wat in die uithourit sport belangstel, of wat perde by ons koop, hoe om hulle perde voor te berei vir ‘n uithourit. Daar is baie verskillende metodes om perde te kondisioneer. … Continue reading
How to Ride Fauresmith… for the First-timer Next week a horde of horse and riders will be setting off on a three-day ride totalling 201km… This is the notorious Fauresmith National ride – the highlight of the South African endurance calendar! Not too onerous as endurance rides go, and yet, so difficult to complete for … Continue reading
It’s Thursday, 10 May 2012… Earlier this morning, Bob and Laura were playing groom, and helping Barry Armitage and Joe Dawson saddle up their second mounts of Day 5 of THE RIDE of Harry Whackalong Smite, PSV Mabruk and PSV Kandahar! PSV Nile is waiting in the wings for his turn at the next horse … Continue reading
It was a super successful weekend at the OVK Endurance Challenge for the team from Perseverance Arabian & Endurance Horses. Seven horses were entered, with five riders and four grooms, and six finished, with two 3rd places, one 2nd place and one 1st place! This year, the ride – hosted by the Lormar stud and … Continue reading
Originally posted on Barefoot at the 2012 World Endurance Champs:
PSV Mauser enjoying some lucerne at his temporary home – the Shabach Stud in Caledon – while waiting to find out about the next shipment. We still can’t get over the immense generosity of our friends both at home and abroad, in donating prizes and buying…
Originally posted on Barefoot at the 2012 World Endurance Champs:
Wild Coast Horse Safaris There are just TWO weeks left to enter Laura & Mauser’s World Champs Raffle before the final draw on 31st March for the GRAND PRIZE and other top tier prizes! Here’s what you could win…. A 7 night Wild Coast Horse Safari for…
African Horse Sickness is a disease endemic to certain parts of Africa. It is thought to be a Zebra virus carried by midges. It can be a a serious disease with high mortality, but many horses do recover. There is a vaccine but its effectiveness is hotly debated. Standard veterinary treatment, which is aimed at … Continue reading
Originally posted on Barefoot at the 2012 World Endurance Champs:
A fellow barefooter, Shelhi Foster Horne, recently wrote a very insightful post in the Barefoot Horses SA Facebook group, to which we belong. It expresses so clearly what we believe about equine nutrition for barefoot hooves, that we asked her permission to post it here… ~~~…
When the news of Laura and Mauser’s selection was announced… we discovered that we had a mammoth task ahead of us! In order to get our rider and our barefoot champion horse over to the United Kingdom to compete for South Africa in the FEI World Endurance Championships, we have to raise funds close to … Continue reading
Size does matter. There are more endurance horses disadvantaged by being too big, than those that are too small. 14.3 is our favourite size. Perseverance Mauser is a purebred, 14.3 Arabian gelding. His grandsire was the Polish Arabian stallion Khyberie. Khyberie has produced many top endurance horses. The rest of Mauser’s pedigree is predominantly Crabbet/ … Continue reading
Once upon a time, a farrier called Freddie Taljaard, as he went from farm to farm plying his trade, came across an old Arabian stallion. The owner had crossed him with his Boerperd mares, but did not have any pure Arabian mares. This stallion was small and very old and was aptly called Prince Valiant, … Continue reading
Perseverance Jedi is half brother to Basic Instinct, the grey gelding from our stud who is ridden by HH Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa. Instinct was 10th in the World Endurance Championship in Malaysia 2008, and 15th in the European Championships in Florac this year. Jedi has been bred and raised on the same principles … Continue reading
One of the year’s most anticipated Eastern Cape endurance rides took place last weekend – the Tarka Ride, hosted by the Hofmeyr Club on Gys & Mariska Botha’s farm in Golden Valley near Tarkastad. For the first time, the 120km distance also included a team competition, with a huge prize of R10,000 for the team … Continue reading
It was an unusually chilly start to the Blakeridge Ride this year, in it’s new slot in August. But the conditions were fantastic for the horses and riders, and led to some exceptionally fast times being achieved. Nearly a dozen horses completed the 80km ERASA cloverleaf in under 4 hours. The ride is hosted by … Continue reading
We had a surprise visit to the stud last week from Barry Armitage, soon to be a South African television star with his new series, Ride of the Peacemaker. Last year, he and his friend Joe Dawson took on the mind-boggling task of following the 600 mile route that Dick King rode 168 years ago … Continue reading
Endurance riding is a team sport. The team is the horse and rider and their support crew at the vet checks. The challenges they face are distance, variations in altitude and terrain, difficult going such as rocks, mud or sand, extreme weather fluctuations, time limits and passing the vet checks every 30 km or so. … Continue reading
This was an article that Laura Seegers wrote for the SA Horseman in October 2006, the year that that ERASA changed the rules to allow barefoot horses to compete in endurance. ~~~ Why do you want to ride your horses barefoot in endurance rides? is the question often asked by riders interested in our reasons … Continue reading
Fresh from the SA National Championships at Fauresmith in the Free State, the Eastern Cape endurance riders have been winning again, this time in the Western Cape. In fact, they practically swept the board at the Albertinia Endurance Ride – a 2 star FEI ride, featuring both an 80km and 120km distance – hosted by … Continue reading
Fauresmith 2011 Perseverance took three of our horses to their first Fauresmith. They were thoroughly prepared and well managed by the team. We were blessed when PSV Jedi & Laura flew round the 201 km in 8 hours 36 to finish 5th in Standardweights, Ashley & PSV Mauser rode a good 9h48 to finish 17 … Continue reading
Last week saw the biggest event on the South African endurance calendar take place: the SA National Championships at Fauresmith in the Free State. It’s a 3 day race over 201km, in freezing, sub-zero conditions, which attracts riders from all over the country as well as overseas. This year a record number of horses were … Continue reading
I made a very bold statement quite recently. I suppose I was feeling super confident because things have been going extremely well with our barefoot endurance horses. Our best horse, Perseverance Jedi, continues to improve and get faster and faster, and now that he has got up to National Team level, that is very gratifying. … Continue reading
Stables are for the convenience of people, not for horses. Some wild animals do live in caves or dens. These are animals such as bears, cats or dogs. Wild horses live on the open grassy plains where they can see predators coming from a long way off. The horses also have the freedom of wide … Continue reading
We at Perseverance are not in favour of intravenous fluid drips before or after major events, but that is just our opinion. Many professionals argue that highly competitive horses are assisted by such intervention, and it is fairly common at international events. Sometimes tired and dehydrated endurance horses are deemed in need of help in … Continue reading
More ways of protecting your horse from horse sickness and other viral diseases. We are all familiar with the standard advice on keeping your horse safe from African Horse Sickness: vaccinate annually, stable your horse from late afternoon to well after sunrise, apply insect repellents daily. However, these precautions have sometimes failed to prevent a … Continue reading
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