News Archives: 2005 – 2008
December 2007/January 2008
The winter months have been cold and snowy this year. Mel Hare, having worked with GETC all last summer, yearned for warmer temps and went to Florida for a couple of months. Esty Saenger came back from Switzerland to work with us for several weeks. Esty had ridden GE Cyclone to 4th place at last years Tevis.
On Dec 30th and 31st, some GETC horses entered a ride in New Mexico. The results:
Dec 30: New Year in New Mexico, 100 mile FEI
2nd Place: Hanna CW ridden by Christoph
3rd Place: TC Mounshine ridden by Esty Saenger
BEST CONDITION: TC Mounshine
Dec 31:New Year in New Mexico, 50 mile
1st Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph
TC Mounshine has been trained and campaigned by Dian. Because of her treatments, she was unable to come to this ride. She let Esty ride one of her best horses. Thanks Dian, for all the work you have put into these horses.
Dian is recovering well and will be riding strong again this spring. We are grateful for all the support we have received from the endurance community and our friends all over. These challenging times have made all of us bond together. All your help and support has been greatly appreciated.
Looking ahead, GETC and EQUFLEXUSA are preparing for the AERC Convention, where a joint booth will be set up. Please visit us at our booth, we have free goodies just for stopping by.
Christoph will also be a speaker at the Saturday “Ask the Experts” panel.
Come and join us all at the Convention!
NOVEMBER 2007
MOAB CANYONS 2 DAY RIDE
Thank You, Sheri Griffith, and all the volunteers that helped make this ride.
What an awesome ride!! Everyone plan this one for 2008. The plan is that it should be a 3-day Pioneer in 2008. The weather was beautiful. The trails were marked awesomely, the ride went smoothly. This is one of the most scenic rides around. It was located in the Canyonlands BLM area near Canyonlands National Park. Around 200 horse & riders showed up. Very successful.
GETC took 10 horses to this ride. GETC had 7 horses starting the 1st day.
David Shefrin completed his 1st 50 mile race riding DWA Sablisa.
Marcy Till did an awesome job w/Trinity. It was their 1st 50. Janelle Warkentin, did an awesome job w/HL Kastaspell. It was also their 1st 50.
GETC would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to our great friends, Mel Hare, Marcy Till, Janelle & Jermey Warkentin and Valerie Maxwell. Janelle, Jermey & Valerie traveled all the way from Oregon to do this ride. Jeremey was so awesome, he worked very hard to help us crew and care for all our horses. He would drive in and feed the horses both morning & night in order for us to care for the horses at the ride camp. Marcy Till, our good friend, helped me load and organize the stuff for the trip home and unloaded the trailer once back. This was stuff, lots of stuff for 10 horses.
This was Dian’s 1st ride back since her medical diagnosis & surgery in June. I dearly thank my partner, Christoph Schork, for working twice as hard to enable me and everyone else to ride like crazy. I can’t thank these great friends enough for enabling me to get out and ride my brains out. The results were fantastic!!
NOVEMBER 04: Moab Canyons
BEST CONDITION: DOUBLE ZELL & CHRISTOPH
1st Place: SALTY & Mel Hare
3rd Place: DOUBEL ZELL & Christoph
25 Mile Ride:
Matt rode Lady to her 1st 25 mile completion. Thank you Matt, Trish, and Matte Sol, for an awesome job done.
NOVEMBER 03: Moab Canyons
BEST CONDITION: DWA SABKU +/ & MEL HARE
1st Place: Hanna CW & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight: Hanna CW & Christoph
2nd Place: DWA Sabku+/ & Mel Hare
1st Place Featherweight: DWA Sabku+/ & Mel
9TH Place: DWA Sablisa & David Shefrin
Top Ten Middleweight: DWA Sablisa & David Shefrin
Somewhere in the 20’s:
TC Mounshine & Dian
Top Ten Heavyweight: TC Mounshine & Dian
Trinity & Marcy Till (their 1st 50)
HL Kastaspell & Janelle Warkentin (their 1st 50)
August/September 2007
Aug. 11: Happy Jack
BEST CONDITION: DWA Sabku
1st Place: DWA Sabku and Mel
Aug. 12th:
2nd Place: Last Daan & Mel
Best Condition: Last Daan
1st Place: DWA Sabku and Sarah
2ND Place: DWA Sabku & Mel
Sept. 28: Quilty Gold Cup, Australia
Winners of the Gold Cup:
1st Place: Christoph Schork on Arovo Mini Harvest and Anton Reid on Kumari
Both riders tied for First Place.
A special Thanks goes to Anton for providing the winning horse for Christoph. This was his first entry in the Quilty. Global Endurance Training Center’ staff is thrilled that Christoph brought the Gold Cup to the USA for the first time ever.
June/July 2007
June 9: AHA National Championship 50
1st Place: DWA Sabku & Mel
July 28: Tevis Cup
4th Place: GE Cyclone and Esty Saenger
Congratulation to Esty and Cyclone for an excellent job! Esty came from Switzerland and leased a horse from GETC for her first Tevis and first 100 mile ride.
MAY 2007
Welcome Mel Rue Hare to the GETC staff!
Mel Rue Hare has joined the GETC staff. He is an experienced horse trainer who is presently working on his Level 3 Parelli Certification. Mel has worked as personal fitness trainer for many years in the Northwest. Mel will be training and conditioning young horses as well as teaching riding & fitness skills in the GETC clinics.
MAY 26: Owyhee 100
BEST CONDITION: Hanna CW
1st Place: Hanna CW & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: GE Cyclone & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
Owyhee 80
1st Place: DWA Millennium
MAY 27: Owyhee 50
Best Condition: DWA Sabku
1st Place: Double Zell & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2ND Place: DWA Sabku & Mel
1st Place Featherweight
MAY 28: Owyhee 50
BEST CONDITION: HANNA CW
1st Place: DWA Sabku & Mel
4th Place: Salty and Dian
5th Place: Double Zell and Christoph
MAY 12: HELLS KITCHEN CANYON
Bruce Burnham put on another great Hells Kitchen ride. Weather was perfect. The Awards and dinner were great. THANKS BRUCE The Hansleman.
BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ
1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: GE Cyclone & Mel
1st Featherweight
3rd Place: Salty & Dian
1st Heavyweight
MT. CARMEL XP:
Dave, Anne & Colina Nicholson, Duane, & Paul Alsop, have been working hard on adding new trails. They have worked hard on making sure the trail markings are easy to follow. The trails were very fun, lots of trails weaving in & out of trees, fun, fun fun. There was a lot of water placed out on the trail for the horses. This is a spectacular ride with great footing.
A Big Thank You to Duane & Paul Alsop for all your help on this ride that has improved trails.
MAY 7: Mt. Carmel III
BEST CONDITION: TC MOUNSHINE
1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2ND Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
3rd Place: Double Zell & Mel
1st Place Featherweight
MAY 6: Mt. Carmel II
BEST CONDITION: HANNA CW
HANNA CW & SALTY TIED FOR 1ST PLACE
1st Place: Hanna CW & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
1st Place: Salty & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
3rd Place: DWA Sabku+// & Mel
1st Place Featherweight
MAY 5: Mt. Carmel I
BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ
1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
3rd Place: Double Zell & Mel
1st Place Featherweight
APRIL 2007
April 21: Antelope Island 50 I
BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ
Oritos Haat Pizaz & TC Mounshine 1st Place Tie
1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
1st Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
3rd Place: GE Cyclone & Christina Long
April 22: Antelope Island 50 II
BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ
Oritos Haat Pizaz & TC Mounshine TIED FOR1st Place
1ST Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
1st Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
10th Place: Last Daan & Christina Long
Top Ten Lightweight
April 14: Git-R-Done 100 FEI
DWA EXPRESS 5TH PLACE FEI!! This was DWA Express’s 1st endurance race, 1st 100 mile race and 1st FEI event.
5th Place: DWA Express & Christina Long
Top Ten Lightweight
This was Christina’s first 100 mile event and her 1st FEI event. THANK YOU CHRISTINA for doing such an excellent job.
Congratulations to both Horse and Rider!
MRER YEAR END AWARDS 2006:
MRER BEST CONDITION CHAMPION TC MOUNSHINE
Utah Rider of the Year: Christoph & DWA Powerball
Middleweight Champion: Christoph & DWA Powerball
4th Place Heavyweight: Dian & TC Mounshine
TEAM AWARD: Dian, Christoph & Andy Bown
GETC Former Clients & GETC Horses:
2nd Place Lightweight: Tennesse Lane & DWA Sabella
2nd Place Heavyweight: Andy Bown & Tucker
January/February 2007
After a cold winter in Moab, GETC horses started the 2007 ride season with the 20 Mule Team 100 FEI ride in Ridgecrest, CA. The course was changed for the better.
February 03: 20 Mule Team 100 FEI
BEST CONDITION FEI: Oritos Haat Pizaz
1st Place FEI: Oritos Haat Pizaz and Christoph
2nd Place AERC: Oritos Haat Pizaz and Christoph
February 17: Eastern Mojave 50
2nd Place: Halyva Night and Dian
3rd Place: Hanna CW and Christoph
4th Place: DWA Millennium and Christina Long
February 18: Eastern Mojave 55
6th Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
7th Place: Double Zell and Christoph
30th Place: Last Daan and Christina Long (Danny’s 1st 50)
February 19: Eastern Mojave 50
3rd Place: Hanna CW and Christoph
OCTOBER through DECEMBER
The last months of the year 2006 were spent with clinics and training. Dian taught four 5 day clinics, several day clinics and started two of our young horses. Only one ride was attended, Randy Eiland’s ride in Southern New Mexico. Randy did a great job with the trail and management of the ride.
November, 18th: Rio Grande 100
BEST CONDITION: DWA POWERBALL
3rd Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph
Several GETC horses placed in the Mountain Region Point Championship for the year 2006
DWA Powerball, owned by Dian Woodward, placed 1st overall and 1st in the Middleweight Division.
DWA Sabella, owned by Tennessee Lane, placed 4th overall and 2nd in the Lightweight Division.
DWA Millennium, owned by GETC, placed 9th overall and 4th in the Middleweight Division.
All three horses also placed 2nd and 3rd (tie) respectively in the Mountain Division Best Condition Championship.
Overall, 2006 was another great year for GETC. A big Thank You goes out to all our friends and supporters throughout the year.
May you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
We are looking forward seeing you in 2007.
SEPTEMBER 2006
BRYCE CANYON 5 DAY
September 1: Bryce Canyon II
1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
6th Place: SC ACE HIGH & Kathy Backus ( Ace former GETC horse)
Top Ten Featherweight
September 2: Bryce Canyon III
2nd Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Middleweight
September 3: Bryce Canyon IV
1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
9th Place: SC ACE HIGH & Kathy Backus ( Ace former GETC horse)
Top Ten Featherweight
AUGUST 2006
August/September 2006: PAUNSAGAUNT FALL XP
GETC headed down to the beautiful Bryce Canyon XP 5 day 250 mile ride over Labor Day weekend.
Kathy Backus rode SC Ace High, a former GETC horse to 2 top ten finishes. Way to go Kathy…U-Hooo.
August 31st: Bryce Canyon I
16th Place: DWA Millennium & Christoph
TOP TEN Middleweight
THE WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Aachen, Germany August 21st 2006
The World Equestrian Championship in Aachen, Germany, was the highlight of the year. Christoph and Taj Rai Hasan (aka Husky) were part of the 6 member USA Endurance Team.
We, (Christoph, Dian, and Husky) left Moab on August 1st and traveled to LA, where we stayed at Carolyn Hock’s place in Riverside, CA. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Carolyn and Chris Hock for their hospitality and help. The logistics of flying overseas can be challenging, but with their help it went smoothly. We flew out of LA w/Pet Jets to Amsterdam where the USA team reunited.
Our stabling in Aachen was set up at Gut Neuhaus ( HYPERLINK “http://www.gut-neuhaus.de” www.gut-neuhaus.de) owned by Rainer Plum. It is a beautiful state of the art horse stable with indoor arenas and horse trails right out the back door. All our horses adjusted well and recovered from the travel stress within a couple of days. We proceeded to train and learn the trails for the race. We set up extra pairs of shoes and made the decision to add studs because of the rain. It rained everyday in the month of August.
The course consisted of either pavement or thick mud. When race day came, the rain of the previous weeks had left its mark, making the trails very muddy. The start was overcast without rain. A shoe was sucked off after 20 miles. I put on an Easyboot, but had to slow down so we wouldn’t lose the Easyboot. We arrived at vet gate # 2, with a sound horse, but lost 20 minutes off our planned arrival time. We had great farriers for the team, Jeff Pauley & Mustafah. Jeff worked hard and fast to replace the lost shoe w/Mustafah helping. The farriers were very busy during the entire race working together to replace the lost shoes on all the USA team horses. Shoes were being sucked off like crazy. The rain started during loop 4, along with the temperature dropping dramatically. All competitors had to contend with running water down the roads and trails, which turned into creeks and increased the mud. Unfortunately, at vet gate #5 (mile 90), we were vetted out of the race.
The USA had 3 of the 5 riders finish the WEC, Kathy Downs, Meg Sleeper, and Jennifer Niehaus. Christoph Schork and Jeff Mattingley were vetted out at different times.
A very special THANK YOU goes out to my crew. The crew consisted of Dian, Clive Pollitt (our dear friend from Scotland), Sheri Griffith and Andy Bown. They did a superb job crewing for Christoph and Husky. Many thanks, to them and all the staff who helped getting us through the challenging day.
We send out a huge thank you to our Chef d’Equipe, Val Kanavy and assistant Chef d’Equipe, Laura Hayes, who did a terrific job on such short notice and Jamie Saults, our coordinator from USEF. We also thank our team Veterinarians, Tom Timmons & Ann Stewart for their support and guidance through the event, to our Team Farrier, Jeff Pauley, to our support Veterinarian from Uruguay, Flavia, and our support Farrier, Mustafah.
JULY 2006
CHRISTOPH WAS SELECTED FOR THE USA WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM
The WEC is being held in Aachen, Germany August 21st 2006
We are looking forward to this wonderful opportunity. Our good friends Clive Pollitt and Penny Howard are coming over from Scotland to crew. Andy Bown and Sheri Griffith will join us from the US side. We will have a great international crew.
July Ride Results:
Soldier Hollow Endurance Ride
Jen Layman did a great job creating a well marked trail. This was a very demanding course for horse and rider. It is a great training ride for Tevis.
July 22, 2006: Soldier Hollow Endurance Ride
BEST CONDITION: DWA MILLENNIUM
1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
3rd Place: DWA SABKU +// & Christina Long
TOP TEN Lightweight
3rd Place: DWA Millennium & Sheri Griffith
TOP TEN Middleweight
6th Place: TUCKER (former GETC horse) & Andy Bown
1st Heavyweight
USA Team Selection Trial Ride: Alturas, CA
We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to Chris & Cheryl Knoch for jumping in at the last minute and finding an appropriate course for the USA World Endurance Team selection trial ride that was held in Alturas, CA the 15th of August. Originally the trial run was going to be held in conjunction with the Likely 50. The Likely 50 ride was cancelled. On short notice, Chris and Cheryl were contacted about a possible course for our 39 mile demo ride and hosting 5 of the riders trying out for spots on the USA World Endurance Team. It was great getting to visit with them again after so many years.
THANK YOU CHRIS AND CHERYL FOR HELPING US OUT.
Sagebrush & Cedar
July 9: Sagebrush and Cedar Day 2
1st Place: The Noble One & Christoph
1st Middleweight
3rd Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Dian
1st Heavyweight
4th Place: DWA Sabella (former GETC horse) & Tennesse Lane
Top Ten Lightweight
5th Place: Halvya Night & Christina Long
TOP TEN Lightweight
10th Place: Tucker (former GETC horse) & Andy Bown
Top Ten Heavyweight
July 8: Sagebrush and Cedar Day 1
TC Mounshine & Dian
Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
DWA Sablisa & Christina Long
We took a wrong turn on this day and finished with sound horses after doing 10 extra miles. Good training for 100 mile rides.
JUNE 2006
THE RON BRACKEN AWARD:
The Ron Bracken Award is awarded to Utah’s best Horse & Rider Team. This traveling cup is awarded every year to the Team accumulating most points in the state of Utah. The recipient for this year’s award:
Christoph and DWA Millennium.
Strawberry Fields 3 Day Pioneer
Strawberry Fields 3 Day Pioneer race was a great success. GETC had 9 horses competing.
A huge THANK YOU goes out to Howard Kent and Louise Mahoney for doing a tremendous job of making these trails. It was the best day of our lives. The trails on this ride are just gorgeous. This is a ride to put on your calendar and plan to attend next year. Updated loops were great and the markings made it easy to follow the course.
There were some highlights for GETC during this 3 Day event. On the second day, Christoph could celebrate his 100th win in 50 and 100 mile rides throughout his career. Andy Bown organized the celebration party with cake, wine and the obligatory water bucket shower. Thanks, Andy!!
June 25: Strawberry Fields Day 3
1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
2nd Place: GE Cyclone & Danica Taylor
1st Lightweight
3rd Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Heavyweight
6th Place: Halvya Night & Christina Long
TOP TEN Lightweight
June 24: Strawberry Fields Day 2
BEST CONDITION: HALYVA NIGHT
1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Middleweight
2nd Place: Halyva Night & Christina Long
1st Lightweight
3rd Place: SC Ace High & Kathy Backus
2nd Lightweight
4th Place: GE Cyclone & Dian
1st Heavyweight
10th Place: TUCKER (former GETC horse) & Andy Bown
Top Ten Heavyweight
June 25: Strawberry Fields Day 1
1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
3rd Place: DWA Sablisa & Christina Long
2nd lightweight
4th Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Heavyweight
5th Place: DWA Sabku +/ & Danica Taylor
TOP TEN Lightweight
MAY 2006
Owyhee FEI 100
Owyhee FEI 100 Mile race was a great success. We had a really great crew to help us get through our demonstration trial. Big thanks go out to Danica Taylor and Sheri Griffith. Without them it would have been a tough task to get it done.
A big THANK YOU goes out to Steph and John Teeter for doing a tremendous job of making this trail. Updated loops were great and the markings made it easy to follow the course.
Thank you to all the selectors, Veternarians and volunteers that help to put on an FEI event.
May 20: Owyhee FEI 100
8th Place: Taj Rai Hasan and Christoph
8th Place FEI
Top Ten Middleweight
13th Place: Salty and Dian
13th Place FEI
TOP TEN Heavyweight
Hells Kitchen Canyon
Back from Hells Kitchen Canyon Ride. GETC riders and horses had a really successful ride. This was the 27th consecutive year this ride has been run. This is the only ride in Utah that has been around for this long. Thank You Bruce Burnham for putting all your hard work into this ride for so many years. Thanks to Maureen Selzler and all the volunteers for helping to keep this ride going.
May 13: Hells Kitchen Canyon
BEST CONDITION: DWA SABKU+//
1ST Place: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: DWA Sabku+// and Sheri Griffith
1st Place Lightweight
6th Place: Halyva Night and Dian
2nd Place Heavyweight
13th Place: DWA Sablisa and Andy Bown
TOP TEN Heavyweight
Thanks to Sheri for riding DWA Sabku so successfully that he received the Best Conditions award.
Thanks to Andy for bringing DWA Sablisa along to a great finish for her 1st ride of the season.
Mt. Carmel 3 Day Pioneer Ride:
Back from Mt. Carmel 3-Day Pioneer Ride. It is held annually in Kanab, UT. GETC and former GETC horse and riders had a very successful ride. Thank you very much Dave, Anne & Calina Nicholson for a great ride. Thanks to Joseph for pre-riding the trails to make sure the markings were up. The trails were marked really well all weekend. The trails were beautiful, challenging and quite a blast.
May 06: Mt. Carmel
BEST CONDITION: TC MOUNSHINE
1ST Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
TOP 20: SC ACE HIGH (his 1st 50) with Danica Taylor
This was Danica’s 1st 50 mile ride. We were very lucky to have such an accomplished rider, riding Ace on his 1st 50. We felt very confident in her ability as a horse woman to help him get through and finish in great shape. He looked awesome at the finish, ready to go again in the future. We loved seeing her smiling face as we passed her on the trail, taking great care to make sure Ace was happy and comfortable. THANK YOU SO MUCH DANICA, for achieving a great ride.
May 07: Mt. Carmel
BEST CONDITION: GE CYCLONE
Tied for 1st Place: DWA Powerball and GE Cyclone
1ST Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
1ST Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
13th Place: Tucker (former GETC Horse) and Andy Bown
Top Ten Heavyweight
May 08: Mt. Carmel
2nd Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
3rd Place: TC Mounshine and Dian
2nd Place Heavyweight
Congratulations to both Tucker & Andy for doing a great job!
APRIL 2006
Back from the Antelope Island 2 Day Ride. It is held on Antelope Island surrounded by the Great Salt Lake in UT. GETC and former GETC horse and riders had a very successful ride. Thank you very much Dean and MJ Jackson for managing this ride. The weather was nice. The scenery was impressive. There were a lot of Buffalo up close, herds of antelope and a few coyotes.
April 23: Antelope Island
BEST CONDITION: DWA POWERBALL
4th Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph
Top Ten Middleweight
6th Place: Salty and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
April 22: Antelope Island
BEST CONDITION: TAJ RAI HASAN
2nd Place: Dusty Tu and Stan Sandick (former GETC horse)
Top Ten Middleweight
4th Place: Salty and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
5th Place: Taj Rai Hasan and Christoph
Top Ten Middleweight
10th Place: Tucker (former GETC Horse) and Andy Bown
Top Ten Heavyweight
Congratulations to both Andy & Stan for doing a great job!
Back from the Color Country 3 day Pioneer Ride. GETC, Clients, and former GETC horse and rider teams placed in the top ten. After attending a 4 day endurance training clinic at the GETC earlier in the month, Tennessee Lane came back from Ft. Collins to participate in this 3 day ride to put her newly acquired endurance skills into action. She rode DWA Sabella to 2 awesome finishes and decided to take her home to Ft. Collins. Congratulations and thank you, Tennessee. Sam Thornhill came down from Evanston, WY and rode DWA Sabku+// to another great finish.
A BIG Thank You to Marion Parker & her daughters for doing a great job managing this ride. A few improvements were made to the course this year, thanks to Dave Rabe, for allowing his horse explore the desert a little further out into Arizona last year.
Two dear, long time friends from Christoph’s Ski Archery days, Sue and Dick Crouch, came out on their way home to WI to visit. Sue was a former member of the US National Archery Biathlon Team and represented the USA during 3 different World Championships over seas. She used to train horses during her College days. Now, if we could only get her to race on the horses…….. It was so great to see and visit (what little we could) with them. Thank you very much Sue & Dick for the awesome dinners you so gratefully prepared and lending a helping had with chores.
April 09: Color Country
1st Place: DWA MILLENNIUM and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: DWA Sabella and Tennessee Lane
1st Place Lightweight
4th Place: DWA Sabku +// and Sam Thornhill
1st Place Heavyweight
8th Place: Tucker and Andy Bown (former GETC horse)
Top Ten Heavyweight
9th Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
Top Ten Heavyweight
April 08: Color Country
BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ
1ST Place: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
1st Place: DWA POWERBALL and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
(Dian & Christoph tied for 1st)
3rd Place: Tucker and Andy Bown (former GETC horse)
2nd Place Heavyweight
April 07: Color Country
BEST CONDITION: DWA MILLENNIUM
1ST Place: DWA MILLENNIUM and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: DWA Sabella and Tennessee Lane
1st Place Lightweight
3rd Place: Halyva Night and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
MARCH 2006
Back from Tucson AZ and the International Training Clinic held at Al Marah Arabians. We are very graetful for the hospitality of Bazy Tankersly and Jerry Hamilton for hosting this clinic.
While GETC was in Tucson, we were able to ride the 2nd day of the Old Pueblo managed by Marilyn McCoy.
March 03: Old Pueblo II
6th Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz and Dian
Top Ten Heavyweight
7th Place: Taj Rai Hasan and Christoph
Top Ten Middleweight
FEBRUARY 2006
Back from 20 Mule Team 100 Mile Ride. GETC had another successful run.
FEBRUARY 03: 20 Mule Team 100
8th PLACE: DWA Millennium and Christoph
Top Ten Middleweight
Back from Eastern Mojave Sunrise Ranch 3 day Pioneer Ride. GETC had a great time and the horse and rider teams were successful. This was a beautiful ride located in the Eastern Mojave Desert just outside of Baker, CA. A big Thanks for all your hard work to Ann & Dave & Calina Nicholson, Joseph, and Karen Chaton. For more info go to www.xprides.com under Sunrise Ranch Rides.
FEBRUARY 03: Eastern Mojave Sunrise Ranch
BEST CONDITION: GE CYCLONE
1ST PLACE: DWA POWERBALL and Christoph
1ST Place Middleweight
3RD: Place: DWA Hale-Bopp (former GETC Horse) Great Job Sheri!!!!
4th Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
2nd Place Heavyweight Division
FEBRUARY 04: Eastern Mojave Sunrise Ranch
BEST CONDITION: DWA SABELLA (GETC Horse ridden by Sheri Griffith) Great Job Sheri!!!!
Tied for 1st Place: DWA Millennium and TC Mounshine
1st Place: TC Mounshine and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight Division
1st Place: DWA Millennium and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
3rd Place: DWA Sabella (GETC Horse) and Sheri Griffith
2nd Place Middleweight
FEBRUARY 05: Eastern Mojave Sunrise Ranch
2ND PLACE: DWA POWERBALL and Christoph
2nd Place Middleweight
1st Place: DWA Hale-Bopp and Sheri Griffith (former GETC Horse)
1st Place Middleweight
DECEMBER 2005
GETC horses did an excellent job in 2005!!!!
Dian and Christoph attended the National Training Squad Clinic in Red Bluff, CA in December. We extend a special thank you to Clarissa for allowing all the National Training Squad riders to use her facility, Hale Arena. Thank You Joyce/Dennis Sousa and Clarissa for allowing us to use their horses for this clinic. The three days were filled with very educational, in-depth shoeing evaluations, fine tuning our riding skills w/dressage and riding lessons, and Kentucky Equine provided us with and equine nutritionist, Kathleen Crandell. Kathleen provided us with a valuable analysis of our feeding routines that enabled us to change and correct any unbalances. The evenings were dedicated to lectures on equine performance nutrition and shoeing the performance horse. This was a very valuable clinic.
YEAR END RESULTS for 2005
Total results for GETC horses & former GETC horses:
13 BEST CONDITIONS
21 FIRST PLACE
11 Second Places
59 Top Ten Places
Our AERC Year End Standings:
TAJ RAI HASAN: (campaigned by Christoph)
FIRST PLACE BEST CONDITION Mountain Region
FIRST OVERALL Mountain Region
8th place National BEST CONDITON
7th Place National 100 Mile
DWA MILLENNIUM: (campaigned by Christoph)
2nd Place overall
4th Place BEST CONDITION Mountain Region
TC MOUNSHINE: (campaigned by Dian)
5th place Heavy Weight Division, Mountain Region
Former GETC horses:
DWA HALE BOPP: (campaigned Sheri Griffith)
3rd place Middle Weight Division, Mountain Region
DUSTY TU: (campaigned by Stan Sandick)
AHA Region 5 Champion – 50 mile
CONGRATULATIONS to all GETC Horse and Rider Teams for such a great year.
A special THANKS goes out to sponsors, THE CONKLIN Company and Mr. Dan Willgohs for their support with the excellent FASTRACK products, the Fortifier and Probiotic supplements. Please visit their website at:www.conklin.com to learn more about their product line.
THANK YOU to all our clients that participated in our clinics and horse training programs.
THANK YOU very much to our clients that purchased one of GETC horses for their own riding enjoyment.
We wish all a very Happy Holidays and a great New Year. May all be successful and achieve your goals.
Best Wishes and Happy Trails
NOVEMBER 2005
GETC is back from Silver State Point to Point in Jean, NV with great results.
November is the last month for competitions in the AERC calendar year. The November results are followed with keen interest by a lot of riders. It’s exciting to watch how riders checking their placing in AERC categories try and get in the last races of the year. We headed to Silver State Point to Point in Jean, NV.
Unfortunately, this is the last year this ride was held. We are glad we were able to attend this ride for the last time. We would like to send a very gracious THANK YOU, to Claire Toomey, for all her hard work and dedication for putting on this ride over Thanksgiving for years. What will we do next year?
Claire, thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication to endurance riding all these years.
NOVEMBER 25: SILVER STATE POINT TO POINT
1ST PLACE Tie between TC MOUNSHINE and TAJ RAI HASAN
1ST PLACE: TC MOUNSHINE and Dian
1ST PLACE: Heavyweight
1ST PLACE: TAJ RAI HASAN and Christoph Schork
1ST Place Middleweight
4th Place: DWA Hale-Bopp and Sheri Griffith (former GETC Horse)
2nd Place Middleweight
NOVEMBER 26: SILVER STATE POINT TO POINT
BEST CONDITION: DWA MILLENNIUM
1st Place: DWA MILLENNIUM and Christoph Schork
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: Salty and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
NOVEMBER 27: SILVER STATE POINT TO POINT
BEST CONDITION: TAJ RAI HASAN
1ST PLACE: TAJ RAI HASAN and Christoph Schork
1ST Place Middleweight
OCTOBER 2005
CONGRATULATIONS TO SALTY & DIAN!! They made the Mountain Zone Team for the 2005 North American Championships
Our only focus for the month of October was the North American Championships. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were unable to attend the NAC’s. We did not have any other rides scheduled for October.
Our friend Sheri Griffith cancelled her plans on attending Grand Canyon XP ride this year and headed to Louisana to help with search and rescue of abandoned animals and destitute ranchers. We all say “Thank You!! Sheri for your kind efforts and hard work to help in Relief Efforts after Katrina”. If you see her at a ride in the future, please don’t hesitate to say to her, thanks!
November we are planning to attend Silver State Point to Point in Jean, NV.
SEPTEMBER 2005
GETC headed down to the beautiful Bryce Canyon XP 5 day 250 mile ride over Labor Day weekend. GETC entered 6 horses and completed all 5 days. Our client, Daniel Wile, flew out from Cincinnati, OH and completed all 5 days for his 2nd endurance adventure of his life. Congratulations Daniel!
SEPTEMBER 01: BRYCE CANYON XP
1ST PLACE: DWA MILLENNIUM & Christoph
41st PLACE: Halyva Night & Dian
43rd PLACE: STILT & Daniel Wile
SEPTEMBER 02: BRYCE CANYON XP
2nd PLACE: DWA POWERBALL & Christoph
10th PLACE: TC MOUNSHINE & Dian
11th PLACE: BW TRIPLE DIVIDE & Daniel Wile
SEPTEMBER 03: BRYCE CANYON XP
2nd PLACE: DWA MILLENNIUM & Christoph
18th PLACE: TC MOUNSHINE & Dian
19th PLACE: STILT & Daniel
SEPTEMBER 04: BRYCE CANYON XP
BEST CONDITION DWA MILLENNIUM!!
1ST PLACE: DWA MILLENNIUM & Christoph
9TH PLACE: HALYVA NIGHT & Dian
10th PLACE: BW TRIPLE DIVIDE & Daniel Wile
SEPTEMBER 05: BRYCE CANYON XP
1ST PLACE: DWA POWERBALL & Christoph
19th PLACE: BW TRIPLE DIVIDE & Daniel Wile
20TH PLACE: TC MOUNSHINE & Dian
COLORADO HORSE PARK CHALLENGE
DUSTY TU AHA REGION 8 CHAMPION
CONGRATULATIONS TO DUSTY TU and Stan!!!!
Former GETC Horse DUSTY TU and Stan Sandick won the AHA Region 8 Championship 50 mile distance. This is a dual sanctioned ride so Dusty is AHA Region 8 Champion and AERC 1st place 50 mile horse.
AUGUST 2005
AUGUST 27: ARABIAN NIGHTS 100 MILE FEI RIDE
8TH PLACE: SALTY & Dian
Salty and Dian entered the FEI division to qualify for the Mountain Zone Team for the North American Championships to be held in Maryland in October. Salty achieved his COC and placed in the top ten against some of the fastest horses in the FEI division.
AUGUST 18TH: 50 MILE FLAMING GORGE RIDE
Flaming Gorge was a new ride for the Mountain Region. It was well marked on 2 track trail, great views and it had approx. 6,000 ft of elevation change for a great mountain ride. GETC entered both days. Thank you Maureen Selzler and all her support crew for organizing this event.
BEST CONDITION DWA POWERBALL!!
1ST PLACE: DWA POWERBALL & Christoph
AUGUST 18TH: 25 MILE FLAMING GORGE RIDE
Halyva Night completed her 1st 25 mile training ride, we added an extra loop to make it a 32 mile training ride.
AUGUST 17TH 30: 50 MILE FLAMING GORGE RIDE
14TH PLACE: THE NOBLE ONE & Christoph
21st PLACE: CYCLONE & Dian
CONGRATULATIONS!!! to our former GETC Horses and riders:
5th PLACE: DWA HALE-BOPP & Sheri Griffith, 3rd Middleweight Division
8TH PLACE: HCC THUNDER SHYKR & Evan Roth, 1st Heavyweight
22ND PLACE: TUCKER & Andy Bowen (Tucker & Cyclone are full brothers. They completed their 1st 50 mile ride together).
September will start off with the Bryce Canyon XP 5 day ride. Then we will head to the new 2 day Virgin Rim Ride, both held in Utah.
JULY 2005
TEVIS 100 Miles 1 DAY 2005
CONGRATULATIONS CHRISTOPH & TAJ RAI HASAN 3RD PLACE
Enrique traveled out from Maryland to train and ride with GETC for 2 weeks. He came in Top 10 and won BC for the first time at the V Bar Ride. What an awesome achievement for him. Congratulations to both, Trip and Enrique, for a job well done.
The V Bar Ride was in Westcliff, Colorado. GETC entered both days with a total of 6 different horses.
JULY 31, 50 MILE V-BAR RIDE
BEST CONDITION BW TRIPLE DIVIDE!
1st PLACE: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1ST PLACE Middleweight DWA Powerball with Christoph
2nd PLACE: BW Triple Divide & Enrique Alvarez
1ST PLACE Lightweight Division BW Triple Divide & Enrique
4TH PLACE: TC Mounshine & Dian
2ND PLACE Heavyweight TC Mounshine with Dian
5TH PLACE: Miss Kriss & Sheri Griffith
2nd Place Middleweight Division with Sheri
JULY 30, 50 MILE V-BAR RIDE
BEST CONDITION DUSTY TU! (former GETC horse)
6TH PLACE: Hanna CW & Christoph (Hanna’s first 50)
3rd Middleweight Division with Christoph
7TH PLACE: TC Mounshine & Dian
2nd Heavyweight Division with Dian
35TH PLACE: Stilt & Enrique Aveleyra (Stilt’s first 50)
Enrique & Stilt took a wrong turn somewhere out on the course, but they had a great time riding around the V-Bar Ranch. They both made it back safe & sound.
Congratulations to former GETC horses and riders. Dusty Tu, ridden/owned by Stan Sandick, was 2ND place and received BEST CONDITION. Sheri Griffith did another nice ride on DWA Hale-Bopp and placed 8th.
TEVIS 2005
CONGRATULATIONS CHRISTOPH & TAJ RAI HASAN 3RD PLACE
The weekend before, Enrique and Christoph entered the prestigious Tevis race in California. Temperatures were pretty warm this year, which resulted in the low completion rate of only 44%. Christoph went on to ride Taj Rai Hasan (Husky) to a third place finish, arriving at Auburn at 11. 26 pm. Husky looked great at the finish line and completed with all A’s during the final vet scoring. Unfortunately, DWA Sabella took a bad step early on, which resulted in a minor lameness and Enrique had to retire her from the race.
Dian & Ed Green did the crewing for Christoph and Enrique. Ed Green, a GETC clinic participant, flew in from Florida to help Christoph & Dian. Then Enrique stepped in to also help after his unfortunate early retirement from the race. Thank you very much Ed for such a great commitment on coming to Tevis. All 3 did an outstanding job and were a big help contributing to Husky’s great finish. Without them, it would not have been possible to succeed. A BIG THANK YOU for all your hard work to, Dian, Ed & Enrique.
JULY 10 SOLDIER HOLLOW 50 MILE RIDE
1ST PLACE: DWA Millennium with Christoph
BEST CONDITION DWA MILLENNIUM
JULY 9 SOLDIER HOLLOW 50 MILE RIDE
Completion with Jesta Bandettobey & Christoph
After riding in the front for 10 miles, the front runners missed a turn and spent several hours riding over the beautiful Wasatch Mountains. The scenery was outstanding, the trail challenging, but the placing was lost.
JULY 8, 9, 10 & 11: GETC hosted the Bryan Neubert Horsemanship Clinic in Moab. Bryan Neubert is rated as on of the top horsemanship clinicians in the country by Western Horseman. It was an honor to have him come to Moab to share his knowledge with everybody.
The turnout was amazing and all participants learned a lot about horsemanship and colt training during the 4 days.
Up coming in August:
GETC has planned to enter the Flaming Gorge 2 day 50 mile Ride in the Rock Springs, WY area.
GETC will enter 3 horses at the Arabian Nights 100 FEI ride in Oreana, Idaho. This ride will be a demonstration ride for the North American 2005 and the World Championship ride in 2006 to be held in Aachen, Germany.
JUNE 2005
GETC had very busy schedule:
!!!CONGRATULATIONS!! to BW TRIPLE DIVIDE, has reached the milestone of 3,000 Lifetime Miles
Mr. Ed Green from Ft. Lauderdale, FL participated in a week long clinic and finished his first 50 mile endurance race, a 4th place finish at The Strawberry Fields Forever 50 mile on DWA Sabella, owned and trained by GETC. Congratulations to Ed for an excellent job riding and caring for DWA Sabella. Let us know when your next ride with us is planned and we’ll have more fun.
GETC is back from Strawberry Fields Forever 50 mile Ride. WHAT a BEAUTIFUL ride!!! All 3 GETC horses placed in the Top Ten both days. DWA Powerball & BW Triple Divide received BEST CONDITION. A big THANK YOU!! goes out to Howard Kent & Louise Mahoney for all your hard work, the beautiful trails & dealing with the rain. The course was well marked and fun. A wonderful time was had by all. Everyone that can should plan this ride for next year.
June 25th 50 miler:
BEST CONDITION – DWA POWERBALL!!
4th Place – DWA Sabella & Ed Green (congratulations Ed!)
5th Place – DWA Powerball & Christoph
6th Place – TC Mounshine & Dian
2nd Place Heavyweight Division TC Mounshine & Dian
June 26th 50 miler:
BEST CONDITION – BW TRIPLE DIVIDE
1st Place – DWA Millennium & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight Division DWA Millennium
2nd place – BW Triple Divide & Dian (Trips 3,000 mile accomplishment)
1st Place Heavyweight Division BW Triple Divide
This was Trip’s “3000 Mile Achievement”. During his career, BW Triple Divide has 21 FIRST Place Finishes in races, 57 Top Ten Finishes(59 Finishes), 53 Top Ten Middleweight Division Finishes, 2 1st Place Heavyweight Division Finishes, 4 Top Ten Heavyweight Division Finishes. A special Congratulations to this horse.
Mr. Subhan Ali from New York visited Moab, UT, for a 3 day clinic. We heard a lot of oohhs and ahhhs from Subhan, he had a great time exploring the beautiful red rock desert & we had a great time sharing it with him. He trained hard for over 8 hours every day on our gentle giant, Stilt and our sweet Libretto Pico. We are looking forward to his return to start increasing his experience for his 1st 50 mile ride.
There were many one day clinics and rides, as well as hourly lessons.
AERC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Back from the AERC National Championships held in Ft Howe, Mt. The weather change made for a challenging National Championships. The rides were in cool and wet weather. The 100 miler was also a FEI ride for the World Championship and the North American Championship. Over 30 horses entered the FEI portion as either a demonstration ride or to receive their Certificate of Competency, required for international Championship rides.
AERC NC 100 Mile Race, June 10
Taj Rai Hasan & Christoph are the Reserve AERC NC Middleweight Division Champions. They placed 11th over all.
AERC NC 50 Mile Race, June 12
Jesta Bandettobey & Dian are the Reserve AERC NC Heavyweight Division Champions. They placed 12th overall.
Looking forward to July’s event:
There are still some openings for the Bryan Neubert Horsemanship Clinic in Moab, held July 8th through the 11th. email us for details.
Soldier Hollow 2 day 50 is happening the same weekend.
Tevis 100 is coming up on the 23rd of the month. We still have one horse available for lease. Email us for details.
May 2005
New Foal
Congratulations to Haat Shat Ripstar for delivering our new up and coming star, a beautiful chestnut filly, on May 2005. She is Double Pico Haat Shaat and Double Huckleberry Bey. See her here.
GETC is back from Hells Kitchen Canyon in Gunnison, UT. 3 GETC horses placed TOP TEN. Bruce put on another great ride, ordered up some great weather and we were able to visit w/our friends again. Thank you BRUCE!
1st Place – DWA Millennium & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight Division- DWA Millennium & Christoph
5th Place – Miss Kris & Dian
2nd Plalce Heavyweight Division- Miss Kris & Dian
8th Place HCC Thunder Shykr & Evan Roth ( Thank you Evan for a great job w/Thunder)
3rd Place Heavyweight Divison- HCC Thunder Shykr & Evan Roth
Owyhee 100 Springs Ride
Success for GETC at Owyhee 100 Spring Ride, Oreana, ID. 1st Place went to Taj Rai Hasan & Christoph Schork. The best was yet to come. BEST CONDITION was awarded to TAJ RAI HASAN. The weather cooperated with us for a beautiful day. The trail, canyon views along with the awesome ride along the Snake River were outstanding. Thank you to Steph and John Teeter for your hard work and wonderful course. Looking forward to it again later this year.
Owyhee 60 was a success. BW Triple Divide ridden by Stan Sandick, Cheyenne, WY tied for 1st place along w/Carrie Johnson of Boise, ID. Congratulations and thank you to Stan.
Carrie Johnson purchased a cute gelding JJ Touch Gold from GETC last year and is working on getting him ready for 50’s. Looking forward to seeing JJ Touch Gold on the trail w/Carrie in the future.
Mt. Carmel
Great news for a former GETC horse, DWA Hale-Bopp, ridden by Sheri Griffith. This dynamic duo rode 2 of the 3 days in Mt. Carmel and finished top ten both days. The first day was an 8th place finish and the 3rd day was a 2nd. Way to go Sheri & DWA Hale-Bopp
A special THANK YOU goes out to The Conklin Company, producers of Fastrack feed supplements and probiotics. The Conklin Company is one of our sponsors that is helping to keep our horses competing succesfully at the top level. Please view our testimonial on the “Testimonial” page for more details.
April 2005
Antelope I & II
During the recent Antelope I and II ride we saw Global Endurance horses up front again. The first 3 places went to our horses as well as the Best Condition award:
1st place: DWA Millennium with Christoph
2nd place: Salty with Dian
3rd place: BW Triple Divide with Daniel Wile.
BEST CONDITION was awarded to: SALTY, ridden by Dian!
Best Condition runner up was DWA Millennium
This was Daniel’s first endurance ride, in fact 10 days ago he had never even ridden a horse. Daniel came from Cincinnati for a 3 week intense riding clinic session, where he was trained and coached by Dian and Christoph. Not only did he finish in a remarkable place., BW Triple Divide was also 2nd runner-up in the Best Condition score.
A special congratulations to Daniel Wile!
The second day results were:
1st Place: Dusty Tu (former GETC horse), ridden & owned by Stan Sandick,
Cheyenne, WY.
3rd Place: Taj Rai Hasan with Christoph
BEST CONDITION was awarded to TAJ RAI HASAN
The first place horse & rider Team of Dusty Tu & Stan Sandick came over from Cheyenne, WY. Stan bought Dusty from us last October, and this was the first 50 miler this team rode together. Dusty also was runner up for the BC award.
Congratulations to Stan and Dusty!
So overall this was a very successful event for all former and present Global Endurance horses.
Color Country Pioneer
On April 8th and 9th Global Endurance horses competed successfully at Color Country Pioneer in Hurricane, Utah.
1st day: 55 miles
2nd Place: DWA Sabella with Christoph
2nd day: 50 miles
1st Place: DWA Millenium with Christoph
BEST CONDITION was awarded toDWA MILLENNIUM
4th Place: DWA Hale Bopp (former GETC horse), owned and ridden now by Sheri Griffith
5th Place: HCC Thunder Shykr with Dian
Looking forward to next month’s events:
• Owyhee 100 in Oreana, Idaho the 7th of May
• Hell’s Kitchen 50 in Gunnison, Utah the 14th of May.
Other reminders:
There are still openings for the Bryan Neubert Clinic at the Spanish Valley Riding Arena in Moab. Meet Bryan at HYPERLINK “http://www.bryanneubert.com” www.bryanneubert.com. Call or email us for signup and further info.
That’s the news for this month. Happy riding to all of you.
March 2005
Great News for the 20 Mule Team 100 Mile Ride
in Ridgecrest, California!!
Global Endurance Center entered 5 horses in the 100 mile Race
and all 5 completed.
Clive Pollitt(Scotland) on Taj Rai Hasan (Husky)
Penny Howard(Scotland) on DWA Millennium
Carol Giles (Oregon) on Jesta Bandettobey
Dian Woodward on HCC Thunder Shykr
Christoph Schork on DWA Powerball
Clive and Penny came from Scotland specifically for this race. It was Penny’s first 100 Miler! Special Congratulations to her!It was 4 of the horses 1st 100 mile rides, Taj Rai Hasan, DWA Millennium, DWA Powerball, & HCC Thunder Shykr.
Looking forward to next month:
1. Color Country 3 day Pioneer event coming up, April 8, 9, and 10. GETC will be entering several horses. If you’d like to lease a horse for this event, contact us for details.
2. April 23rd, Indian Springs 100, Global Endurance Center will enter 2 horses to meet qualification requirements for the World Championship in Germany, 2006. If you’d like to ride the Indian Springs 100 mile ride, you can lease a horse, contact us for details.
3. Bryan Neubert Clinic coming up in Moab, July 8th through 11th. Colt Starting & Horsemanship, meet Bryan Neubert @ www.bryanneubert.com . Contact us to sign up and join in the natural horsmanship skills.
4. Educational Clinic schedule is almost full for the month of April. There are still openings for May. Give us a call or an email
