This portion of the Tevis Web site seeks to encourage greater safety on the Tevis Trail and to improve the overall success rate of riders who enter this very difficult Ride. Contributors are selected for their expertise and high regard within the Endurance Riding Community worldwide.
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This information is provided to help you decide if you are ready to undertake the 100-Mile in One-Day Western States Trail Ride – "The Tevis Cup."
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Julie Suhr, author of Ten Feet Tall, Still (2002) (available at our Tevis Store), first completed the Tevis Cup Ride in 1965 and logged her 22nd completion in 2000. Along the way she has won the Haggin Cup for best Top Ten Condition three times. Her advice here is directed toward riders' attitudes about themselves, their horses and, well, just plain Luck.
Julie resides with her husband, Bob, in Scotts Valley, California. She can be contacted by email. |
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Jeff Herten is a dermatologist and dermatopathologist practicing in San Luis Obispo. His background is in ultrarunning, with two silver buckles awarded for completing the Western States Endurance Run. He says he learned to ride in order to compete in Ride & Tie and got hooked on riding. Herten has won five Tevis buckles in seven starts with three finishes on RD Famus. He is married to veteran endurance rider Debby Lyon.
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Erin Klentos won the 1991 and 1996 Tevis and Haggin Cups and is a WSTF BOG member.
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Opinions and advice expressed here by Training Notes authors are entirely their own and do not represent policy on the part of the WSTF. If you would like to offer an article for publication here, please forward a draft copy to the Tevis Office Administrator via email. Articles accepted may be edited for brevity and/or clarity.
