Start Ready, Finish Proud | Sandra Cheek & the Equine Distance Riding Association

Start Ready, Finish Proud | Sandra Cheek & the Equine Distance Riding Association

For a decade EDRA has been building their version for the future of distance riding from the foundation up — welcoming riders at every distance, investing in youth, encouraging mentorship, and creating a ride culture where riders at every distance feel welcome and prepared to Start Ready, Finish Proud

On this episode of the Endurance Horse Podcast, host Christina Hyke welcomes Sandra “Sandy” Cheek, a founding member of the Equine Distance Riding Association (EDRA).

Sandy shares what EDRA is doing to create a welcoming ride culture on the west coast, opportunities for ride managers outside EDRA’s traditional western base; membership and mileage programs; and EDRA’s investment in the next generation through its youth programs and scholarships.

And, as sometimes happens around the Endurance Horse Podcast virtual campfire, Sandy and Christina take a few unexpected side trails along the way. There are some laughs, some candid conversation, and plenty of horse talk — all shared in good fun.

Learn More About EDRA

Visit the Equine Distance Riding Association online to learn more about membership, sanctioned rides, youth programs, EDRA in Motion, rules, ride management and ways to become involved.

Equine Distance Riding Association — Start Ready, Finish Proud

WARHORSE Challenge News & Giveaways

We LOVE celebrating riders at WARHORSE Endurance® and the Endurance Horse Podcast, and we have some fun giveaways happening!

A huge thank you to The HORSE PAL® Fly Trap for donating a full-sized Horse Pal for our Spirit of 1775 — Midnight Riders 250 Mile Challenge giveaway.

🎉 Congratulations to Lanette R. of Aiken, South Carolina

We personally own two Horse Pal traps and have been incredibly pleased with them for helping capture horse flies and deer flies around the farm.

Learn more about The HORSE PAL® Fly Trap at HorsePal.net. Horse Pal traps and replacement parts are available through Capralite.

And we're not finished!

🇺🇸 Spirit of 1775 — Midnight Riders 250 Mile Challenge We will be giving away a red, white and blue splash-design TREKKIT pommel bag to another challenge participant!

The Spirit of 1775 is a 250-mile virtual journey inspired by the legendary Midnight Riders of 1775. Ride your own horse, on your own trails and on your own schedule as you work toward 250 miles — and a fantastic year-end award package that includes a beautiful 250-mile commemorative buckle.

💕 Saddle Sisters Challenge We're also giving away a black and pink TREKKIT pommel bag to a Saddle Sisters participant in honor of breast cancer survivors.

And congratulations to our recent XL leather halter winners:

🐴 Karen B. & her appaloosa Rio — Idaho 🐴 Jennifer & her mule Buddy — Colorado

Ladies, your halters are on the way!

Watch the WARHORSE Challenges Facebook group for more giveaways and fun throughout the month.

Support the Endurance Horse Podcast

The Endurance Horse Podcast is free and commercial-free, and has been since the beginning.

If this podcast has entertained you, encouraged you, taught you something new, or simply kept you company on the trail, there are two wonderful ways you can help keep us on the air and growing.

Share an episode with a friend. It costs nothing, and every time you introduce another horse person to the Endurance Horse Podcast, you help our virtual campfire grow.

Or...

Come ride with us at WARHORSE Endurance®!

Joining one of our virtual challenges gives you and your horse a journey of your own to work toward — while directly helping support the continued production of the Endurance Horse Podcast.

Find current challenges, beautiful year-end awards and more at WARHORSE Endurance®.

About the Endurance Horse Podcast

Hosted by Christina Hyke, 2021 Wisconsin Horse Person of the Year.

The Endurance Horse Podcast was founded in 2018 to share the stories, horses, riders and adventures of the endurance and distance-riding community.

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Podbean, Player FM and most major podcast platforms.

Thank you for listening, sharing the podcast, telling your friends, and continuing to gather with us around the virtual campfire.

THIS IS ENDURANCE HORSE PODCAST SIGNING OFF FOR NOW —

Every mile a memory.