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If you have any news please send it to me to be published on this page. If you need a horse to ride or if you have a horse that needs a rider for any of our endurance rides you could put that up here, or anything you would like other members to see. You can send photos but if you email them please keep them below about 250kb. Just contact Shirley on shireve5@bigpond.com or by phone on 08640024/0414436307 or mail to PO Box 600, Nuriootpa SA 5355.

RIDE REQUIRED

JESS AISTROPE IS LOOKING FOR A RIDE AT MONARTO, CAMBRAI, KERSBROOK AND CLARE.

I am looking for a horse, preferably a qualified Endurance horse, to ride at the above rides at endurance distance (80kms or above). I have had a fair bit of endurance experience and if anyone is interested in offering me a ride in one or all of these rides could you please contact me:

Jess Aistrope 0408 857 245 (preferably by text).

Offer to ride/strap

Linda Magro is available to strap or ride. If anyone is interested please contact her on 85 234658 or 0406 818835 or on her email address at eeyore.73@bigpond.com .

Does Anyone Need a Rider?

This message was received from Lucy Tooze who can be contacted on her email address.

I am a South Australian local living near Pt Noarlunga. I have recently returned form many years away and I'm looking to re-establish my horsiness. As a child and adult I have had horses, competed and often hunted, years ago, with Silpark Hunt Club . I am wondering if you know of any members who might need someone to exercise their horse/horses? I am not looking for payment simply a mutually beneficial agreement with someone who may not have time to exercise their horse as they would like. If you know of anyone who might be interesed I would appreciate your passing on my email address.
Thanks for your time, Lucy Tooze.

Email: lucytooze@yahoo.com

HEARTBEAT - A Poem by Tim Barritt

Heartbeat

The Horse.

There’s something about the Arab

That gets inside your heart,

They’ll give all they’ve got

At the end of the ride,

Just like they will at the start.

There’s something about the Arab

The set of the head and tail,

Their free spirit and endurance…

Their love of the open trail.

The Rider.

For singles, doubles or families,

There is a place for everyone,

The camping and camaraderie -

Camp dogs, utes and strappers,

Sweethearts, smoke and laughter,

All together - with the setting sun.

And for riders of all ages,

Where women can - and do - excel,

Their toughness and tenacity…

A lesson for our daughters -

And all our sons as well!

The Country.

There is a heartbeat to our Country,

Dressed in greens, reds and beautiful browns,

From ocean cliffs - to dessert plains, and ranges -

Far away from our busy, crowded towns.

But treasure those magic moments -

With an Arab under your seat,

When three different hearts

Just beat as one,

To the rhythm –

Of four sturdy Arab feet.

Tim Barritt. 9.6.08.

True North by Tim Barritt

This poem was written by Tim Barritt whose daughter Soph has just started out in endurance. He wrote it after the ride at Huttonvale last year.

Where True values really are

(For Steve)

We camped for the ride

Near Truro,

Beneath a beautiful,

Brilliant sky -

In our swags,

With Mars just rising

To keep night watch -

As earth turned

Our night-time and dreaming,

So slowly - slowly by.

Tending our restless horses,

Well before the light begun -

I sat alone by the camp fire,

Watching the magical star show,

Fading before the sun.

I was thinking of you,

Who taught me the trick -

With the ‘Cross

And two bright pointers,

To find True North,

Each and every time…

Then in a blink of a morning’s moment,

The watcher was the last one out,

I knew that all was right

With the night -

And that my day would shine.

But sometimes, I thought,

On dark and stormy nights -

We all need a watching star,

And people in our lives,

To teach us tricks, like finding

Where True values,

Really are.

Tim Barritt. 26.6.07.

SAERA

South Australian Endurance Riders Association