All in the Family: Mother-Daughter Duo Claim Tevis and Haggin Cup

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July 30 2024
By MERRI MELDE

The 68th running of the iconic Tevis Cup, known as one of the toughest 100-mile endurance rides in the world, was held July 21st, 2024. 139 horses and riders started from Robie Park above Lake Tahoe at 5:15 AM and climbed over the Sierra Nevada Mountains with the goal of reaching Auburn, California, in a 24-hour time limit.

In this year’s historic finish, a mother-daughter team of Jeannette and Reyna Mero from Mariposa, California, crossed the finish line in first and second places. Mother Jeannette, 56, finished at 10:05 PM aboard her partner in the endeavor, 12-year-old Arabian mare Ozark Kaolena SWA (Lena). Fourteen minutes later, daughter Reyna, 22, trotted under the finish banner in second place riding the 11-year-old Arabian mare Chndakas Eklipse SWA (Clippie).

Additionally, Sunday afternoon Reyna received the coveted Haggin Cup, awarded to the rider whose horse is judged to be in the most superior physical condition of the first ten horses to cross the finish line. Jeanette and Lena won the Haggin Cup in 2021.

With over 14,000 feet of elevation gain and 20,000 feet of elevation loss, rocks underfoot, bogs, dust, a river crossing, and guaranteed heat, particularly while traversing two deep canyons, the Tevis trail unrelentingly challenges the mental and physical abilities of horses and riders...

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