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Sarah Pridgeon | Mar 27, 2025
As the weather begins to warm, Bridget Helms and her daughter, Chelsea, are already prepar-ing to embark on a series of long-distance challenges.
It's surprising how few people have heard of endurance riding around here, Helms says, as it's been around for a while. It's a perfect pastime for horse lovers looking for a new way to spend time with their animals and appreciate what that partnership can achieve.
"It's been a sport for a long time, but there's a lot of people that definitely haven't heard about it," she says.
Helms came across endurance riding through a horse-related group on social media, which was advertising introductory rides with the American Endurance Ride Conference.
Those first ten miles hooked her immediately, so in 2018 she began participating in 25-mile rac-es with the help of a mentor – and it wasn't long before she tried her first 50-mile trail.
The distance a horse and rider choose to travel is determined by the condition of both parties, she explains – both must be up to the task. When Helms got started, she chose to stick with the 25 miles because she felt she didn't have the understanding yet to know if she could push for more.
But when her mentor felt that Helms' horse was conditioned and strong enough for the longer stretch, she decided to give it a try...
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