Tevis: Getting Ready for the Ride

By: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer
Sunday, July 17, 2005 1:19 AM PDT


(Photo:
Diane Craft, from Monument, Colo., brushes her Arabian horse, Moon, Saturday at the Gold Country Fairgrounds, preparing for the Tevis Cup. Photo by Ben Furtado/Auburn Journal )

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories leading up to the 51st annual Tevis Cup ride, which begins Saturday.

One of the toughest endurance tests of man and horse on the planet, the 100-mile Tevis Cup ride, is ready to run from Robie Park, near Truckee, to Auburn on Saturday.


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