Scrupulous - Endurance Stallion

Scrupulous and I have been riding endurance since 2006. Scrupulous is a purebred Arabian stallion.

Endurance is a sport that involves riding 80 to 160km on horse back in one day. It allows participants to see some beautiful terrain - on horseback. The motto of the sport is to complete is to win, and a completion is granted only after passing regular and thorough veterinary checks of the horse, conducted after riding legs of 50km or less.

Preparing a horse for endurance riding takes many years. It takes this long to build up the strength and bone density required to perform and continue competing, year after year.

Our goal is to compete in the Tom Quilty Gold Cup - which is the equivalent of the Melbourne cup for Australian Endurance.

We qualified earlier this year to enter the Tom Quilty. This involved riding 160km on one day, proving that we can do the distance, and are ready to take on the challenge.

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