Tanzaknight at the Shamrock ride doing the LD. We only did one LD because I went up to Shell, Wyoming the following weekend to ride his first 50. The Bighorn is a tough 50 and normally I would not want to ride it early in a horses' career but I believe Tanza may fulfill my dream of one day doing the Bighorn 100. I want to enter that as soon as I think he can handle it so seeing 50 miles of the trail early in his career was a stepping stone for that.
Tanza completed the 50 miles with about 1/2 hour to spare on the time limit and he was great for crossing water at both rides and trail riding with family after the Bighorn endurance event. My sister's horse who is normally great for crossing water was having a spooky horse trip and Tanza stepped up and crossed many streams and creeks with no leader to follow. He led a pair of riders from SD up the mountain and across a lot of water on the 50 too.
