IN  THE ARABIAN dominated sport of endurance riding, Standardbreds are perhaps not the first breed that comes to riders’ minds when making the decision of what horse they want to take them on 25-, 50- or 100-mile rides through rough terrain.
How could a horse bred for being driven one mile at a time on the racetrack also be trained to be ridden for so many miles on the trail? For the uninitiated, that seems like a valid concern, but in reality, not only is it possible for Standard...