Endurance Horse Podcast

Welcome to  The Tom Quilty Gold Cup 2019 Episode of  Endurance Horse Podcast  Created July 28, 2019      Hello and Welcome to Episode 22 of Endurance Horse Podcast! I’m Christina Hyke, an equine photographer based in Southern Wisconsin.     Since the beginning of Endurance Horse Podcast, Australia has been a part of the podcast.  And one of the most wonderful things about the podcast is its ability to connect riders from all parts of the world.  It is through those connections that I first learned of the Tom Quilty Gold Cup, a one day, 100 mile endurance ride based in Australia and inspired by the Tevis Cup.     Sydney, Australia- April 5th 1966, a hotel was the location for a gathering of 23 riders who were meeting to discuss the possibility of Australia having a one day, 100 mile ride of it’s own.   In that room, was back in 1966 the 23 people agreed and formed a committee to create a ride formatted after the Tevis Cup held across the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the United States.   The Tevis had