Scioto Run endurance ride by equine photographer Peter DeMott
Last weekend I covered an endurance ride near Chillocothe, Ohio at the Scioto Trails State Forest. Mollie Krumlaw-Smith was the ride manager and was able to give me a couple good places to try to capture the experience of the riders on trail. My wife, Patty, told me that these are some of the most difficult and yet most beautiful trails in Ohio. In several places you ride along a ridge that gives you views of grand vistas of hills and valleys. On the first day there was mist and clouds rolling up the hills and running through some of the valleys. It was breathtaking.
For this ride I tried to capture some scenic shots as well as the rider favorites of one rider at the trot.
Here is junior rider Morgan. At awards that evening she won lots of prizes.
The trails are wide and well kept here at Scioto Trails State Forest. Then in the evening when the light was better and riders had a chance to clean up some I was able to do some “mini portrait sessions” for those who were up to it and wanted them. The heat during the day was grueling with high humidity and temps over 90 degrees most of the day. Many horses were pulled related to the heat.
On the second day I was able to shoot at one of the vista views. My telephoto lens does little to show you the view, but I gave it a try anyway. Most of the riders would pause at the top of this ridge and take in the view before figuring out how they would get down the very steep trail presented to them in another 10 feet.
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