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Long term conditioning
I am glad y'all have brought this subject up. I, too, run my
colts in groups in a relatively large pasture, and have also been told how well
"personalitied" they are.
My question regards this----since I have been reading (Dr. Deb Bennett)
that horses' back mature even more slowly than I realized, I am not planning on
"breaking" colts until they are four. I have also been reading about
the time needed condititioning. I am wondering if a set amount of
"forced" exercise on a regular basis would held in the conditioning phase before
the horse is trained. What I have in mind is simply going to the pasture
and chasing them about for a period of time. Do you think this would
help and do you have any input as to length of time, frequency, speed, etc? I am
wanting to raise horses for the endurance market.
Claudia - Provin's Promises
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