Re: RC: [Fwd: RC: re Howards Post]

[Teresa Van Hove <tvanhove@uswest.net>]

Hi Wolfgang,

Well at least this an interesting thread and most of
us may learn something by hearing different methods.
I was specifically talking about putting LSD miles on
a horse to prepare it to begin 50 mile rides, with the
assumption that it would not be asked to race at 1st.
Certainly I agree that one wouldn't ask a horse to
do that kind of mileage at intensity and its probably
not needed when they are competing regularly.  

Teresa 

Wolfgang Schwingenheuer wrote:
> 
> 
> 10 miles 5 times a week CAN cripple your horse if these are the wrong miles.
> Doing IT with some repetitions for me is sometimes less then 5 miles a day. I
> need one mile to get to the hill, have a 1/8-mile-long hill for let's say 5 reps
> and go back to the stable, walk the horse there for warming down (or do I have
> to say cooling down?). These are 4 miles, maximium of 3 times a week. So I have
> 12 miles a week as a real preparation plus longer, slower work on the
> active-rest days. In my case, Ninja got real rest days with no riding and I have
> had good results in the past (Ninja is outside on big pastures 24/7). This year
> I'll try to cut those days and to ride him (or have him ridden by someone)
> daily. As Tom says you have to "empty the bucket and have it refilled" to
> prevent tying-up etc. So between some bigger events this can mean - and you are
> right here - to have a minimum of 40 miles. If this is optimal for a given horse
> in a given terrain can be right or wrong. In the pre-competition time you need
> some more miles.
> Interesting here is a statement of a french vet and endurance rider, Jean-Luc
> Chambost. He said a few years ago: If you are riding a 100-mile-race today and
> your horse is not in trouble for this (this means he was prepared for that
> 100-miler), then put the horse out on his pasture, leave him there and after
> four weeks you can take him, ride him a bit and five weeks after the first
> 100-miler you do the second one with a horse which is way better than the first
> time. I will not comment on this statement, but the Chambosts (Jean-Luc and
> Lise) are doing quite well at that time - Lise was fourth individual and first
> with the french team at the 1992 WEC in Barcelone/Spain as well as constantly
> among the Top 3.
> 
> Wolfgang + Ninja 11
> Germany
> 
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