Re: RC:

["Truman Prevatt, Ph.D." <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

It really depends. Take deep sand on a hot humid day and a 7 mph pace
could be very very stressing. I've seen horses get into serious trouble
doing a 25 mile CTR in 4 hours in hot humid conditions on a deep sandy
trail.

Truman

Jean Miller wrote:
> 
> I hardly think that as most CTR's are run at 7 mph or less that the horse is
> being stressed.  No matter what one does, no matter if one is experienced or
> a newbie, the horse needs to be in shape to do the job at hand.  Jeanie who
> does both and has fun doing whatever ride
> 

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Truman Prevatt
Mystic “The Horse from Hell” Storm 
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