No
beaches here, but sand, sand, sand, sand,......ad nauseum. Take it easy
at first. One hour of work on sand seems to be equivalent to 1.5 or 2 on
harder ground and take lots of time to build up tendons. We lose more horses
to tendon injuries than anything else. Make haste extremely
slowly.
Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo,
Egypt
gabbani@starnet.com.eg
Anyway, I was wondering, do any of
you train on the beach? Is there anything I should be careful of in
respect of injuries to tendons, etc? Is there a program I should use for
getting the horses used to it (two TBs, both of whom are more used to the
harder ground of Gauteng)? I remember from my lifesaving days that it
was better for my muscles to work on the harder ground first (near the water)
and then to move higher up to the softer ground, but would this not impact
badly on the suspensory ligaments (changing the hardness of the
ground)?
Any help would be
appreciated. Job offers in PE would also be welcome. Or
donations. Or sugar beet.
Tracey