RC: Re: Uphill and Down.. in simple terms

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/18/00 3:39:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
wsabg@t-online.de writes:

<< sorry, but if a horse going downhill and after that the horse is sore in
 the hindleg, isn't that way of going downhill the right one? Or
 shouldn't this horse better use more "braking-power" from his frontlegs?
 If there is no damage in the front, but in the back, why not
 distributing the force more equal?
 Or am I completely on the wrong run here? >>

The difference, Wolfgang, is that the horses that are "sore" in the rear 
simply have tired muscles from overdoing if they do too much and too fast, 
whereas the horses that are "sore" from braking with the front legs are more 
apt to have tendon or ligament injuries that are slow to heal and may be 
career threateniing.  Big difference, in my opinion....

Heidi


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