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["BE" <betndez@budget.net>]

 

> What 
>     scares me about this is that the horse ends up trotting before 
>     he's
> warmed up. At home I always walk the first 15 min. At a competition 
>     I
> always walk 15, then walk and intermittent trot 15 until I'm sure 
>     he's
> warmed up to avoid tie-ups. I have known a fellow endurance rider 
>     who
> tied her mare up royally by lunging her at home.  So, do you 
>     walk them in
> hand 
>     first?
>
> Angie_______________________________________________
> As I said, do not run him around in circles.  Lunge at a 
>     walk first if you're worried about tie ups, then move to a trot.  Or, 
>     hand walk for a few minutes before starting to walk on the lunge line.  
>     The point of the ground work is getting the horse focused on me and staying 
>     calm and attentive.
> Betty
>  
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