Re: RC: Re: LD milage

[Linda Cowles <kadence@ix.netcom.com>]

Well, here's the clue. They are good horses, decent ones anyway, and they
never see the inside of a barn. They live in a large steep pasture!

And another clue is I learned how to be efficient when I ride them by letting
them do what I did when I was trying to grow into an ultra runner. We usually
walk up all hills - briskly - and jog down, doing a fast trot or easy canter
on the sorta flat stuff.

I have top tenned in medium sized rides doing this and hanging out at vet
checks. Don't waste energy, don't push hard on the hills, change the gait
often.

Works for me!

Linda

Drin & Jim Becker wrote:

> Don Wrote :
>
> "AS far as LD miles.  Some people have awful good horses at their barn if
> they
> can take any of them right out of the pasture unconditioned and ride them
> 25 to
> 30 miles"
>
> Well thank you Don , I appreciate you acknowledging this ! I also tend to
> think that they are pretty special:-)
>                             Drin Becker
>                            Polaris, Mt.
>
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