Re: RC: Re: LD milage

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

Because I can do 20-30 easy miles on my horses without a conditioning regime
doesn't mean I'm encouraging anyone else to do it or that I do it often!   I have
done it on occasion, and we had a great time.

I kick back a lot, don't push at all, encourage eating a long the trail, and I
know my horses extremely well. They all do have a good foundation of
conditioning, but it has, on occasion, been 6 mos to a year in the past. Shatirr,
Cam and Kadence have all gone for more than 6 months in pasture then out for an
easy 25 mile trail ride.

You are always better off riding a well conditioned horse. To me that's obvious,
but it apparently needs to be said.

Linda


Linda Cowles wrote:

> 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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