Re: RC: Basic Conditioning (was: Conditioning Tips/Schedules for The Full Time Worker)

["Truman Prevatt, PhD" <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

While that may be true in various parts of the country, if you run a horse into respiratory alkalosis in the hot and humid east
you could eaisly have a crash on your hands. This has nothing to do with the legs.

We tend not to ride at 5 mph in the SE, we don't have a trail to slow us down we have a lot of newbe's on the list and we really
have to worry about how cardiovascular conditioning along with everything else. When it 90 and 90, 5 mph may be too fast.

Truamn

> So, I cannot agree with Truman that cardiovascular conditioning
> is "basic conditioning" for an endurance horse.  In my experience
> if I condition a horse's legs for the effort, cardiovascular
> conditioning can safely be ignored; while the reverse most
> definitely cannot be said.  If I condition my horse to maximize
> its cardiovascular fitness, I will run its legs off.

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