Re: Re: there's more to 'condition' than just cardiovascular

["elfs" <elfs@c2i2.com>]

Down here, in southern AZ, we take a longer time to condition a younger
horse with lots and lots of walking because the terrain is hardpan clay,
road (pavement) , rock or sand like in washes. And as the years go by the
trails we train on only get rockier so I find myself taking even longer to
"leg up"  horses for endurance as time goes on. But by going slower and
taking the time to build up the tolerance for hard surfaces, you create a
very strong, problem free companion, who lasts longer. That horse in NM that
foundered obviously was not prepared for what was asked of it. I take two
years to condition those legs and feet for hard going, sometimes three, but
when I do it right we can trot all day around here without ill effects.
DM

----- Original Message -----
From: Michelle Fink <michrowe@redwrench.com>
To: <amandaperez@ureach.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:07 AM
Subject: RC: Re: there's more to 'condition' than just cardiovascular


> How 'bout conditioning hooves?  I added that to my list after seeing a
road
> foundered horse at a vet clinic - it had foundered after being ridden all
> day in Chama, NM where it's really, really rocky.  What a sorry, miserable
> critter that was (a nice Al Marah bred mare).  Made me think about riding
on
> all the surface types available, not just the convenient ones. :-)
>
> Michelle
> (Colorado)
>
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