Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] Born to Trot?

I think everything is relative (as evidenced by the famous saying, "If it's 
not one thing it's your mother.)  My Standardbred has quite a trot - about 25 
to 30mph!! Naturally!!!  And if I let her go like that, she'd finish front of 
the pack and about drop dead by the end of a ride - I know, I foolishly did 
so my first time out.  :o(    I am "teaching" her to SLOW DOWN with pretty 
good results (thank you Tammy!).  My new HRM is helping me teach her since I 
can watch her heart almost explode after a mile or so of that pace, and stay 
in a much more comfortable range at a good trot of 8 to 10mph.  Honestly 
though, I am noticing very little difference between her rates trotting 
"slowly" on flat terrain and her comfy controlled canter on the same footing. 
 On the hills however, there is a big difference - and we are learning to 
trot in Arabic.  
     Well, there you have it.  Nonsense from a newbie.  :o)  But I just 
wanted to chime in on something, and I decided to forgo the underwear 
discussion.

Scott

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