Ridecamp: Re: [RC] The Aging Equine Athlete!

On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 14:35:46 -0400, Rides 2 Far <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>> > I think a lesson that can be gained from this, is that foundation >
>is > important, even more than starting age. 
>
>Do you think that the fact that Kahlil was a small horse contributed? 
>Seems to me that some of the big guys might need a little longer to
>mature.

I don't know about time to mature, but I believe smaller horses have
an advantage for staying sound -- shorter bones providing less
leverage and concussion on the joints.  If you look at Kahlil's
profile, he was even shorter-legged than the average horse of his
height:  deep through the chest with short cannon bones.  That's one
of the reasons I don't want a horse taller than 14.3.

His proportions fooled weight tapes -- the tape said he weighed 1000
pounds when a cotton scale had him at 830 pounds.

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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