Re: [RC] The Aging Equine Athlete! - Kristene Smuts
>>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.>>
Not being good at maths and stuff, but ..... being smaller would that not mean that the horse would have a shorter stride and thus have to take more steps to cover the same distance as a taller, longer strided horse?
Kristene
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