Ridecamp: Re: [RC] what else you can do with endurance hoses

--- Vicki Austin <kingsmom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I MUST say however that you risk that "jack of all
> trades master of none" thing.     King and I don't
> go very fast in endurance, we just have fun.   The
> only way WE would ever win an endurance ride is if
> everyone else got lost ahead of us.    We have been
> in the top ten at a couple of 100s though so that is
> good. 


DANG girl!!  With what you and King do, you've already
WON!  "...a couple of 100s..."  King is a super horse!

I'll bet the dressage does help.  Doing collected work
is a great conditioner.  Endurance horses can get SO
strung out and won't develop those muscles to the
extent they need.  I enjoy dressage and try to spell
words with the ring letters as I'm working...thus the
reason I can't spell worth a hout!  Also, it trains my
eye to look ahead.

I've noticed alot of endurance riders worried about
footing...like their horse can't see the rocks on
barren ground kind of stuff.  Hunting has taught me to
look ahead and let the horse worry where he'll put his
feet.  He wants to fall even less than you want him
to.  By looking up and ahead, your balance is not so
heavy over his front and he can better balance
himself.



=====
Susan Young Casey, Princess of Pink, LIW, RRHA, RHS
Semper Obliquo (Always aside)  

Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.

"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, 
and win the race!"         - Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

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