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RE: [RC] Recommended Reading - Steph TeeterI agree with Kat on the Tom Ivers book. Another good one is Conditioning Sport Horses by Hilary M. Clayton I also agree that you need to customize a conditioning program for each horse - but both of these books address the physiology of conditioning and the importance of progressive loading. Much better in the long run than a 'recipe' for fitness. Steph -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of k s swigart Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:04 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Recommended Reading Crysta Turnage said: What I'm really looking for in particular is a book that discusses in DETAIL a conditioning program. The ones I have now seem to touch on the subject but don't go into the depth I'm looking for. Things like recommended regimines, I realize each horse is an individual, but would like a general plan to aim for/start from. ... Please include WHY you like the book you are referring, not just the title. Personally, (though I don't know of any) I would NOT recommend any book that has a detailed conditioning program. There are just too many variables to take into consideration and too many different ways to acheive the same (or similar) things depending on the horse, the rider, the terrain, the schedule available....and not the least of which is, where/how you plan to ride. A detailed conditioning program is far too individual of a thing (and needs to be adjusted depending on how the horse responds), any book that went into significant details would either have so many caveats so as to be totally confusing, or it would be written by somebody who doesn't know enough to know that they needed to make so many caveats. In both of these cases, the books would be virtually useless. All that said, an interesting and (depending on who you talk to) valuable book about the conditioning of horses is The Fit Racehorse II by Tom Ivers. kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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