I smile as I read answer #2 and remember
that when I was a child (MANY years ago) any horse over 8 was considered over
the hill. One simply did NOT buy a horse over 8 years old. Isn't is
wonderful to discover this is not true? Or is it mostly Arabs that hit
their prime in their teens? Perhaps it is the conditioning and the care
our distance horses receive that lengthens their usable lifetime. Anyway,
thinking back many decades, it makes me chuckle to think that no one wanted to
buy a horse over 8 years old. Good grief! They haven't even started
getting GOOD until 9 or 10!
1. at least in the MW I have seen kids of any
possible age from a negative 2 months on up. Even had one mother nurse
at rest stops. As long as there is supervision, the kids have a
ball.
2. Horse age. Distance horses hit their
prime in the middle teens. One of our Minnesota year end award horse is
in his mid 20's. If they are brought along properly, there is no reason
an older horse can't successfully compete.
Ed
Ed and Wendy Hauser 1140 37th
Street Hudson, WI 54016 715.386.0465 sisufarm@xxxxxxxxxx
