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[RC] exercise for a yearling - Lysane CreeMy filly will be a yearling in a couple of months and I am wondering what type of exercise is o.k. for me to do with a young horse. Right now due to weather and icy fields, she has been inside way more than I would like, but by spring time she will have regular turnout (at least 8-9 hours every day). And in the summer, horses are usually out 24 hours. I would like to be able to "take her for walks", since my home is about 30 minutes from the barn going by walk through the trails. I could even do this now when the trails are not too icy and its not -20 C. It would give her a chance to see new things, I would get exercise and so would she. I would do this maybe twice a week. Do you think this is fine? I might even do a little trotting, because I am planning to take her to shows this summer and so would practice her responses at the same time - going from walk to trot to walk, etc. Does this sound like acceptable work for a yearling? I am very paranoid about doing anything that will have negative effects later on. Lysane ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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