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RE: [RC] Ways To Know You Are Ready for 100 Miler? - heidiDo others agree with this? My girl walks SO slow it is pretty sad. It does make sense what Heidi says, should that be incorporated into training rides, I guess a kind of 'working walk'? I like to incorporate it into the early training of a new horse, as the main focus of his early LSD work. My green horses walk for MILES. When I have a horse that is already started (as is the case with the one I'm riding now) I incorporate a long walk home into my regular routine, so that that adds some incentive to quicken it up. (The guy I'm working on now is the same one that took me 75 miles a couple of weeks ago--I could see the improvement on that ride, but could still also see more room for improvement...) "Bumping up" a walk was one thing that was instilled in me early by my big sister's cavalry-trained 4-H leader (I was still too young for 4-H, but got the whole lesson warmed over afterwards <g>). If you are unsure how to do it, get with a good dressage instructor. Heidi ============================================================ Prudence and focus will carry you a long way on a horse. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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