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[RC] Competing Standardbred's in Endurance - Carolyn BurgessI will probably hear alot about this one, but this is my breed of choice for this sport. He is a trotting machine. He just started cantering this season, but I don't really need canter to finish. He is not the fastest horse out there (we finish a 50 in the 7 - 71/2 hour range), but boy can he move at the trot. Most horses have to canter or hand gallop to keep up with his trot if I open him up.
I'd like to do a 100 some day, but my current Standardbred is not a 100 mile horse. Every once and a while I think that I might HAVE to buy an Arab. Then I took my husband's Arab to a trail ride a few weekends ago, to give the Standardbred some much deserved rest. I forgot that it was like riding a pogo stick without a brain. And this guy is 21! It takes about 5 - 7 miles for his brain to turn on, and by then he has already expended 100 miles worth of energy, most of it being vertical.
Carolyn Burgess
Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carolyn Burgess
Email: carolyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website: http://www.doubleheartranch.com
Phone: 1-978-897-6624 Fax: 1-419-735-1117
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