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Re: [RC] A good working trot? - Barbara McCraryOne of my best endurance horses, now deceased, was 14.2 at most, weighed 800#, and his max efficient trot was clocked at 13 mph. I felt that was pretty fast for this horse, and he could do that trot for 25 miles across flat desert road, uninterrupted. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristi Schaaf" <iluvdez@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: [RC] A good working trot? I just bought a Timex GPS watch and am having fun with it. It's cool to watch the mph as my horse shifts through different trots, from the 6 mph western jog to his comfortable max of about 12 mph. I'm not going to try to change my horse's trot to match 'the norm', since of course each horse has his own optimum trot speed, but I'm really curious about at what speed your horse performs best. My guy seems to be most relaxed and efficient at about 9.5 to 10 mph..it will be interesting to see if that changes as he gets more fit through the summer. Does anyone know what kind of working trot speed top endurance horses have? 15 mph? 17? Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools ============================================================ REAL endurance is taking your non-horsey family to a ridecamp with you! ~ Heidi Sowards ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ One would think that logic would prevail. But then, if logic did prevail, men would ride sidesaddle. ~ Bob Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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