Re: [RC] Extended Power Trot or Canter? - Barbara McCrary
Many years ago, I'd ridden four horses that all
sustained torn suspensories after a period of vigorous training. I figured
I had to be doing something wrong and began looking for a common
denominator. I found it when I realized that, loving a really FAST trot,
and finding each of these horses capable of doing it, I was pushing them into
faster and faster trotting. The hyper-extension at the fast trot was
tearing suspensories. So to answer your question, I would keep the trot to
a less extended one, and alternate with some easy cantering.
I have been under the immpression that it is better for a horses legs to
trot fast than to canter, however I recently got some advice from someone very
experienced that trotting fast is really hard one a horses legs and cantering
is much better. I'd like some more input on this please,
