I compete with a quarter horse and basically I put
him into his quarter horse shuffle(slow steady trot) which is about 6-7 mph
and that is where he stays for the entire ride. I also had to teach him
not to ride with other horses. Most Arabs trot too fast for him then
he gets stressed out. He did a year in competitive learning to pace
himself and get conditioned. In Ld he has started doing some cantering
(lymph-which is still slow compared to Arabians) but he is a much fitter
horse. Bottom line is a quarter horse will never go like an Arabian
and they need to be ridden differently due to their mass and cooling
issues. I would suggest some competitive rides before heading to
endurance. My two cents.
Cassie
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jesse
Watson Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:27 PM To:
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] endurance
rider's
I am completely new to endurance
riding and I am thinking of bringing a quarter horse I
just acquired to an event.
I’ve had her out several times to
train but I am having some trouble getting her to move at a decent pace (6
mph).
