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From my position as a back of the pack rider (with 3,000 AERC miles), 
your horse is plenty conditioned.  Horses keep their conditioning far 
longer than people do.  Depending on when your next two 50s are, you 
could almost not ride her at all and she'd do fine.  With the proviso 
that you not ride faster than she's been conditioned for!  If she's 
beginning to act burned out, IMHO, she'd do better with an extended 
rest, or some totally different kind of riding which would refresh her 
mind, than more miles down the same trails.
If all your riding is always at the same pace, you might think about 
doing some type of interval training: some long slow days, some short 
fast days.  Not only does it work your horse's body differently, it's 
also more fun for both you and her.
Remember, this is all supposed to be fun!  Have fun riding this weekend.
Laney

Chrystal@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> So.............after the interval training & the long rides when is 
> enough, enough?  When do I stop "conditioning" my mare and let her rest? 
> What do people who ride 50 miles fairly regularly do? I KNOW my mare 
> needs a break as she is not as excited about going out as she used to ( 
> though has awesome hr's :-)) but I am wondering how long? And for the 
> future, how often should she  have a big break? At this point we are 
> riding 80 km's ( 50 miles) a week( over 3 or 4 days) - with 3 or 4 days 
> off, then we start again.  We have done lots of CTR'S and our first 50 
> in July, we are now looking at doing two more 50's before the season is 
> over, my gut instinct is to ride her lots this wknd ( being a long wknd 
> and everything:-))  and then pretty much give her the next two weeks off 
> before our next 50. Am I  making sense??:-)
> Thanks for any and all help!
> Chrystal  :-) :-)
>
> ( Who lives in Canada and thinks a couple of months of cold weather is 
> better than hurricanes, tornado's, earthquakes, poisonous snakes, 
> spiders etc...you guys really do "pay" for your good weather,!!!!!   )


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