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You know I tend to agree with you. However, I must say that if you look 
at the rides in FL - many but not all area sandy - I haven't noticed any 
higher pull rates or any more problems with leg injuries than in any 
other conditions.  So for a well conditioned horse I'm not sure that 
sand is any worse than many other conditions. It will tire a horse out 
quicker if he is not used to it. A horse that doesn't know how to use 
his front end, sand will probably tire even quicker. After I did my 
first 100 - which was 100 miles of sand - Dane Frazier showed me where 
it tended to make horses sore. It was the shoulder. She finished, she 
was fine but her shoulder was a little sore.

If you ask me mud puts the horse at a much greater risk of injury than 
does sand.

Truman

Sky Ranch wrote:

> Sand conditioning is a whole different ballgame, and if a horse isn't
> used to deep sand, it's a big problem.  If you don't condition in sand, your
> horse can go lame really quickly trying to negotiate deep sand, especially
> at speed.
>  


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