Re: [RC] [RC] Causes of Suspensory Injuries - Karla Watson
But then were you able to stop getting suspensory
injuries when you changed that? Its funny cause I've been trying to get a bigger
trot out of my younger horse. He does prefer his canter/lope to a bigger trot
and his heart rate does go down in the canter.
-------Karla Watson
In my experiences, absolutely! I have ridden 4
Arabs that all developed injured suspensories. I began to wonder
why...all were my horses, so I wondered what I was doing wrong. I
came to realize that because I loved a very fast extended trot, I
encouraged that in all these horses. Common denominator,
hyper-extension. I stopped riding that way and stopped looking for
horses with a big trot. A very painful lesson......those were all very
good horses, and I ruined them by my ignorance. But at least I
learned.....
