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[RC] cantering/training and growth - Jackie CausgroveThere is another side to all of this. Vast majority of people (like it or not) are not going to wait to start really training a horse until age 6. This is the reality. I used to own a show/training barn. After 30 days of basic training, people thought that their horse should be close to finished. That attitude never ceased to amaze me. If someone is paying 450.00 a month and up for board, they want to be able to ride their horse. It is the economics of the equine industry. If they are paying for traing and board (and up into the 800.00 to 1,000.00 dollar range each month), the owners want a horse that can be ridden. I can't think of one (even the ones who understood it took years to have a trained horse) that would be willing to pay for that!!! And then there is the issue of the care of a horse until such an age. So, unless a horse is going to be your own horse etc, the
economics don't allow starting horses that late. And I was considered very conservative in starting my own personal horses. I'd start doing ground work at 3 and start backing them when they where 4 (in general). I could not afford to do this with sale horses. I would have gone broke fast!!! Just other thoughts...... Jackie
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