Re: [RC] conditioning on old roads - Carolyn Loedeman
My mare Canadianluvaffair+/ has been conditioned
and ridden on our back roads near our house and go from trails to roads and have
close to 30 miles of trails with this and she is still going at the age of 18
and no lameness as long as I keep her hip from going out. But that is not
from riding on gravel roads. Carolyn Loedeman OH
We have two always steel shod horses with many
miles on hard gravel roads. One is 23 and still trots out CTR
sound. The other is 16 and is fully Endurance sound. (He always lost a
few lameness points in UMECRA CTR's when he was 7}.
I really do not think it is unusual for horses
started properly, to be ridden on hard roads a lot to remain sound into their
20's
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
