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Title: RE: [RC] French system

well, this is what you say, but a good horse remains a good horse and stays versatile, in a hilly race or in the deserts of the UAE. The riders (the blessed one for sure) living in hilly areas just go to the beach to practice long canter sessions, or to the racetrack (what I do).

Leonard, Belgium

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Mayeda [mailto:kathy.mayeda@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tue 10/9/2007 8:29 AM
To: liberty4640@xxxxxxxxx; LIESENS Leonard (COMM); ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; PFmorabs@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   French system

To condition on similar terrain or conditions as the ride you are competing
in.  Where we ride horses in the Bay Area is really pretty hilly or
mountainous, so we have to really look for flat land to train for a ride in
Dubai. (Not that I ever went to Dubai, but I know a couple of people who
did).  The horses (and you) use different muscle patterns while going fast
on flat land, vs. powering up a hill.  A flatland horse will have trouble on
hills unless they get hill training and vice versa.

K



----- Original Message -----
From: "D'Arcy Demianoff-Thompson" <liberty4640@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <Leonard.Liesens@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<PFmorabs@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 8:42 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] French system


>I wouldn't want to train my horses on flat lands
> unless that is the only option that I had.  I have
> found being up in the higher elevations has
> conditioned my race horses far better than being in
> the lowland.
>
> Also, Merced County, CA is FULL of flat sandy loam
> soil.  As is most of the central valley of CA.  Then
> there is Arizona, New Mexico, and most of the south
> east.  Unless you are in the higher elevations of
> those states with their red clay.  At any rate...who
> would want to train on flat, sandy soil, all of the
> time and why?
>
> D'Arcy
>
>
> D'Arcy L. Demianoff-Thompson
> liberty4640@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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