I'm an expert on ruining horses with
the extended trot. I loved the extended trot, the faster the
better. Then I was discovering my horses were tearing suspensory
ligaments. I couldn't figure out why until after my fourth horse with
suspensory injuries and I thought "what is the common denominator here?" I
finally figured out it was the extended trot. DUH! You wouldn't
think it would have taken me so long to figure it out, but that was a number of
years ago. I've learned more about horse physiology through endurance
riding than I would have learned any other way.
Oh, also, I'm personally don't prefer an extended
trot either. I believe it can lead to suspensory injuries. So I keep my mare
just behind that in her trotting. I rarely let her extend her trot totally and
for sustained periods of time.
JMHO,
happy
riding!
kathie
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