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I am not questioning that this happens.  What I want to know is why does 
the horse not feel it?  Wouldn't there be some initial pain before the 
injury?  Ramsy had started last fall going into an extended trot quite 
often and I of course figured it was what was comfortable for him, not 
for me but I would ride it thinking he is getting into it for himself, 
it must be an energy saver. 
Are we that wrong when we think a horse can pick its gait that is most 
comfortable for them?

Kathy   SE
> 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.
>  
> Barbara
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Kathie Ford <mailto:mspooh17@xxxxxxx>
>     *To:* ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *Sent:* Monday, February 11, 2008 11:52 AM
>     *Subject:* [RC] cantering
>
>      
>     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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