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As one you has suffered a couple ligament and tendon injuries myself - I 
can tell you that unless the injury is catastrophic, e.g., a complete 
tear, you will most likely not have much if any pain when it happens. 
Ligament and tendon injuries can occur slowly over time - they don't 
have to accure from one incident. I expect that is what happens with big 
trots and suspensory injuries. Right now I am recovering from a bad case 
of tendinitis from to much trail clearing using a chainsaw :-( .

Truman

Kathy Klenk wrote:
> 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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