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[RC] Bird: TWH prospects - rides2far@xxxxxxxxFor the record though, on my first attempt 2 yrs ago I ran out of Horse, not Time. On the 2nd effort I ran out of Time. 3rd time's a charm! As a matter of fact, if you want to read the sad start of our career, that 1st Skymont story is in the ride stories archive here: http://feeds.endurance.net/stories/2007/11/susans-skymont-s tory.html We've come a long >>>>>>way, baby! :) Nobody talks that much about slow twitch, fast twitch, and the "in between that can be trained to go either way" muscles that I read about when I started doing endurance on an Appaloosa, but Susan's experience with Bird sort of brings it back to the forefront. If I recall correctly an Arab was born with up to 40% slow twitch. Western breeds closer to 5% slow twitch but there's a much larger percentage of "can go both ways" muscles that could be trained to switch to anaerobic with work. I believe what took time with Bird was training those "in between type" muscles to be slow twitch. When I rode an Appaloosa I asked another prominent rider about an Appaloosa who was doing 100's. His comment was, "He's a good horse, but it takes a lot of riding to make him fit". That was my experience with non-Arab breeds...it took more riding, which was OK, except that I would lame them with all the riding. If a TWH or any other breed stays sound with all the riding it takes to train those muscles to be aerobic, then you've got a horse that's good to go and do some endurance. :-) I think what Susan perceived as doubt from Guy & others over Bird's breed was actually more doubt over his tendency to be an air fern and hold too much weight. He could have been a QH, App or Arab and his weight still would have been the issue. The beauty of it is she didn't starve the weight off, she just rode him until his metabolism revved up enough to take care of it. Great job! Angie McGhee ____________________________________________________________ Put your loved ones in good hands with quality senior assisted living. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTJkoJ7ORHC0BidjSmMH1fJU5AzM7Tw6DOa0ve7ipiy0fBxBYgh2m8/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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