ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Gaited Breeds

Re: Gaited Breeds

Lynn Kinsky (lkinsky@silcom.com)
Wed, 12 Mar 1997 01:08:09 -0800

>Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:33:52 -0800
>To:jakar@aiinc.com
>From:lkinsky@silcom.com (Lynn Kinsky)
>Subject:Re: Gaited Breeds
>Bcc:Lionell
>
>>.. either the Paso Fino or Peruvian
>>> Paso that is prone to suspensory ligament problems...
>>
>>Well Cheryl, I can't keep it straight either, but my friend rides a
>>Peruvian two to three times a week and has trouble with him stocking up
>>after workouts. I trot for 10-15 miles on my Arab and she has to do a
>>very frantic eggbeater gait or canter to keep up. (My horse isn't fast
>>either.) We've been training together for three years now and her poor
>>horse has such a hard time. He's got the radiator body, but sweats
>>profusely. I have a feeling it's because that horse has to take so many
>>more steps to go the same speed as my trotting Arab. Our farrier says
>>he's seen too many of them with blown suspensories and mule-like feet.
>>I hope this stocking up isn't a sign of impending disaster.
>
>On the other hand, I've been doing NATRC CTR on my Peruvians for the last
>nine years, with 1750 miles on my main gelding and 350 miles on one of my
>mares (she's also my best breeding mare, unfortunately) -- and both have
>gotten year end regional placings in Open (4 times for the gelding). I've
>been trailmaster for over five years for the two NATRC rides we have here
>in Santa Ynez,CA and my Peruvians timed the Open and Novice/CP courses.
>We have no problem keeping up with a trotting Arab (my gelding's VERY
>smooth trail gait is a pretty good match for what my friend calls her
>"Tevis trot"). I've got two other mares I've started in NATRC -- one is
>on pregnancy leave, the other is the main horse I'm campaigning this year;
>and I have a young gelding that will start endurance this year (the sire
>of all three of these has 650 endurance miles, including some top 10 and
>BC's).
>
>I won't deny that not all PP's are suited for heavy-duty distance work:
>as a breed we've tended to go (as I know many in the Arabian world have as
>well) for fancy show-type horses. But there are also good trail worthy
>PP's out there and a number of us are actively working to re-establish the
>horse as a working distance animal like it was in Peru only a few decades
>ago.
>

-- Lynn

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