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Re: starting a young horse

L Eisele (nevadaghostridr@webtv.net)
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 17:10:25 -0800

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Beth, We are starting our 3rd. young horse for endurance. Lakota
is 2, never been handled and have halter broke him, leading and handling
feet, next sacking, ground manners etc. At 3 like his half brother Ice
he will go to the trainers for one month for his first mounting and very
and I mean very light riding during that time. I then will bring him
home and continue with ground stuff and let him mature and then back at
early 4 to be reintroduced to saddling and riding and finshed work. As
with Sareei and Ice we like to spend that first year doing just pleasure
riding...trails, creeks, logs everyday stuff...to an endurance ride as
an observer. Just our opinion but we don't like to start them on 25's
till the very end of 4th year, better yet their 5th year.
THEN we do completion rides for atleast 2 more years!!!!!!! This I
feel very strongly about. I hate to see young or new horses to
endurace, for that matter, going at competition speed till their bones
and ligaments have had a chance to adapt ( which takes 2-3 years),
regardless how much heart they have. Too much too fast too soon will
cause early breakdown.
Linda

Linda Eisele & Sareei and
hubby, Allen & the Iceman
& the young Lakota
nevadaghostridr@webtv.net

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