Re: Endurance & REining

["Kirsten Price" <splash@dakotacom.net>]

The only potential conflict I see is that for reining, you will want to
concentrate more on the fast twitch muscle groups (particularly the
rear-end).  It would be difficult to pursue both sports with the intent to
top-10 AND go to the QH Congress.  OTOH, I think mixing it up is good for
the horse (like Diane said).  Reining isn't referred to as "Cowboy Dressage"
for no reason. Flexibility, responsiveness, balance, relaxation...all those
things are important elements and translate into really wonderful all-around
training no matter what you end up doing.

I say go for it... just recognize training/conditioning conflicts when you
see them and make your decisions accordingly.

Kirsten

----- Original Message -----
From: diane knapper <knaptyme@uswest.net>
To: Lauren & Allan Horn <4horn@home.com>
Cc: Ridecamp Endurance <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 5:23 PM
Subject: RC: Endurance & REining


> I don't see why the 2 would work well together.  Your horse
> is going to be in excellent condition from all the miles you
> put on for training in endurance.  Not to mention the fact
> that he will have 2 different sports to work on.  Think of
> the boredom that you can prevent.  Horses, like people, get
> bored doing the same thing every single day.  I say if your
> horse is good at both sports, do it.
>
> Personally, I'm going to get Phoenix involved in team
> penning.  To help break up the boredom of riding trails all
> the time.  I think it will do his mind good to add some
> variety.
>
> Diane & Phoenix (thank goodness, you gave up on the show
> jumping idea as a 2nd career for me)
>
>
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