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My old mostly-egyptian mare was 14.3 1/2 Hands (if she was due to be shod soon!) and had a cannon bone of 7 1/4" and a moderate build. Weight of around 880 lbs.
She successfully carried a heavy weight rider (218 lbs with tack) with NO lameness or problems for nearly 7 years until her untimely death. (Death was unrelated to riding.) She was lightly started as a 4 year old, then used as a brood mare for 2 years. She started SLOW training at age 7 (multi-day ECTRA and slow 50's the first year) with LOTS of long, slow miles at home. (18-26 miles at walk/trot and occasional galloping fartliks thrown in.) Worst thing about her legs were some windpuffs that she already had when I purchased her.
It CAN be done. Of course, when my featherweight friend took her on rides occasionally, her performance GLOWED since she was used to carrying a HW. Deb couldn't get her HR over 110.
Linda Flemmer
Blue Wolf Ranch
Bruceton Mills, WV
-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren & Allan Horn [mailto:4horn@home.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 9:13 AM
To: DVeritas@aol.com
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Re: Cannon bones/Tendon size
DVeritas@aol.com wrote:
> I have been surprised by the
> number of successful endurance mounts who have what I would consider just
> adequate cannon bones of around six and a half to seven inches.
Carrying a heavyweight rider year after year???
Lauren
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