Fw: RC: breeding for endurance

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy Bolinger <bolinger@bigsky.net>
To: <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: RC: breeding for endurance


> Heidi--I guess what I was thinking of, more then their ability to
negotiate
> in the rough terrain..is the physical changes/adaptations a horse's body
> makes from birth to two years which are greatly enhanced when they spend
> those first two years on big rough ground...you probably know more about
> this than I do...but I know that there can be a lot of  muscles blood
vessel
> development during that time based on how the muscles are used(or not
used)
> also strength of ligaments, tendons bones, etc...not to mention
> cardiovascular adaptatons etc.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
> To: <bolinger@bigsky.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 1:05 PM
> Subject: Re: RC: breeding for endurance
>
>
> > In a message dated 4/25/00 10:19:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > bolinger@bigsky.net writes:
> >
> > << If you have a choice between a two year old...nicely built from
proven
> > endurance lines...but who has so far spent most of his/her life in a
small
> > pen or pasture... >>
> >
> > I've not found a pen or pasture to be a detriment--but I do think long
> hours
> > of stall confinement are a problem.  I've ridden several that were
raised
> in
> > 45 x 60 paddocks that hit the hills at 5 when started under saddle that
> were
> > as agile as mountain goats and ready to go.  (Who knows--maybe they
would
> > have been even better turned out...)  As long as he's been OUT where he
> can
> > run around and play, I'd go with the one from proven lines.
> >
> > Heidi
> >
>