ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: tough/easy rides

Re: tough/easy rides

Glenda R. Snodgrass (grs@consider.theneteffect.com)
Sun, 5 Oct 1997 10:10:19 -0500 (CDT)

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Maybe this is my inexperience speaking, but in my mind, an
"easy ride" of hardly more than a trot, over rough, uneven, broken,
rocky, etc. terrain, would not be considered "easy" by the horse either.
If he has to watch his footing every step of the way, constantly adjust
his balance as his feet are on different levels at every step, slips,
slides & stumbles and has to readjust his balance, wouldn't that be very
tiring for the horse, even at a slow trot or walk? Doesn't the horse
have to twist and turn to keep his balance on uneven terrain, just as his
rider does? Susan, what say you?

Glenda & Lakota

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