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<< As I was riding today, random questions wandered into my head. Here goes:
1. If I'm feeding lots of corn oil for maintaining weight, am I also
hardening my
horse's arteries?
2. If you were doing a 50, would reversing the 25 mile loop be
acceptable? Would
it be acceptable if the alternative was no ride?
3. If "speed kills", how does one condition muscles? I can't get an
anaerobic pulse
on the flat with a trot. I don't want to canter hills yet.
4. Has anyone run into the situation where as your horse gets better and
better, you start
going slower and slower? I guess before it was a lark; she's a TB, not
good for endurance.
Now that I realize that she is, I'm slowing down. ??????
5. I may be leasing out my backup horse and was wondering what a good
replacement value
would be. He's a 9 year old, PB, Egyptian, grey Arab. He's 16 H. He top
tenned a tough 50 and then
bruised a tendon. He's been off a year now and needs something to do. My
TB has turned into
MY dream endurance horse, so I don't care to ride him. He's way too
mellow. Anyway, how much?
What about if , knock on wood, I need him back? How do I word that in the
agreement?
6. How do you wash those darn Skito foam inserts?
Yes, it was a LONG ride. Thanks in advance,
Kris
>>
Kris, I'll attack the question I can answer:
3. Speed kills only when it is unprepared for --the horse has not been
hardend appropriately for speed. It's simple to do that--start with longer,
slower works and gradually shorten them and speed them up.
ti
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