No beaches here, but sand, sand, sand,
sand,......ad nauseum. Take it easy at first. One hour of work on sand
seems to be equivalent to 1.5 or 2 on harder ground and take lots of
time to build up tendons. We lose more horses to tendon injuries than
anything else. Make haste extremely slowly.
Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo,
Egypt
gabbani@starnet.com.eg
Anyway, I was wondering, do
any of you train on the beach? Is there anything I should be
careful of in respect of injuries to tendons, etc? Is there a
program I should use for getting the horses used to it (two TBs, both of
whom are more used to the harder ground of Gauteng)? I remember
from my lifesaving days that it was better for my muscles to work on the
harder ground first (near the water) and then to move higher up to the
softer ground, but would this not impact badly on the suspensory
ligaments (changing the hardness of the ground)?
Any help would be
appreciated. Job offers in PE would also be welcome. Or
donations. Or sugar beet.
Tracey