Re: RC: Horses 16 hands and over doing endurance

[JANUSSTUDIO@aol.com]

Karen,

OK, I'll post.  I don't do endurance competitively, so my experiences may not 
apply.  I do CTR on a 15.3 Paint.  I do work hard to get his pulse down at 
the P/Rs, but haven't lost a point there yet.  Mind you CTR usually requires 
much lower pulses than does Endurance.
The main problem I'm having is the fact that the trail clearer people 
obviously ride smaller horses, so that I get whacked in the head with 
overhead branches...A branch once caught in one of the vent holes in my 
helmet and nearly dragged me off.
I say ride what you like and have fun doing it.

Jan

In a message dated 8/24/00 12:00:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kwebb@GSSB.com 
writes:

<< Subj:     RC:  Horses 16 hands and over doing endurance
 Date:  8/24/00 12:00:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time
 From:  kwebb@GSSB.com (Karen Webb)
 To:    ridecamp@endurance.net ('ridecamp@endurance.net')
 
 Okay folks, I posted a query yesterday about doing endurance on tall
 half-Arabians.  By tall, I mean 16 hands and over.  I only got one reply.
 Surely I can get more input than that?  Don't any of you have some big
 horses?  And what I want to know is do they do well?  I noted that a 16.2
 hand half Arabian came in 65th at Tevis and Ruby, the 17 hand molly Mule,
 came in Top Ten.  Am just wondering if height is a drawback, especially when
 it comes to P&R's, since you would collaterally have more mass; or it could
 be a plus especially for a taller rider.  Since the two mares I have are
 both half-Thoroughbred, when crossed with my Arabian stallion, that would
 hopefully produce a tall half Arabian with increased bone and good stamina?
 Any thoughts.
 
 -Karen Webb
 Epiphany Arabians
 Palmetto, GA >>