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["Becky" <bechack@sierratel.com>]

> You start them just like you do a younger horse.   I think there is some
> debate as to the amount of bone density you can build up on an older horse
> vs a younger horse, but it does increase with each.   You can get
> cardio-vascular conditioned in 6 weeks, tendons and ligaments (soft
tissues)
> in 6 months and bone in 1-2 years.   Stress / Rest is how this is done.
> Time off is just as important as the work if not more so.  I see many
people
> that do not ride slow enough in my opinion on young / green
horses......They
> will tell you that they are going to ride "slow"  or "back of the pack"
> and then go running off with the pack.....I have seen it time and time
> again.....I pride myself in being able to pace myself and my horse.   I
> usually finish within 1 hour of where I wanted to.....I think that you can
> use rides themselves as training rides, if you can pace properly.....What
> sort of terrain is the ride....what is the weather that day...set up an
idea
> of how fast you want to complete any given section of the ride, and the
ride
> overall.   I the first 2 years with my "seasoned" horse (actually with
1250
> miles, he's just broke in !)  we have been back in the back....last only
> once.   The first rides we did were probably 1/2 walking and 1/2
> trotting....gradually increasing the trotting times and throwing in an
> occasional canter.   I have yet to see a horse not be able to pick up the
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