RE: Re: Training a New Endurance Horse

["Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

Some of the best cavaletti work we get is when we go riding in the areas
where precommercial thinning has been performed. They cut the smaller trees
(2 to 6 inches in diameter) and let them lay. Never a preconceived distance
apart and never a standard height. Makes the horse look where to go and how
to step. Always changing direction and no one foot step is the same.

Results in a very balanced horse that always knows where its feet are.

Bob Morris

-----Original Message-----
From: sharp penny [mailto:penelope_75647@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 11:37 AM
To: Robyn Levash
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Re: Training a New Endurance Horse


  Hey Robyn..

   What kind of cavaletti work do you do? R we talking
4 or more trot poles in a row...canter poles or what?
Cavaletti work means different things to different
people. What is your cavaletti routine? I'm looking
for some specifics. I would be interested in hearing
about other peoples cavaletti routines as well.
   Thanks so much!

Penny & Daisy


--- Robyn Levash <questarabians@inreach.com> wrote:
>
> > Carol Burgess wrote:
> > > I'm trying to training him to work off his rear
> end...
> > [...]
> > > Any suggestions would help.
> >
> >
>  Cavaletti work 2-3 times a week (never 2 days in a
> row) tremendously helps.
> Cavaletti work strengthens the horses muscles (
> particularly the back
> muscles). This type of work is what I call "gym"
> work. It is equivalent
> stengthening work to that of a runner that works out
> in the gym 2-3 times a
> week to strengthen muscles, tendons ect. Dressage
> work mixed with Cavaletti
> work teaches the horse to move more efficiently down
> the trail. Riding hills
> naturally force the horse to use their rear end.
> Robyn
>
> >
>
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