In a message dated 6/12/02 10:02:11 PM Mountain Daylight Time, SandyDSA writes:
how about training them to trot out in hand?
Yes, Sandy, that would be perfect, wouldn't it?
But, what I was interested in hearing about is "what is the main purpose of the trot out."
I'll be honest and tellya, and whomsoever, if my gelding doesn't want to trot out, he's certainly tired, 'cause he surely knows how to trot out in hand, or run for miles while I run down the mountain on foot or tail him up out of a steep canyon. If he doesn't "want" to trot out, he's telling me that he is tired.
Do "tired" horses pass vet checks?.....certainly...and often....it is the nature of the sport. Do they recover at the vet check or on the trail.....some do, some don't.
Do "lame" horses pass vet checks?.....often, some do. But, to determine whether they are, usually they have to trot for the vets. (So, hazing would help the vets in determining the soundness of the horse at the trot...so, I vote, "let 'em haze.")
Now, do grade 1 horses get to go back out on the trail, sure....Grade 2, I think by rule, yes....but, by application, I'm not so sure.
Sorry, just some ramblings in an attempt to shift this thing back toward endurance relevancy.
Frank.
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