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    Re: [RC] The Aging Equine Athlete! - TypeF


    Took my Mustang out for a cruise this weekend on a 10-mile foothill ride with my husband on his big Belgian/Thoroughbred cross. Darn big horse couldn't keep up with my Mustang just trotting what I thought was a normal trot! And I wasn't going fast, but my little horse covers ground pretty good (my trainer calls her a "strider") and that big horse was trotting like crazy and I was constantly having to stop and wait. It was an intereting comparison. First time the two had been out together since I'm just starting with this Mustang.
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    Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 11:56 PM
    Subject: Re: [RC] The Aging Equine Athlete!

    Yeah but just think how much energy those BIG horses are using just by
    packing themselves around. They are harder to get on, and they also need to
    eat more.

    Renee

    <<At 02:42 PM 06/24/2002 +0200, you wrote:
    >Not being good at maths and stuff, but ..... being smaller would that not
    >mean that the horse would have a shorter stride and thus have to take more
    >steps to cover the same distance as a taller, longer strided horse?


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