Ridecamp: Re: [RC] The Aging Equine Athlete!

>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?

The problem is that many larger horses are less balanced, and when that's
the case, they often don't have stride lengths any better than smaller
horses, as well as having to work harder at doing what they do--and they
also have more weight to pack around.

Heidi


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