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    [RC] Trouble with steep hills - Judi Daly


       I?ve been lurking and learning for a long time, and
    I really respect the knowledge of this group of horse
    people.  I have a question, and I can?t think of a
    better place to ask it.
       I have a 7-year-old Breeding Stock Paint, Mingo,
    who is a fine trail horse, but he?s naturally on the
    slow side.  He?s been that way his whole life.  Last
    summer, he got a bad cut on rear leg that needed
    stitches and took several months to heal.  Combined
    with a nasty, recurring hoof abscess, he was out of
    commission for quite a while.  I slowly brought him
    back into condition, and take him out for 4-5 mile
    trail rides on a regular basis.  (I have another horse
    that I do the bulk of my riding on.  Mingo is my
    ?spare?).  Last fall, I tried to take him down a very
    steep hill, and he seemed very weak and uncoordinated.
     We used to go down that hill all the time when I kept
    him at a barn in that area, and though he went slowly
    back then, this was completely different.  He was very
    hesitant to step forward at all.  After that, I
    avoided that hill until this fall.  Figuring he would
    be stronger, I found out he wasn?t a whole lot better.
     We go down a number of smaller and less steep hills
    all the time.  He goes slow on them, but not like he
    does on the steep hill.
       Is there any exercises that I can do with him that
    will help him with his strength and coordination?  I
    school him in the arena twice a week and trail ride
    him twice a week.  
    
    Judi Daly: ?Good trail horses are made?not born.?  See
    www.trailtraining.bigstep.com for information on my
    free newsletter and my future book.
    
    
    
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