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[RC] Trail riding help - Jonni JewellThe swelling in the legs is telling you the legs are stressed !! What I did not see noted is how LONG are you riding him on the trail. I bet it is much longer than when you work him at home. And it is not always the distance, but how long his legs are holding up the weight of a rider. Collection, flexing, and the level of where he carries his head has nothing to do with the leg stress. It may effect his back being sore, but again, how LONG is his back holding the weight of a rider out on the trail. His body is sending you messages....you just need to listen to them, and back off some, until you find he is not showing stress with pain and swelling. If he continues to show the stress of work, then maybe he needs turned back out to just grow and mature some more. But I have a feeling that is not going to happen...... Jonni Honestly he's not getting worked hard on the trails at all. He gets worked a whole lot harder at home, but it's a lot more flexing and bending too, learning to do straight lines and circles, leg yielding etc. I know he uses himself totally different on the trails then when he works at home. Perhaps instead of letting him relax out so much I should keep him more collected??? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if I'm muscling him up and training him with his head more level and flexed at the poll. Him going out on the trails with his head more in the air and unflexed is using a totally different set of muscles right? Especially through the back area? <<< =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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