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[RC] What if your horse hates to condition?--overconditioning - Susan YoungHA! Remember when we used to put in at least 100 conditioning miles each week? Boy have times changed. I hope we're getting smarter.
Cowgirgoof@xxxxxxx wrote: You sure can over-condition them, although you don't see it as much as you did back in the 80's when we all thought you had to ride the snot out of em'! When I did my first ride in 1980, it was nothing for me to condition six days a week at 6-8 miles each day I rode (no lie, I have the journals to prove it!). Susan [Young], The Wicked Princess of Pink Semper Obliquo (Always aside) Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A. "Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!" - Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
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