RE: [RC] Ways To Know You Are Ready for 100 Miler? - Kathy Ramspott
Another thing that any aspiring 100-mile rider should do is work on the
horse's WALK. It is by far THE most neglected gait on most endurance
horses, and I can tell you from personal experience sitting around
waiting
for riders to come into checks and to come into the finish in the dark
that most horses travel at 2-3 mph at a walk in the dark. There is no
need for this--work on the walk on training rides, and on any horse
worth
his salt and capable of doing the distance, you ought to be able to
foster
a reliable walk of AT LEAST 4 mph.
[Kathy Ramspott]
Do others agree with this? My girl walks
SO slow it is pretty sad. It does make sense what Heidi says, should that be
incorporated into training rides, I guess a kind of 'working walk'?
