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[RC] 4 year old, hard road - Jonni JewellI started on driving on of my horses when he was about 5 on hard roads( gravel / dirt). I used EZ boots on him to help with the concussion, and just started slow, and built up speed and distance, and watched for any swelling, heat etc. in legs and feet. I think done right, this can be a great thing to help build the legs in prep for distance riding. In So. Calif., all we HAD were the hard fire roads, so that is what they all got worked on. Now I have an area with very nice soft, mostly rock free trails, that don't prep the legs (IMO) for tougher going like the fire roads did. Jonni ============================================================ Just because someone tells you that your horse isn't "fit" for endurance...doesn't mean it isn't, it just means your horse isn't fit to be "their" endurance horse! Go for it, you never know what you'll accomplish with that "saddle horse" or "trail horse" of YOURS! ~ Darlene Anderson - DPD Endurance ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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