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RE: [RC] does weight really matter? - Kelly

So in this statement are you saying that a horse that
has been pulling a plow to seed a field will be less
as healthy or more healthy than a pleasure show horse
that only walks, jogs, & lopes?



Subject: RE: [RC]   does weight really matter?


marlene,

the one think i believe that might be  overlooked here
is that 2 horses 
of 
equal size and equal conformation may down the road
show the effects of 
one
carrying more weight and by that i a mean how that
horse carrying the 
more 
weight holds up physically in the long run.

think about it, if you have 2 humans of equal
size/body type carrying 
back 
packs (one lighter one heavier) for years who do you
think is going to 
have
arthritis etc first?

for the moment, or a few years, you may be correct
that "weight doesn't
matter" but i think for the horse in the long run it
will.

karen


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