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[RC] training techniques - Jonni JewellPattie Holsbeke asked: >>> I was wondering if training for long distance wouldn't it be just as beneficial to lope or canter then walk rather than to trot continually? <snip> I have always walked and than cantered then walked to cover distance. What is the advantage of continual troting? <<< One thing for you to consider Pattie...when a horse trots, it has two feet hitting the ground, at the same time, bearing the weight of the horse, you, and your tack. When a horse canters, there are times in that stride, that the horse is bearing all the weight on one leg. (actually, each leg has it's turn at bearing the load alone). Here is the link to that great photo series showing the horse at a gallop. <http://www.masters-of-photography.com/M/muybridge/muybridge_galloping_horse _full.html> Jonni ============================================================ The CRI was originally a test for humans developed at UCLA in 1939. A professor at UC Davis named Morey Fowler became interested in this and wondered how it would work on horses and started testing it. Dr. Fowler was at one time the head vet at Tevis. A young vet named Kerry Ridgeway worked with him on this project helping to collect the data...........and as they say, the rest is history... ~ mb ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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