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Tapering is a good ideal (and probably what most people do), but 
tapering is not completely stopping training. It is modifying training 
to peak for an event. Throwing a horse in the pasture for three weeks 
prior to a ride would be the same as a runner sitting on the couch, 
watching TV and eating chips and dip instead of working out for three 
weeks before a run.

Tapering makes a lot of sense, stopping all training doesn't.

Truman

tom noll wrote:

> Greetings:
> Many others with far more experience than I have already written on 
> the time off question. I think that there is another resource worth 
> consulting.
> The ultrarunners have debated tapering before a big race and the 
> consensus seems to be that a two or three week taper is beneficial. I 
> know that I would rather show up at the starting line a little 
> under-trained rather than a little injured and I try to follow the 
> same advice for my horse. And, I remember that it took me about a 
> month to fully recover from running a mountain 100. One hundred miles 
> is a long way and any injuries or deficiencies will surely manifest 
> themselves over that distance.
> I believe that the human experience translates to equines. You can 
> read other runners ideas on the taper at (some of the authors have 
> been very successful and the first post is particularly good):
> http://www.ultrunr.com/tapering.html
> and over training at:
> http://www.ultrunr.com/overtran.html
> and about ultrarunning topics in general at:
> http://www.ultrunr.com/
> Several have posted that they had exceptional horses that could run 
> 100 after 100 and I do not doubt that is true. So, the question 
> becomes, “Is your horse an exceptional endurance athlete?” or perhaps 
> “Are you feeling lucky today?” Hostile Indians no longer chase us, so 
> no race is worth compromising the horse.
>
> Best Regards,
> Tom Noll
> SW Idaho



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