I am completely new to endurance
riding and I am thinking of bringing a quarter horse
I just acquired to an event.
I’ve had her out several times to
train but I am having some trouble getting her to move at a decent pace (6
mph).
She either walks “dude ranch” slow
or she trots.
Any idea’s on getting her to a
decent race-pace?
Forget the word "race" think "ride" for now. Try riding
with people who do distance riding, their horses should have good trots and
your horse will try to figure out how to go with them...peer pressure and all.
When you get to a ride, 99% of the horses will try to trot faster than they
ever have and it probably won't be a problem there. It would be best if you
got to train at that pace though. By the way, there's no law against a nice
little canter if that's a gait the horse is trained for. Switch
leads occasionally.
