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Agreed, Kim.  I don't start mine at rides till 6, but I don't have a  
lot of horses, and might not do LDs with new ones in the future.  And  
they don't "have" to earn their keep, except to be pleasant  
companions.  My 2 adults did not finish growing (taller) until 8, and  
the Lipizzans definitely don't stop till then, so the young'un cross  
(pictured in the EN article) will definitely be late to competition.   
She gets lots of cross-training like free-schooling and ponying,  
playing with tiny jumps and cavaletti--no work on a circle, but once  
we have a 60' round pen I will free-school in that.

The 7 rides I managed, there were not many LD 4 year olds, most were  
5 and older, with a lot from 6-9, as I scan the database.  That  
article was wonderful reading in its entirety.  I think it was http:// 
www.womenandhorses.com, the current newsletter.

Lynne

On Feb 1, 2006, at 12:12 PM, Carolyn Burgess wrote:

> I have a horse that is coming six and this will be her first year  
> of competition.  I bought her as a 4 y.o. and didn't start riding  
> her until she was 5.  Are there really alot of people that compete  
> with 4 y.o.?
>
> Carolyn Burgess
>
> KimFue@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I will explore this further but it really has me thinking that  
> perhaps it is not in the best interest of my horse's to be riding  
> them in LDs as 4 years olds


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