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RE: [RC] [RC] EN Article - Lysanne & Cindy - Juli JakubWhen I worked for a high level eventing barn...I won't mention names but it was the highest level you can get to....we saddle broke them as two year olds. Basic dressage work for a while and they even started low jumping at the end of the two year old year with easy gymnastics work and conditioning on the cross country course. Three they really start learning to jump and learning to jump and gallop cross country. I competed my TB at novice as a four year old. She was doing training level at the end of her five year old year, by seven she was competeing Prelim and schooling intermediate. I didn't know any better!! I sold her with clean x rays and a A+ vet check at 10 by both my vet and the buyers vet. She is back with me now at age 14...I rescued her back...the people I sold her to were great but they sold her on to some people who did some stupid and/or unethical things and she had a bad accident ( caused purposely by a trainer arghh) She is not 100% sound now, but with rest and appropriate work I and my vets think she will be sound for low level eventing and lessons. I plan on mostly retiring her and enjoying her and letting a few select students ride her occasionally. She has some minor hock fusion going on in right hind leg that was injured by the people and their trainer but besides that the vet thinks she looks good. I still feel that I am at fault for starting her too much too early though!! But she was sure happy to see me and she has changed physically and emotionally 100% since I got her back. I couldn't look at her with out crying when she first came to me again! Now she looks her normal self and is running and jumping out of the pasture like she use to! My Morab will not even start to see a real jump until age 5 or 6. ( she will see trot poles and low cavalletti as a four year old) I know not all eventers start that early but it is widely prevalant in that discipline especially if you are trying to sell. I also worked in the race business and that makes the eventing business seem slow in their training!!Juli ( happy to not have the pressure to get it done with her horse fast!) Be ( I shouldn't be worked until I am ten) Piper ( Young uns get all the breaks) Daisy ( Thank God Mom took me back. She always was nice to me) <html><DIV> <P>Juli Jakub</P> <P>The Air of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.</P> <P>~ arabian proverb</P></DIV></html> I found it interesting that it is fairlyFrom: KimFue@xxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] EN Article - Lysanne & Cindy Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 11:07:09 EST common to have 4 year olds competing in eventing. I find that the technical =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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