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RE: [RC] [RC] Judgment Call - Ranelle Rubin

Mike,
I say, let her heal! She had swelling for a reason..an inflammatory response to some stress/injury. Anytime you have swelling, there is tissue damage to some extent. IMHO one week is not long enough to let her heal...why risk it?

Ranelle Rubin
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From: Mike Lewis <mlewis73@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC]   Judgment Call
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:52:15 -0700 (PDT)

My mare completed the FITS 25 miler last weekend, but had some swelling on
her right/front lower leg after the ride.  I noted that she felt slightly
"off" about halfway through the ride, and suspect it was due to pounding
on a harder surface than we're accustomed to (we only have sand in my area
to train on.)

The Sand Hill Stampede is THIS weekend.  I have given my mare light
groundwork nightly since Monday night, and she seems happy and pain free.
The swelling on the leg was gone the day after the race despite an 8 hour
trailer ride home.

My judgment says that she would benefit from the conditioning she would
gain if I went ahead and gently rode her in the Sand Hills 30 mile ride at
a noncompetitive pace.  Very interested in other folks' thoughts, though,
as I don't want to give her too much work too quickly and end up with an
injured horse and a lost endurance season.  She has had about 100 miles of
racing and conditioning in the past month after coming off of a 2 year
"break."

Thanks for any thoughts...


Mike

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