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[RC] readiness vs. age "requirement" - Mary Krauss

A friend and I were talking about distance riding the other day. (She advocates riding 4 year-olds as though they were mature horses-- that's a different and disturbing conversation.) Our talk left me wondering: the rules say that one can ride a 5 year-old in 50 milers. I won't be doing this with my 5 year-old because we won't be able to train enough this summer. However, hypothetically, were we able to train slowly and consistently throughout the summer, is it be healthy for a horse this age to ride a slow 50 miler? I don't need to hear about the need to do LD's first as one would be doing long rides occasionally as part of training. I'm just curious what some experienced people think about riding any 5 year-old 50 miles--rules or no rules.

Thank you for your thoughts,

Mary K.

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