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Mary,

 

Probably not of the most popular opinion....but all my ponies

that I raise do 50's as 5 yr. olds....but very, very slow.  And not

a lot of them in the year.  I too, do long training rides at home,

so no need for the LD's.  However, I have a young horse that

*may* do some LDs next year with my hubby riding her.

His maximum distance would be LD.  hehehehe

 

Jody

Mary Krauss <lazykfarm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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