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Cindy is right about the origin of this comment as I remember. She I 
think is also right that  good trail horse that is ridden regularly 
should be able to do 25 miles in 6 hours.

I took my old mare who was an experienced trail horse and did a 25 mile 
CTR (which in Florida is 4 hours not 6) without any particular special 
conditioning and without any problems and she went on to do lots of 
rides including 100's and is down in the pasture right now at 28.

Truman

Cindy Collins wrote:
> I think that what "we" mean when we say any horse ought to be able to 
> do a 25 miler "out of the pasture"... is that a horse who isn't 
> specifically conditioned for endurance, but is ridden on trails as a 
> part of their regular lives, should be able to do 25 miles in 6 hours. 
>  Cindy
>
> Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] How can I tell when horse is ready for an LD? - 
> D'Arcy Demianoff-Thompson
> I'd like to see the statistics of those who start a horse right out of 
> the pasture that are still competing years down the road. 
>
>
> Cindy Collins
> c_collins@xxxxxxx <mailto:c_collins@xxxxxxx>


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