thank you to all for the timely reminder about
continuing the LSD for my horse. I have been riding him about 8 months and
started only walking then worked up to trotting then to very little
cantering. I have chosen to ride with only slower riders up until this
point but I am secretary of an upcoming CTR and while marking and setting up the
trail this past week I found myself riding with two good friends whose horses
have much more conditioning and natural speed than my own and was ending up
cantering more than I have before. He seemed to move easily at the canter
while they trotted their big Arab trots and really struggled to keep up if I
held him at the trot. I was embarrassed to keep asking them to slow down
and both times ended up pulling off the trail early and going back to the
trailer with an excuse that I had to get home to the kids. I will continue
to put Kobe first and concentrate on conditioning at the pace I will be
competing at this year which is Novice CTR (average 4mph). Thanks so
much!!!
