Just out of curiosity, how do the 100-miler horses travel? How about after
they have been doing endurance riding for a number of years (and thousands
of miles)? To be honest I haven't ever paid that much attention - usually
being occupied myself at a ride and focused on myself and own horse to
really observe things like this.
Has anybody really looked or studied the way experienced endurance horses
(by experienced I mean horses that have maybe five or ten thousand miles or
more on them), and how does that compare to less experienced horses, say
just starting out. Are the horses allowed to move in their "most efficient
manner" able to stay sound over all those miles - or do the ones that move
in a more collected manner stay sound longer? I know there are a million
variables here.
Karen