Re: Rule Question

Kristen L Olko (krisolko@juno.com)
Thu, 20 Nov 1997 17:46:50 -0800

>How do you - and others on the list - feel about competing a mare in
>foal, of
>course providing the mare is physically fit enough to do so to begin
>with. We
>have always felt that, just as in humans, if the individual is
>accustomed to
>this level of workout, then there is no problem, up to a point

I feel that it's to the rider's discretion. I ran 3 miles, 3 times a week
up until
I was 7 months pregnant. Then it "became too cumbersome". I walked after
that. Horses are tougher than we are.