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Re: Endurance and Lameness



Breeding is only part of the story.  The sad news is that MOST new riders
do not realize how LONG it takes to develop their equine athlete...hence,
too much too soon and too many injuries.

Bottom line...take a LONG time and don;t get D.I.M.R.

teddy

Lauren Horn wrote:

> Is it just me or does it seem that it really is an achievement and
> rarity to have a good horse who keeps going and going and going season
> after season? I've been beset with lameness problems and have friends
> whose horses have been effected from suspensory to sesamoid to joint
> problems. I'm beginning to feel that it is REALLY HARD to get going in
> this sport. That it is a rare horse indeed who can handle the
> performance stress that endurance puts on it, and I'm not talking about
> going fast and hard, I know these people went slow and easy with their
> horse.
>
> Has their been a study as to which lamenesses are the most prevalent
> with endurance conditioning? Hocks, joints, tendons???
>
> I now know how IMPORTANT it is to breed athletes.
>
> Lauren



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