Re: Conditioning young horse?

[CMKSAGEHIL <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-04-11 14:51:30 EDT, Merryben@aol.com writes:

<< I can't imagine conditioning a two year old for anything....Maryben. >>

Glad you put it so bluntly, Maryben.  I have a problem two-year-old--he is a
stallion prospect that was raised as an orphan, and hence has some problems in
the respect department.  I am wrestling with starting him as a two-year-old,
and it just sends chills up my spine.  Even if I do so, it will be mostly
ground-work, and no real "conditioning"--just enough work to distract his
little one-track brain.  He is too nice a horse to ruin physically by too much
work too soon, so we have a fine line to walk...

Heidi