Re: RC: efficient gaits

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

There should be NO discrepancy between race horses and endurance
horses....endurance horses are not trained (and need not be trained) to go at
top speed.  BUT, race horses NEED (MUST HAVE) the base that endurance horses get
from LSD.  If you add some miles at speed (after a good foundation is laid)
through interval work, you will NOT hurt your horse and you WILL improve his
capabilities tremendously.

Teddy

PS: Race horse LSD is GALLOP work!!!!  Not at TOP speed, but a gallop none the
less.

Sarah Roxanne Zawacki wrote:

>     I may be opening myself up to attack here, but...
>     Isn't it possible that the discrepancy between racehorses on a treadmill
> and endurance horses on the flat is that racehorses are bred for and, more
> importantly, are conditioned at a canter/gallop and *some* endurance horses
> are conditioned mostly at a trot?  It appears to me that neither gives
> conclusive evidence, other than you get what you train for.
>     Of course, there was that article on racehorses that said the canter
> was more efficient than it was initially realized, because horses naturally
> breathed with every stride, so that it was part of the motion.  Of course,
> there was that theory by assorted endurance riders, like Linda T-J, that
> a good endurance horse learns to breath in time with his/her trot...
>     Is there any way to really determine whether a trot or canter is more
> efficient, or is it safe to assume that each horse is different, and
> those differences are enough to override any specific efficiencies in the
> general design of a horse's gaits?  Did that make sense?
>
>                         Sarah & Elliot, who is *still* not living within
>                                         100 miles of me, but the fence
>                                         will be done tomorrow...on to
>                                         stalls!
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