My horse is now 10 and still full of herself. She is so much fun now! I am going to start training for an endurance ride and or a competitive trail competition. I am going to use this blog to keep my notes and other things that come up.
A few weeks ago I went on a weekend trail ride. While I had been riding my horse 4 to 5 days a week for probably an hour or so at a good trot I was pretty surprised that she got so sweaty and she seemed a little stiff and sore after we came home. So I gave her some light work for 2 days after we got back and then let her her have the next 5 days off. During that time I decided to measure my arenas and that is where the problem lay. While I had been riding, I had not been riding long enough or hard enough. Now that I know how many laps it takes to make a mile in my round pen, outdoor arena, and indoor arena. Where do I start?
I thought I would see how she would do with a 2 mile warm up in the round pen. My horse is used to warming up before I ride her, so I thought no problem. While she handled the 2 miles, mostly trotting. with some cantering she was more winded then I thought she would be. I then gave her a breather and went and got tacked up. We rode 2 more miles at a trot in the arena and then did a mile of slow hill work for a cool down. I really paid attention to her breathing and how she felt under me.
Today I am going to contact her vet and see if he can email me or tell me anything specific she should be eating and try and research some more about endurance riding.
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