Conditioning - time off?

[MB1201]

Hello,

How long does it take for a horses condition to deteriorate?

Say the pony is being ridden 4/5 times a week and can do a 45 minute schooling session easy and Copes with couple hour hacks , and then is left for two weeks unridden, will we be going back to square one with fitness or shall it not take long to build it up?

New to being the only person one on one with a horse haha.

 

[Mrs B]

Hello!

Shouldn't have lost anything much at all, fitness-wise ... especially if he/she has been turned out during the time off.

I'd take it easy for a couple of hacks simply to check nothing's out of place, then pick up where I left off.

 

[Amye]

I don't think you'll have any problems with two weeks off. THe pony sounds quite fit already