Getting Fit

[kimky]

I was wondereing what is the best way of getting your horse fit. obvsly a lot of work regularly. But what type of work hacking , schooling , lunging ? i want to get my horse super fit for xc season

any suggestions ? thanks guys

 

[becksten]

hehe i have a horse called guinness! lol! anyway, im getting one of my horses fit atm and ive been advised to do lots of hacking.

 

[Bananarama]

up hill troting?

 

[Guinness]

I have a horse called Guinness!! As for the fitness depends how fit its been before? If its just had the winter off then shouldnt be too hard, we have one at work thats just come back into work and the physio reccommended 10 days of long reining, then hacking for a couple of weeks before starting serious schooling.