chestnut cob
Well-Known Member
How far is acceptable to hack to a Meet?
I'm looking at hacking to some of the more local meets because a) horse can be a bit of a pain to load coming home (he doesn't want to leave the party!) and b) he will settle much quicker once we move off, as he isn't fresh off the trailer.
We have one coming up that is just under 5 miles, by road, which I can do in about 4.2 miles (to be precise!) via various bridleways. Is that too far to hack, bearing in mind I may end up hacking at least that far home as well (depending on where we end up)? Horse is pretty fit and I'll only stay out 3/3.5 hours I'd imagine so he won't be expected to hack for an hour, hunt for 7 then hack another home home!
I'm looking at hacking to some of the more local meets because a) horse can be a bit of a pain to load coming home (he doesn't want to leave the party!) and b) he will settle much quicker once we move off, as he isn't fresh off the trailer.
We have one coming up that is just under 5 miles, by road, which I can do in about 4.2 miles (to be precise!) via various bridleways. Is that too far to hack, bearing in mind I may end up hacking at least that far home as well (depending on where we end up)? Horse is pretty fit and I'll only stay out 3/3.5 hours I'd imagine so he won't be expected to hack for an hour, hunt for 7 then hack another home home!