mememe
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as the title really. i was just wondering how do you tell how fit your horse is and how do you no if its fit enough to do a particular thing eg : and intermidiate ode or a days hunting etc?
how do you asses your horses fitness?
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Gucci_b
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OOOOO, this post will be interesting.....
TiaPony
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How she looks and how she feels.
When she is super-fit, she holds no excess fat and looks well muscled. She is super alert and is ultra responsive to the leg - sometimes too much - and she is more eager to work. Workwise, she can manage a 45min lesson of gridwork comfortably, a mile long gallop without too much puffing or a 45min flatwork session and still have her 'ping' near the end. This is just my horse and how I can tell she's fit - I'm sure it varies from horse to horse! She would probably have got round an intermediate track on that but her nor me would [ever] have the confidence
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When she is super-fit, she holds no excess fat and looks well muscled. She is super alert and is ultra responsive to the leg - sometimes too much - and she is more eager to work. Workwise, she can manage a 45min lesson of gridwork comfortably, a mile long gallop without too much puffing or a 45min flatwork session and still have her 'ping' near the end. This is just my horse and how I can tell she's fit - I'm sure it varies from horse to horse! She would probably have got round an intermediate track on that but her nor me would [ever] have the confidence
SpruceRI
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Trot her up the steep hill at the end of my lane. If she can make it all the way up without me kicking her on, or puffing like mad I know she's fit enough for my first event, and then take it from there.
vicijp
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Give it a 2m gallop on soft ground and see if/when it blows up.
EstherYoung
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How long is a piece of string.....
When I start finding it difficult to find an activity that pushes his pulse over 100 bpm then I know I'm getting somewhere like.
When I start finding it difficult to find an activity that pushes his pulse over 100 bpm then I know I'm getting somewhere like.
hussar
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When he can complete a medium-hilly 32k endurance ride at 12kph and finish on a final heart rate of sub-48bpm - at that point he's well on the way to full fitness.
Fully fit would be an 80k ride at 13+kph - but we haven't got there yet!
Fully fit would be an 80k ride at 13+kph - but we haven't got there yet!