loosing grass belly!!

[pixiebee]

my pony has been out on quite fress grass, now got quite a grass belly (which is already starting to go down!) i have moved him onto a paddock with very short grass and he is being ridden regularly. what type of excercise would get rid of his grass belly quickest-i have show on the 10th june and whilst i realise miracles dont happen in such a short space of time, is it possible to get him looking a bit trimmer by then???????????????

 

[pagancluf]

Poss starvation paddock, or short grass and ride, ride ride, to get them calories off!! Good luck in your show"!!!

 

[wells1]

I take my horse out in the trailer to ride around forests near us and do about 6 miles mainly trotting and a bit of walk and canter work, the exitement of going out in the trailer and the work we do gets her weight off quite quickly. Although I must stress she is quite fit and what works for my horse wont necessarily work for yours. I also found a day out hunting always made my old Cleveland bay cross nice and slim too (although wrong time of year for that).

 

[pagancluf]

The hunting ambles are starting on 12th June in our area - these are good - 2 hours of trotting, some galloping etc but steady rides?!? see what your local hunt has organised.

 

[jumpthemoon]

If you find a quick way of doing this let me know! My horse has an embarrassing belly too... lol

On a serious note - I think hacking at a reasonable pace is more likely to shift it than schooling. I school every night and mine is still the size of a small block of flats!

 

[wells1]

Unfortnately I cant take my chestnut mare out with hounds or a group of horses I would stay on about 5 seconds and she would kill at least one of the hounds. I want my old cleveland bay x tb gelding back!!!!!!

 

[Gentle_Warrior]

how often do you 'grass belly sufferers' ride > and how long for doing what

e.g. 1 hour hack 3 times a week etc

xx

 

[Louby]

At the moment 6 days a week out of desperation for about an hour either schooling hacking or lunging (not an hour though!)
Hubby thought he looked a bit thinner today

 

[Twilight]

I tend to find that regular steady hacking works best for getting the weight off. Does not even have to be for very long. Half an hour of mainly trotting (briskly) seems to work well for us. If you have time and can go for longer so much the better. Schooling just doesn't shift the weight - know a number of fat dressage school horses that do 1 hour or more of lessons 5 days a week.

 

[jumpthemoon]

I ride for about 1 - 1 1/2 hours every day - he has a day off if he's lucky. Mostly schooling, but I go for a 2 hour hack at the weekend. He just eats constantly and our grass is pretty good. I'm half considering a grazing muzzle!!!