Trotting on the roads

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I will when I have to and I will for very short period - say up a hill if I want to get the bum working. But generally no.
But I put yay, because Im not anti as such.
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Yes...all the time...I have hardly any off road here unless I box somewhere so all my work is on roads and if I walked everywhere he would never be fit and at risk of lami as his weight would soar. My farrier says get on with it, just at a steady pace.
 
if I walked everywhere he would never be fit

walking is very beneficial in getting your horses fit, it is very under rated
 
I have trotted on roads all my life - we have had over 30 horses between a family of 5 of us over a period of 27 years and guess what none of them have had joint/foot problems, gone lame or had any particular problems.
I think its about being sensible and in moderation.
 
Never downhill, rarely on the flat, but occasionally uphill. Only because my horse's current injury is due to trotting on hard surfaces as her pasterns are too upright. She is also naturally very on the forehand, so until I learn to ride her correctly and help her get off her forehand I won't risk her legs. But IMO it's good for the horse in small controlled amounts.
 
Never downhill and only relatively short bursts, quite a lot of roadwork around where I am unfortunately
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Try not to do too much trotting on the roads, & keep to a steady pace. Ditto bridleways if the ground's baked hard.
 
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I've put yes and ditto lec's comment
 
yes, but only very short bursts and flat or up hill and dry. My boy fell 2 years ago on the road. We had just started trotting and he slipped. The road was dry and flat and in good condition, but there was some dry mud from tractor tyres and he just went down. I managed to get him back up but he lost his balance and went down again. He took both knees down to the bone, but was very lucky not to compromise the bone/joints in any way. All in all he was off the road (excuse the pun) for about 3 months, but that was me being over-cautious, although I did long-rein and do some lunging from about 6 weeks. He is perfectly fine now with only 2 scarred knees to show for it. He now knows that he is going for a hack when he sees the knee boots coming out of the tack room! I wont hack without them now.
 
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Yes...all the time...I have hardly any off road here unless I box somewhere so all my work is on roads and if I walked everywhere he would never be fit and at risk of lami as his weight would soar. My farrier says get on with it, just at a steady pace.

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ditto-its quite a long hack to the decent galloping ground near my yard so we trot most of the way there at a steady pace and do a bit of trotting back but not as much.
 
Have trotted on roads all my life, particularly uphill, and always will. Have never have any problems due to it and its great for fitness, and all my trainers have always done it. I think tbh people are getting way to prissy and paranoid with their horses these days. Its been done for years and in my experience, has never caused any problems. Think we should all stop wrapping our horses in cotton wool.
The only thing i worry about on the roads is if the concrete is slippy - that can be disastrous.
 
yes...do it all the time..up and down hill.

had horses for forty years and it's never been detrimental to any of their well being.

i have a pro rider along the lane from me and she trots hers every day for up to a mile at a time. all hers are hale and hearty.
 
I put yes as I do quite a bit in autumn for fittening for hunting and then will regularly hunt through the winter. I don't trot downhill or canter on the roads if out hacking, but I do when I'm hunting. TBH I worry more about uneven hard going on fields and bridleways in summer than flat hard going like roads in winter.
 
i voted nay, because I dont trot Hector on the roads at all, but then I cant work him much on hard ground either, he just doesnt stay sound, due to his stupidly flat TB feet,

With Jerry I am reluctant to start trotting on the roads, even though I used to all the time before I had Hector, sure once Ive had him a while will get over my paranoia and just get on with it! lol
 
Yes definitely. You've got no choice when you're training for or competing in endurance. The only reason I wouldn't trot on a road would be if the tarmac was that horrible slippy noise reducing stuff.
 
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