wattamus
Well-Known Member
Now that we've got some very lovely sunny weather the ground has hardened up and I'm not really doing much when out hacking as I'm worried about my horses legs.
I very rarely trot on the roads and on hard ground as it is now I spend most of my time in walk. Yet my fellow liveries go out cantering about just as they'd do any other time. Also there was a WH show at our yard at the weekend which I was considering doing with my horse but the ground was solid and I was unsure as to whether to bother in any case she had her tooth out a couple of days before so the choice was taken out of my hands. My girl that I ride regularly is 18 and although she's had a pretty easy life before I got her (spent a good proportion as a field ornament) I'm still uber paranoid about her legs.
But you see racehorses galloping on hard ground and stunt horses (in films) cantering on pavements and over cobbles etc (not that I would ever ) and it got me thinking, am I being too soft?
So is it just me that takes it steady or do I need to man up?
I very rarely trot on the roads and on hard ground as it is now I spend most of my time in walk. Yet my fellow liveries go out cantering about just as they'd do any other time. Also there was a WH show at our yard at the weekend which I was considering doing with my horse but the ground was solid and I was unsure as to whether to bother in any case she had her tooth out a couple of days before so the choice was taken out of my hands. My girl that I ride regularly is 18 and although she's had a pretty easy life before I got her (spent a good proportion as a field ornament) I'm still uber paranoid about her legs.
But you see racehorses galloping on hard ground and stunt horses (in films) cantering on pavements and over cobbles etc (not that I would ever ) and it got me thinking, am I being too soft?
So is it just me that takes it steady or do I need to man up?