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Eventing101


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Condining In winter for eventing
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hey guys,
i am wondering how to condion my horse for the upcoming eventing season. we are starting eventing now and will start with pre-entry and entry. any ideas????

thanks :)


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Walk. Not a paddock walk but a deliberate, energized working walk. Under saddle, bareback or in hand. Good for everybody involved : )

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lots of trot and walk sets - start with walking up and down hills, then trot sets interspered with walk and add some canter/gallop sessions later.

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Nikki Salo


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Ditto what everybody else has mentioned, lots of walking! When I used to work endurance horses for a friend, we always did 10 walking laps, 1 trot lap counting down. I still use this method on all horses for conditioning, doesn't matter what their discipline is.

10 brisk walking laps, 1 working trot
9 brisk walking laps, 1 working trot
8 brisk walking laps, 1 working trot
And so on, hope this helps biggrin

PS. this was around a fairly large field, so you may want to increase the number to 15:1 ratio if you were in an arena.

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Kairen Jamieson


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Take your horse out and work in the snow...conditions the horse by making them use the hind end and works the riders legs due to the extra boyancy the horses movement has nevermind the core workout....I do the same things as I would do in the arena

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