L
ast issue we talked about several areas that are important to consider when getting your horse
fit: cardiovascular fitness, strength and
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conditioning. Following on from that, the rider has several things to consider,
Good to go: eventing
including the ride-ability of the horse, diet, and obstacle height. Now let’s look at taking your horse’s fitness up a step. The days of long format eventing are gone. Back in the day, combinations covered roughly 27 kilometres of roads, tracks, steeplechase, and cross country. This
In the final of CHARLIE BRISTER’S two part fitness series, he hits top gear with some expert tips on getting your equine athlete ready for the rigours of eventing.
was very demanding and for several reasons has been phased out. But we can still learn a lot from the old school approach to getting horses fit for those competitions. At the higher levels of competition you still need a very fit
