But, as for working horses on loose footing to encourage gait - excuse the pun because I'm not trying to be funny, but I think that's treading on dangerous ground.
Yes! That's exactly what I thought. I think it's especially stressing on the suspensories to work in deep footing. Amber Applegate was talking about working a youngster in a plowed field. I tried to get her to say that she really meant "plowed" as compared to tilled, and she really wouldn't say. We used to farm here. A plowed field is hard for a human to walk in. Even walking across a field prepared for planting will make you tired really fast. Or maybe that was just because we were working so hard. And, yes again, they were talking about breaking up lateral horses. Nancy
