Stupid question from a non-competitor: When one sees "LD endurance" mentioned, does that refer to Limited Distance (as Nancy says she does) or Long Distance (as I had always assumed that abbreviation meant).
Also, Nancy, of those folks you mentioned who you know ride strongly gaited horses in endurance, what gait do they primarily use on the trail? Or maybe, they don't use one gait primarily at all?? Maybe they've discovered, for a strongly gaited horse, it works to "mix things up" alternating gaiting with trotting and/or cantering depending on the terrain? When I had time to trail ride (smile), I would seldom do any one gait for long periods of time (unless it was walking while I and a girlfriend blabbed away). When I was riding alone, I was always switching gaits on my horses about every 5 minutes or so. (Maybe this makes me an ADD rider or something. . . ) The trail I tended to ride on the most is a flat, sandy, pine-needled covered trail, so easy to do any of the gaits. This is really a good topic I think. -- Renee M. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.20/1261 - Release Date: 02/05/2008 8:57 PM
