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joallan
07 Jul 2010 09:25
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I worked in a national hunt training yard for several years, and absolutely no one was allowed to trot on roads or on hard tracks. I was at a vet talk last night and the farrier, Jim Ferrie F.W.C.F., threw in a comment re lameness, "don't trot on roads ....... concussion...... longevity", this is the first time I have ever heard anyone mention this in a public forum, yet it is fundamental.
I never trot on roads unless I am in company (peer pressure), I always walk on roads to harden ligaments, and hopefully, not wear down the cartilage, or risk dropping splints, yet the school ponies trot up and down the roads, and of course so does everyone else taught by these methods.
I used to ride hunters, and we did do some trotting on roads after six weeks of walking, but the horses are usually over six years of age, and will have to get used to fast trotting on roads, it is their job.
Imagine running for five miles on a concrete road with a set of steel crampons on your shoes, i think most of us would dip out of that race and end up walking.
PS i once had sore shins from running in trainers, I gave up it all up and got back on the horse.
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