Posted 2017-12-28 2:37 PM Subject: Who swims their horses?
Elite Veteran
Posts: 617 Location: London Ontario
Looking to get my mare swam this spring at a training facility. They have a pool - how many times do you get them swam per week? per month??? Never done this before, thank you!
Posted 2017-12-29 6:32 AM Subject: RE: Who swims their horses?
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 534 Location: Ohio girl moved to PA
i LOVE swimming my horses. I dont take them to a facility, we just have a pond that comes off a natural spring behind the barn and it gets deep enough to where they cant touch so i do a few laps when its warm enough for me to handle lol. I would never swim an out of shape horse because they are so powerful when they are swimming and i know a girl that blew her horses stifle out by swimming her horse too hard too soon. Once they are in somewhat of shape i start with 5-10 mins, but thats also troting in the water and loping, i only do a couple passes where they cant touch and i just keep building from there as they get in shape. I know itll be different because youre taking them somewhere but i know ppl that have started with just 1-2 laps and they do that twice a week and build from that.
Posted 2017-12-29 7:26 AM Subject: RE: Who swims their horses?
Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
Posts: 5530 Location: OH
Ohiobarrelracer - 2017-12-29 7:32 AM i LOVE swimming my horses. I dont take them to a facility, we just have a pond that comes off a natural spring behind the barn and it gets deep enough to where they cant touch so i do a few laps when its warm enough for me to handle lol. I would never swim an out of shape horse because they are so powerful when they are swimming and i know a girl that blew her horses stifle out by swimming her horse too hard too soon. Once they are in somewhat of shape i start with 5-10 mins, but thats also troting in the water and loping, i only do a couple passes where they cant touch and i just keep building from there as they get in shape. I know itll be different because youre taking them somewhere but i know ppl that have started with just 1-2 laps and they do that twice a week and build from that.
Who swims their horses?
