Poll: Minutes or Miles

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daisycake123 Reg. Dec 2006	Posted 2016-10-06 7:01 AM Subject: RE: Poll: Minutes or Miles
Sock Snob Posts: 3021	long trottingis great, but need to gallop or canter some . maybe alternate
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Mzbradford Reg. Jun 2015	Posted 2016-10-06 10:34 AM Subject: RE: Poll: Minutes or Miles
Extreme Veteran Posts: 456 Location: SW MO	Whinny19 - 2016-10-05 6:13 PM TessBelle - 2016-10-06 3:02 PM Ok so by reading these posts... Am I doing nothing by long trotting a mile to a mile and half around the pasture? I know sprints are the best thing but I don't have a safe place with enough distance to sprint and I'm not going to risk my safety or theirs. I will let them lope a couple laps around the pasture and up the hills but other than that I trot. The pasture I use is small so it takes 10 laps to get a mile. I have another one that's a lot bigger that would be perfect for sprinting but it has a creek running through the middle and our hay field is full of holes I wouldn't say you're doing nothing, I think you're doing well utilizing what you have. Unless you are blessed enough to have a nearby training track or miles of pasture or trails with good footing, we all have to make concessions and work with what we have access to. As for minimum mileage, I try to not go less than 2 miles. Just my personal preference; that's where I feel I start to see a real benefit to my horses. I also don't do a whole lot of trotting unless it's a young horse with excess energy I'm trying to wear down. Between 1/4 & 1 mile. I used to do more, but after developing workouts for some older horses I gradually decreased my trot time to reduce concussion & SI stress. You know your workout area & horse best, and you are absolutely right to do what you can at a speed that doesn't jeopardize your safety. A mile to 1.5 miles is still more than most people do for their horses, and is certainly better than doing no distance work at all. No less than 2 miles of what gait? And a mile to 1.5 of a gallop or?
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MidWest1452 Reg. May 2013	Posted 2016-10-06 11:00 AM Subject: RE: Poll: Minutes or Miles
Extreme Veteran Posts: 595 Location: North Dakota	I have always been a 'miles' person. Thre reason I think this way is because here in eastern ND we have gravel and dirt roads that go in straight lines and there is an interestcion with another road every mile. It is easy to track miles that way. I go down 2 or 3 miles and then come back, easy to know it has been 4-6 miles. We walk, trot, long trot, lope and breeze depending on the day. Some days it will just be a walk and long trot day. I don't have an arena do work in unless I haul somewhere. Now that the fields are being harvested I can work in those till it freezes. When working in the fields I will just work until I feel the job is done. I don't like putting a time limit on things. I think we all know when our horses have had a good workout without keeping time?
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hammer_time Reg. Jul 2007	Posted 2016-10-07 10:27 AM Subject: RE: Poll: Minutes or Miles
Money Eating Baggage Owner Posts: 9586 Location: Phoenix	I go by miles and breathing/recovery.
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tin can Reg. Dec 2013	Posted 2016-10-07 8:00 PM Subject: RE: Poll: Minutes or Miles
Extreme Veteran Posts: 509	I started using an app to track, I've been doing five miles walking and trotting the past couple days my pen is too wet. It takes me an hour or a little more. I have fire roads i can ride on I live by a park there is no gravel on these roads. Edited by tin can 2016-10-07 8:04 PM
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fulltiltfilly Reg. Dec 2008	Posted 2016-10-09 6:08 AM Subject: RE: Poll: Minutes or Miles
I hate cooking and cleaning Posts: 3314 Location: Jersey Girl	When I round pen I do minutes. When I ride I use miles.
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tin can Reg. Dec 2013	Posted 2016-10-16 5:15 PM Subject: RE: Poll: Minutes or Miles
Extreme Veteran Posts: 509	How many minutes in a round pen and what is the diameter?
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Poll: Minutes or Miles
Option	Results
Minutes	28 Votes - [43.75%]
Miles	11 Votes - [17.19%]
However long it takes to get what I need done	25 Votes - [39.06%]
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