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Who swims their horses?

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MC1993
Reg. Mar 2013
Posted 2017-12-28 2:37 PM
Subject: Who swims their horses?



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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!
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Chandler's Mom
Reg. Jan 2015
Posted 2017-12-28 10:23 PM
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Ohiobarrelracer
Reg. Feb 2017
Posted 2017-12-29 6:32 AM
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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.  
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Mighty Broke
Reg. Jul 2004
Posted 2017-12-29 7:26 AM
Subject: RE: Who swims their horses?



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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.  

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