Getting weight on a horse that has not been ridden for months.

[NuttyMare]

So getting fit and a bit plumper basically :p


How would YOU do it?

[nutkin]

Having just done it with my mare who was a little underweight and injured and very unfit the way I did it was with lots of fibre in the form of ad lib hay with chaff, sugarbeet and calm and conditioner plus lots of walking out exercise. Spend a good couple of weeks of just walk hacking and then introduce trot gradually increasing the trot until you have a reasonable amount of trotting in the hack, Then introduce hill work if you can. Unfortunately I haven't been able to do that as I live on the Marsh and the nearest hill is over 10 miles away. It depends on what level of fitness you are aiming for but it will take a good 6 weeks minimum.

[NuttyMare]

Thanks :)


Why on earth did I post it here?! Complete wrong board, sorry!