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Title:	Equine Notes Conference
Notice:	Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:	MTADMS::COBURNIO

Created:	Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2080
Total number of notes:	22383

1067.0. "How to build HindQuarters" by MAMIE::PRESTIDGE () Thu Sep 21 1989 15:41

I am sure there are many of you out there, much more experienced
    than myself who can help me with this.  
    
    What are the best types of exercises for building up a horse's
    hindquarters?  I have a 9-yr old Arab mare, who was a bit on the
    thin side when purchased a year ago.  Since then, she's really 
    filled out (eats amazing quantities of grain for her size), but
    her croup is still bony.  
    
    By "bony", I mean that the point of the croup still stands out 
    noticeably from the rest of her back.  I am looking for exercises
    that would help fill in the area just before the croup, to encourage
    a smooth line.....
              
    This boney croup is more of a confirmation fault than anything else,
    and since I've owned her has never affected her movement or agility.
    At the moment, she is used as a pleasure/trial horse, but I would
    like to show her someday - and she seems to love jumping over things,
    like fallen trees on woody trails...    
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    -Sue

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1067.1	Some dressage work?	DECWET::DADDAMIO	Hopelessly Optimistic	`Thu Sep 21 1989 16:33`	11
	I have found that dressage work has really helped to muscle out my mare's hindquarters, especially now that she is doing more collected work and having to shift more weight on her hindquarters. We are currently showing at 2nd level and doing some 3rd level work in training. I don't think you'd see as much affect at training and first levels of dressage. Since I have no experience on what jumping does for hindquarters, I'll leave comments on that to people who do it. Jan
1067.2	imo	JETSAM::MATTHEWS	fite illiteracy	`Thu Sep 21 1989 22:55`	4
	why dont you try alot of riding up hills and maybe lots and lots of backing?
1067.3	Up & Down, Up & Down	MED::D_SMITH		`Fri Sep 22 1989 09:39`	4
	re:- Down hills is just as effective, because he will have to hold hinself back from going down the hill to fast. Remember to start slow.
1067.4	is this maybe a breed tendency?	STNDUP::FOX	How do YOU spell relief? VACATION!	`Fri Sep 22 1989 13:33`	10
	Hi, I don't know much about Arabians but isn't also the breed's tendency to be a little light behind? They seem to have a shorter and flatter croup than some other breeds. Re, muscling, it seems that whenever I see pictures of winners of competitive trail rides and such, they are very often Arabians, yet they are still very light behind and I would imagine they do get alot of hill work ;^)