Slow reply Nancy I started riding them when the weather was bad this spring. Literally set my watch for 10 minutes walk, 20 minutes trot, etc. increasing weekly. I now plan on driving them 3-5 days a week , 30 minute trots with walking breaks. (Total 1-2 hours) To challenge them more I add passengers whenever I can and try to find hills to climb. They are turned out 24/7and do get used under saddle occasionally (one gets used as a w/t lesson horse). I am trying to do one 15-20 mile trip at least once a week. Still working on the rub problem. Robyn On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 11:19 AM, Nancy Lindley wrote: > Patti, great to have you ont he list too - I am intrigued by these fold > ut > stalls! Did you build them yourself??? > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > and Robyn, how do you condition the mares for distance? Is it a lot of > driving hours, or do they both just do a lot of work undersaddle as > well?? > Nancy in NH > _________________________________________________________ > To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: > http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````