Endurance Horse Gallops Training - Vlog 132 - Beth Endurance

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I don't do very much canter when training for the distances below 80km. The canter we do is mainly for fun, education or as little short bursts during interval training. But now my next goal with Roo is to do an 80km GER we need to start upping our game.
So we've started to introduce more canter work, which is by far Roo's best and preferred pace. We started our canter training off with 10km interval training sessions with approx 1km trot to 1km canter. Now we're adding in continuous work, so we've started with 10km of continuous canter at about 17kph, the focus is on maintaining effort, not speed, so when the gallops go slightly uphill we'll reduce our speed to reduce the effort, if Roo is tired we'll reduce the speed if he's feeling fresh we'll up it. Not until Roo is 'race fit' and we're training for 90km will we start doing 'speed' work uphill and focus on a set speed rather than effort.
The gallops we've started using have only just re-opened to the public. I used them about 8/9 years ago but they closed so I'm so excited for them to open again. They are only 30mins drive from the yard and a wonderful 1.25km oval with a gentle hill. They do 45min private slots so you get the gallops to yourself or you can bring friends too.
Thanks for watching,
Beth