Training Young Racehorses with Mickey Preger (2 Months)

What an amazing time with Mickey Preger at the Camden Training Center learning about how they start babies. This was taken at about 2 months into training.
- How to keep horses healthy and sound.
The comments below are by the expert Lars Roepstorff - professor of equine functional anatomy and highly experienced veterinary surgeon There is a link to the entire article is below but I have taken a few of the more important points and listed them here;
LR- “I think it's much better to start with the horses early on, even though it may be difficult what and much you ask of a very capable horse. I say this from a physiological point of view; a horse that is still growing can adjust to the work. A mature body doesn't have the same possibility to adjust. Then we have the mental side of it as well. These horses are often easier to deal with when they are younger.”
When it comes to keeping horses sound, Roepstorff really wants to point out the importance of training. "All biological beings and all biological tissues have a great ability to adapt. If we learn to train our horses for what we aim them to do, on the surfaces that they will do it on, we have the best chance...”
When it comes to how to keep horses healthy through training, here are his bullet points;
- Always casual adjustments when changing circumstances and conditions
- 2nd key is variation - hack out and ride on different surfaces and terrain. They get different loads on the skeleton, ligaments, tendons and cartilage as well as being gymnastic exercise and improving coordination
- Mentally getting out and about is very good for them
This article was original written about young sport horses such as dressage, eventing and show jumpers. The information contained applies directly to all young athletes, racehorses included.
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Great informative video Vanessa , keep up with the video's

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Thanks so much Paul!!!