Crazy Ideas

Originally Posted by Riot

Pgardn, you may find this interesting.

All training exercise involves a balance between the risk of fracture inherent in exposure to loading and the beneficial effect that loading has by stimulating bone cells to produce a more robust architecture. Results from our study provide important epidemiological evidence of the effects of physical exercise on bone adaptation and injury risk and can be used to inform the design of safer exercise regimens in physically active populations.

Cool. So training them appropriately at two years old is benificial given the right amount of rest, etc... In fact it is better for them which was already obvious. You must use muscles and bones so they develop properly. Part of why living in zero gravity would really screw up a young horse, just like old John Glenn.

So we dont necessarily have to race them competitively, and still keep them healthy.