Poptart is continuing his mountain walking conditioning program and we had a absolutely wonderful New Year's Day ride yesterday. We are following Perseverance Endurance's Conditioning Program and Poptart is becoming more confident and reliable with every ride! He is starting to take the lead at times and even lead across a stream or two! The walking program seems to be very effective, when we started Pop's walk was about 2.5 - 3 mph, now we are developing a 3.5-4 mph walk regularly and he even got to 4.5 mph at one time! I am proud of him for doing so well, keeping his head during new situations and starting to become a great partner. I am starting to see a potential endurance horse in the making finally! This was also our first point-to-point ride. We parked at Bucktail and mid-trail decided it would be great to head to fellow rider Patrice's home nearby. 12 miles and 4 hr 20 min later we arrived after a such a wonderful ride. What a great way to bring in the New Year!
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