Comments on: Conditioning Horses with Hill Work

By: Briana

Briana — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:38:56 +0000

Good idea

By: Briana

Briana — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 07:52:20 +0000

Thanks, Good article…

By: Kaylee

Kaylee — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:48:42 +0000

Endurance ridng is something I alway wanted to try. I will have to give it a try, and start conditioning my horses for it. Good start is to start reading up on it.

By: Lyssa

Lyssa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:19:49 +0000

this article was very helpful. My horse loves to do hill work, but like Karol’s TWH, he likes to gallop up hills, and he bolts a LOT. Maybe doing more slow hill work and riding on the side of hills will help discourage that!

By: Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:05:56 +0000

great article, thanks!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:54:06 +0000

I live next to an overgrown gravel pit. There are 6 or more hills with different lengths and steepness. I start on the small hills first then work my way up to the steep ones. I even have a deep sandy hill. I teach them to rock back on their hind quarters when going down. I need to feel the hind quarters rocking sideways, then I know they are going down safely and correctly. I can give my horses an incredible work out in 45 minutes. When I trail ride with my friends my horses are always in the best condition.

By: Karol

Karol — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:56:52 +0000

Helpful and interesting. My TWH prefers to get up the hill asap…guess I should slow him down to start with.

By: me

me — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:34:45 +0000

I love hill work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My horse had a bad stifle and now she is stronger than ever. She was bucking because cantering on the right lead was hurting her. Now she has a wonderful smooth canter and now is sound and healthy.