From the Max Planck Institut

Can you in fact "build up your bones" by tapping on them with a stick per last post video? I kept waiting for that second fellow to head butt the rocks.

Consider what's happening there with those hard body trainers tapping themselves 100 times a day. Might we equate the concussive effect with our horse's hoofs striking the race track at speed? In terms of fracture resistance (FR) consider the trainer who puts his horses through this training every 9 days or longer spacing compared to Preston Burch and his every 3 day speed work. Is it the same effect in terms of "bone remodeling"?

And, the bone image above is there for a reason, to be referred to. I'm ready to draw some conclusions particularly with regard to the class assignment below which, while it supports many of the suppositions previously posted here, also caused a fairly radical change in my thinking with regard to exercise and the ossification/calcification process.

So, let's focus, get down to business, and find out what is really happening when we "strike" those bones. Here is a 2008 research paper from the Max Planck Institut. This refers to Hansma's work, but adds to Hansma, indicates exactly how those calcium deposits happen, and what they consist of. Next post will discuss this right on the money bit of research:

http://www.mpie.de/index.php?id=2697

Training:
Fri. 12/4: 25 degrees at training time. Wanted fast riderless paddock work, last speed being 3 days ago. Paddock too hard, dried crusted frozen mud. Thus a pasture romp, unsuccessful as it turned out. Horses insisted on galloping out of sight. There was at least once decent spurt though per usual the horses refused to extend on the hard going. The cold came in before the ground completely dried. We're batting 0.00 this year with the weather.