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There can be many different reasons why this is happening. The one that comes to mind most offten is the horse is becoming off balance. When this is happening, are you shifting your weight, leaning to the in side, too short of an inside rein, not a short enough outside rein, are you looking forward, down, inside the circle, or outside. See if there is something you are doing differnet in the arena. >From: sharp penny <penelope_75647@yahoo.com> >To: Bob Morris <bobmorris@rmci.net> >CC: ridecamp@endurance.net >Subject: RC: RE: Re: Training a New Endurance Horse >Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 11:13:52 -0700 (PDT) > > Thanks Bob, > > I agree with this and have done this with my filly >on trails. She is very good about carefully picking >her way through a maze of downed trees. Our problem is >at the canter she has a hard time keeping her hind >lead during ring work. This is the first young horse >that I have trained that ever had this problem. I know >alot of this is due to immaturity and lack of muscle >strength, but months into our canter work we are still >having this problem. I'm thinking ring type cavaletti >work will help this problem. The funny thing is when >we canter on the trail she dosn't have this problem. > Any thoughts on this? Any one else on ridecamp have >this problem with a young horse? > >Penny & Daisy > > > >--- Bob Morris <bobmorris@rmci.net> wrote: > > Some of the best cavaletti work we get is when we go > > riding in the areas > > where precommercial thinning has been performed. > > They cut the smaller trees > > (2 to 6 inches in diameter) and let them lay. Never > > a preconceived distance > > apart and never a standard height. Makes the horse > > look where to go and how > > to step. Always changing direction and no one foot > > step is the same. > > > > Results in a very balanced horse that always knows > > where its feet are. > > > > Bob Morris > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sharp penny [mailto:penelope_75647@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 11:37 AM > > To: Robyn Levash > > Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net > > Subject: RC: Re: Training a New Endurance Horse > > > > > > Hey Robyn.. > > > > What kind of cavaletti work do you do? R we > > talking > > 4 or more trot poles in a row...canter poles or > > what? > > Cavaletti work means different things to different > > people. What is your cavaletti routine? I'm looking > > for some specifics. I would be interested in hearing > > about other peoples cavaletti routines as well. > > Thanks so much! > > > > Penny & Daisy > > > > > > --- Robyn Levash <questarabians@inreach.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Carol Burgess wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to training him to work off his > > rear > > > end... > > > > [...] > > > > > Any suggestions would help. > > > > > > > > > > > Cavaletti work 2-3 times a week (never 2 days in > > a > > > row) tremendously helps. > > > Cavaletti work strengthens the horses muscles ( > > > particularly the back > > > muscles). This type of work is what I call "gym" > > > work. It is equivalent > > > stengthening work to that of a runner that works > > out > > > in the gym 2-3 times a > > > week to strengthen muscles, tendons ect. Dressage > > > work mixed with Cavaletti > > > work teaches the horse to move more efficiently > > down > > > the trail. 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