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Sue, if I offended you , I didn't mean
to. Just trying to help.
Do you feel like you are falling over the front on
other horses with this saddle or just the young one ?? If just
the young one, as I said before he may need to be schooled to use his hind end
properly ie lower it on the down hills. If it is with all horses, then
maybe it will just take getting used to.
I evented for many years before riding long
distance, tried many a endurance saddle and was very uncomfortable so
I would ride in my dressage or jumping saddle (which made boo boos on my
horses back after long hours), but when I got my sport saddle it just felt like
home to ride in every where including down hills etc. (I had my stirrups
set back)
When I first got involved in long distance in 86 I
was shocked at the riding I saw. So many of the riders didn't know
how to ride, although they had ridden for many years. Horses going around
with their heads in the air, hollowed out backs, I wondered how they managed to
make it through the rides at all. If we went around with our backs hollow
and heads looking up to the sky, we would not last very long.
The first thing I teach my young horses, or anyone
elses for that matter, ( older unschooled ones as well) is to carry themselves
over the ground in the most efficiant way possible. And to lower hind
end both up (to push ) and down (to balance) the hills.
When I first got my present horse he was so
unbalanced he fell almost every ride out. ( and he was seven years
old!!!) I spent two years just teaching him to move, and at that age
he had spent way to much time moving the wrong way.
His whole body and mind changed as a result.
He is now 13, and moves very gracefully and can canter down hill smoothy.
However he still likes to buck to see if I am paying attention.
Anyway just a
thought!!!
Vicki
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