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RE: [RC] Martingales - Alison Farrin

My dressage trainer who rides (her term) "dumbbloods" for a living and
could not be convinced to get on an Arab until she worked mine, says
Arabs are too darn smart.  If the warmblood hits the running a couple
times, he never tries again.  The Arab continues to test the hypothesis
with every ride.

Case in point, this morning we were doing canter figure eights with
simple changes through the trot.  We did two.  On the third one, the
moment I changed the bend, I got a lovely flying change.  He is always
two steps ahead.

Alison A. Farrin
Innovative Pension
Innovative Retirement Services
858-748-6500 x 107
alison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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Subject: Re: [RC] Martingales


I started my AngloArab mare, and she was fine at first, then started
getting 
a bit high headed, and throwing her head around.  I used a training fork

(more or less running martingale) on her for about three or four rides.
She 
got the point real quick, I quit using it, and she's been good with her
head 
ever since.  IMHO those things are training aids only, if you have to
use it 
very long, there's something wrong with your training approach.  I can
say 
this because I had my Arab mare (mom) in the same training fork for
YEARS and 
it never did any good. The minute I took it off, up came the head, and
we 
constantly fought about her head position.  she had the typical
overdeveloped 
muscling on the underside of her neck.  What is working for her (back to

riding her after 2 years off) is Dressage methods of using outside hand
with 
steady contact and inside hand to ask her to lower her head, with a
release 
when she lowers it even for a second.  Lots of asking and releasing.
Someday 
she may have a head set.  Until then, I often ride with one hand on her
neck 
to give me warning when I think she will throw her head.  Unorthodox,
saved 
my nose a bunch of times.  jeri

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