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Re: [RC] [RC] shoes/bits affecting natural gaits - Laurie Durgin

Good and bad dressage trainers like anything else. Some force the head only , But the whole horse is not collected, like a bow. Real proper collection, I've seen it in my horse dancing on the hill. . .with his buddies
Dressage horses do have a rep. for having hock or stifle problems.


From: Elkenchild@xxxxxxx
To: Sonshine575@xxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   shoes/bits affecting natural gaits
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:59:18 EST

Have you never seen a dressage show? The beautiful supple movements of a well
schooled horse are certainly natural on the bit, and the ideal frame for any
horse to move in, most efficiently with the least impact.

In a message dated 3/16/2004 8:01:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
Sonshine575@xxxxxx writes:
Is "collected and on a bit" natural for a horse or is it a head and neck
position that people choose for the horse? I have never seen any horse travel
that way without being forced.

Laura
"Not all who wander are lost." (jrr tolkien)

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