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Re: [RC] [RC] Rounded Frame - kazevedo

I have a question on this topic too: do many endurance riders out there
keep their horse in frame (contact w/ calves and reins) and try to get
their horse to use their butt muscles and keep from being 'hollow'
and/or carrying too much weight on the forehand, or do most endurance
riders just let their horse do whatever?  Which one is better?  I've
been trying to ride with my pelvis rotated under and keep contact with
my calves- but its a lot of work and I don't know if I could do it for
50 miles!  I think I should practice collection though because my horse
is very "forehand heavy".
What do you all think?
Thanks,

Katie


On Apr 1, 2005, at 11:06 AM, Laurie Durgin wrote:

The way a horse carries himself often depends on how they are built
-- The cutter horses are bred for a level topline and lower headset, many western horses are.... An arab, or saddlebred , andulasian,
Friesiean, etc. have higher headsets naturally.
Rounding has more to do with using their backs and rearend better to
carry our butts around and not hurt themselves in the process.. then
there is the "whatever the style is" that humans put on them.
This is the short answer....

From: ibiteraaarr@xxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC]   Rounded frame
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:05:54 -0500

I have a question. This may sound like the most ignorant, obnoxious
question ever, but I'm curious. Has the concept of working in a
rounded frame always been a concept in training or is this relatively
new? I've been riding for 16 years and only in the last couple years
have I been introduced to this. I rode saddle seat for most of those
16 years, and we were always taught to keep the horse's head way up
with his nose tucked, which is also unnatural for him. So why is it
that man thinks he knows how the horse should carry himself better
then the horse does? Even watching a couple reining events, I can't
help but wonder why the horse keeps his tail pinned and his head
level with or below his chest. I just don't see that as natural
either so why do we think the horse's carriage is better this way? Do
horses in the wild teach themselves to work in rounded frames or is
this strictly a concept man has invented in all his infinite wisdom?
I'm not trying to be a smart ass, just genuinely curious.


Liz Dorner
Ct. Region




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