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Re: [RC] Canter Leads/from Trot - Truman Prevattchristabas@xxxxxxx wrote:I have noticed this same phenomenon with my horse. I don't beleive it is me, because on other horses I don't notice my legs one forward slgihtly and one back slightly, and switching diagonals is not so uncomfortable. So I am guessing that my horse is unbalanced, or one sided, and I am feeling it from him. I have only had him about a year and a half and he didn't even know what I was doing the first few times I posted on him! He was trained to do a slow western jog and have his rider sit the trot...it has taken a while to teach him to extend his trot and stay that way without reverting to the jog. SO...I know he is one sided...what do I do about it? 20 meter circles in the ring. Figure 8's in the ring. Flexing and suppling exercises. Stretching exercises. On the trail concentrate on switching diagonals religiously. In fact I'd set up a fixed number of strides (say 40) on which to stay on a diagonal, count them and switch on the roll over of the count. That way you know you are doing it evenly. Truman -- "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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