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Hello Nancy,
Okay I'm doing a nice steady 2 beat working trot straight down the 
road. The shoulders move evenly every other stride L..R..L..R and I'm 
doing a nice easy post Up..Down..U..D. Now I check shoulders and 
every time I rise the Left rises = Left Diagonal. Now the horse makes 
no change in gait or speed but when I rise on the next Left I stay 
there for one step which is the right and then drop back into the 
post. Now I check shoulders and every time I rise the Right rises = 
Right Diagonal. Is that it?

At 02:17 PM 1/2/2006 Monday, you wrote:
> Oh, Don, you could probably feel it, but why don't you just take a 
> peek and see which shoulder you're rising on.  Purists would suggest 
> that you should not look down - changes your posture - but just go 
> ahead and cheat this one time.
>
> If you're rising when the horse's left shoulder is moving  forward, 
> you're on the left diagonal.  If you rise when his right shoulder 
> goes forward, you're on the right diagonal.
>
> I suspect most horses are smoother when we post on one diagonal than 
> the other so we're inclined to post to that diagonal, but if you 
> make an effort to use each diagonal equally, the horse should 
> eventually even out.
>
> Nancy Sturm


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