Granted that when you drop your head to look, you are changing the curvature of your spine and thus are changing the way you are positioned on the horse's back. And in the ring, when training for equitation, you don't drop your head. However, different disiplines have differing requirements and thus for riding trail/ctr/endurance, there will be modifications.
Yet, if one rides mindful of this, that there can be times that one can look straight ahead and sit more balanced as well.
Sort of a balnce approached to being balanced.. :)
Jackie
Jody Rogers-Buttram <dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To me at least, the riding of
trails/endurance forces one to be much more aware of where your horses feet/legs are going...therefore causing you to look down at the trail in front of you. Not straight out between the ears, not dropping your eyes even like you would in a show ring. Try this, try riding looking straight ahead...and just *look* down...you will ever so slightly drop your head. I was taught not even to lower my eyes in the ring. :))
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