Good Morning. I hope everyone had a great Halloween, i wish they gave away ice cream, Triple chocolate fudge caramel heath swirl. Life is Good Well, back to the real world. I got some more feed back yesterday from trainers that liked what we have been talking about. I have another thing for you to think about so get your imagination back out!!. Stand back and look at your horse from the side with no saddle on it. Look at the withers as if they were the center, or fulcrum point of a teeter totter. Your horses neck and head are at one end and his back at the other. Yes, you can go sit on his head if you want! If you go up his Back goes down. Now as you go down what happens to the back, it goes up. Take it one step further, Where NATURALLY would his back end go, behind him or underneath him? Like i said yesterday his head and neck are for his balance. If we learn how to use it along With Him not Against Him we can enhance his movement and his performance. Now that you understand what i just said, apply this whole concept or theory that is being used today on our pleasure horses. The way they are today is Totally backwards! When you are trying to collect or gather a horse up you take a hold, drop his neck just A little and push his back end underneath him. If you dont elevate or lift his ribs,or core, which picks up his back, you have not achieved real collection. A horses neck can be a real help in the movement and collection of your horse, If used properly. Just like the teeter totter, if you let his head go down to the ground how can your horse go forward? You have shut his door for balance and movement, You have put him out of balance, not in balance, with his overall movement. When riding, think of the idea of how our teeter totter works, Use it to enhance and keep the movement but if you cant maintain a level top line you will be penalized. There are far too many people training horses that think. If a little works what would happen if i did it a lot? A great horse trainer or a real HORSEMAN Thinks, How little can i do to get a lot?.. For your consideration regarding FORM TO FUNCTION...Take a look at a stopping picture of your favorite reiner or a cutting horse in action.,.observe the ROUNDNESS in their back that travels trough their withers, up their neck to the top of their poll. What do you see?
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:52:57 +0000
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