Re: cured a lateral canter

Sorry for all the individual responses ... I have a lot on my plate this
week.

"J. Z. M." <clayridgefarm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C029F733.2B9A0%clayridgefarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(snip)

| Una's description was the best so far. The reason the horse *uses* his
body
| to produce a lateral canter is the lack of back roundness, a trailing hip
| joint, and the inability to make the front end work in unison with the
back
| end during the suspension stage of the canter. A horse who does this
could
| be miraculously cured in one lesson by a person who "puts the horse
| together" and then rides with correct aids; this horse would be the horse
| who was purely poorly ridden in the past.

Yes. The trainer was continually trying to get this horse connected.
Chipping away, chipping away. And then suddenly in the lesson, the owner
got connection I guess and the horse did a true canter. It looked sudden
but I know the trainer was chipping away at the connection for a few months
and the break through would likely never have happened absent that work.

In re being ridden poorly, I would say that the owner got this horse to
second largely on her own but of course the quality wasn't there. So she
had some parts of the puzzle but not others. Her work now is such that she
might have a fighting chance at third this year. We'll see.

--
sharon

"My gooseneck is always freaking me out: "OH MY GOSH what's that in my rear
view mirror?????" "Oh yeah, my trailer." :-)" -- Cindi

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