Re: Gal/Totilas 90.7%

betsey wrote:
On Aug 31, 10:36 am, "Emily Brooks" <sun...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
" Jill" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Talented talented horse, would be lovely to see him without the extremis
of action.
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regards
Jill Bowis
I wonder if his way of going is wrecked for all time already? Particularly
if they've been using bands and weights.

Emily

Emily...

showing my ignorance here...what are bands? ( i get weights...but what
are bands, and how are they used???)

Betsey
Rubber tubing attached to the pasterns as well as the weighted chains. Typical saddleseat training regalia. It makes the front legs pop and snap more at a trot. It causes them to lift them higher and extend and reach further. They don't just trot that way naturally. In the long term you wind up with a horse with arthritic shoulders and hocks. Of course that isn't all that unusual in the dressage venue either..at least they haven't resorted to weighted shoes and long toes in the dressage venue..yet.
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