Wednesday, January 04, 2006

When we talk about basic paces, we are talking about the paces a horse has been given by nature. The idea is to maintain their purity, and then improve them under saddle. Many riders lose the purity of the paces because their horse doesn't go properly through, and on the bit. The rider's driving aids are insufficient and the horse never allows the half halt to flow through its body. The horses develop a block somewhere, the neck, the back, the mouth, wherever, and that takes away the freedom of the pace. The horse becomes restricted through the rider's aids, rather than enhanced in his paces through the rider's aids.

... i'm talking crap... school was crap... lesson was crap ( and NOT poor saksmiri fault -- MINE!!! ) the WHOLE of yesterday WAS pure crap... urghhh this is depressing... ...

|`kath| 3:49 PM|

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