tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post8689966488562493454..comments2024-03-26T05:15:39.663-07:00Comments on Equestrian Ink: Part 3--Conrad SchumacherJami Davenporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259390150273030284noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-70435288113324210002009-05-16T18:45:00.000-07:002009-05-16T18:45:00.000-07:00Wow, Ladies, I'm glad this is helping. I'll be pos...Wow, Ladies, I'm glad this is helping. I'll be posting my new post tomorrow.Jami Davenporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259390150273030284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-73974037026364583662009-05-12T03:01:00.000-07:002009-05-12T03:01:00.000-07:00Awesome post, perfect, helpful timing for me, for ...Awesome post, perfect, helpful timing for me, for what we're currently working on!<br />My Arab/WB is built uphill, but tends to start out head-in-the-air-hollow-back tense, then 15 minutes of walk/trot in different directions in the arena gets him relaxed and working--so now he feels great, stretching, nicely forward, suspension to the trot, steady contact, using his abs and giving me his back--then I see us in the mirror and AARGH! he's behind the vertical!<br />So I worry-this can't be right-he can't be using his hindquarters with his head and neck in that position, I'm creating a false "headset"-- even though it feels right it looks wrong...<br />Yay, thank you Equestrian Ink and Conrad-by-proxy, I think we'll continue working by feel for the present and trying some of those exercises!<br />Long on the relaxed side, circles on the tight side, more relaxation on lateral work, cue both leads on the diagonal and work up to a balanced counter-canter--I am totally inspired, convinced we're really on the right track, and have some exercises to make sure!littledoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246918889252942468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-83081921645467487042009-05-05T10:03:00.000-07:002009-05-05T10:03:00.000-07:00Nice post! My mare gets tense and this is where w...Nice post! My mare gets tense and this is where we struggle at shows and clinics... course clinics you work thru it but you have that one shot at your test! These notes will be helpful to me, thanks for posting!Shansterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04397551985965117012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-40207326184684421022009-05-04T21:33:00.000-07:002009-05-04T21:33:00.000-07:00I hope someone else will jump in if they can expla...I hope someone else will jump in if they can explain this better. <br /><br />My horse was ridden by my trainer in a clinic this weekend with a German who used to coach the Canadian Olympic team. She is NOT built downhill but loves to stick her butt out behind her, lean on the reins, and go downhill. Yet riding her a little behind the vertical and with the poll not the highest point eventually made her lift her back, step further underneath and transfer her weight to the hind end.<br /><br />On the other hand, a horse built downhill (like my old Morgan-QH) couldn't be ridden like that because he was physically already predisposed to going downhill. You'd still ride him long and low at times to relax him, but you wouldn't let him tuck behind the bit.<br /><br />Yes, you'd be driving from the back to front and through the back. You wouldn't be pulling the horse's head down with the reins.<br /><br />One interesting thing this trainer last weekend kept mentioning was only driving into one rein at times. Conrad mentioned that too. I need to ask my trainer her explantion of that.<br /><br />Does that help?Jami Davenporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259390150273030284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-13520331246608304872009-05-04T21:22:00.000-07:002009-05-04T21:22:00.000-07:00This is what popped out to me - The classical hors...This is what popped out to me - The classical horse was ridden with the poll as the highest point because the horses were built downhill.<br />So if I had a horse who rides down hill (can't lie, got one) riding the horse with the poll at the highest point should help lighten my horse. <br />And by that, are we're talking about driving the horse forward from the hindlegs to the poll with a single surge of energy?<br />Am I making any sense?mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.com