I was working with Cash this evening, helping him to figure out back-up under saddle. He's doing so great now- we're approaching the point where the main thing he will need is just miles on the clock
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Heh, my dressage teacher only occasionally lets me have reins and certainly no stirrups yet. I've only been learning with him a few years. It will be a while before we work on back-up.
I am going to guess wild that there was a link in that text?
For where Cash is now the head should be low, because the alternative is going to be resistant and bracey around the poll and using all those muscles along the bottom of his neck. As he gets more advanced I would expect him to hold himself correctly as some dressage riders would see it. On the whole I prefer the back up you might see on a good cowhorse or reining horse to what you typically see on dressage horses but head position isn't so different in that, it's just that the feet are typically more free and the horse is pulling from behind a little more.
Steve talks about riding with one of his mentors and thinking he had scared the horse because it ran backwards so fast when he picked the rein up. Turned out it was just a horse that knew how to back-up. I like the idea that if my horse is capable of moving in a certain way then they would move in the same way if I asked them to.
That back-up looks fine- the horse drops their hindquarters and backs up pretty smoothly.
On the whole I like the way she rides- she's pretty quiet for a dressage rider. A lot of them seem to be all heels-heels-heels the whole time or doing that nod-nod-nod thing. She isn't too exaggerated with that, although she's clearly very wiggly-heels in the passage. You can certainly ride more subtly, though you don't see a lot of people doing it. I'd be pretty happy if I could ride a test a quarter as well as she does...
I am going to guess wild that there was a link in that text?
For where Cash is now the head should be low, because the alternative is going to be resistant and bracey around the poll and using all those muscles along the bottom of his neck. As he gets more advanced I would expect him to hold himself correctly as some dressage riders would see it. On the whole I prefer the back up you might see on a good cowhorse or reining horse to what you typically see on dressage horses but head position isn't so different in that, it's just that the feet are typically more free and the horse is pulling from behind a little more.
Steve talks about riding with one of his mentors and thinking he had scared the horse because it ran backwards so fast when he picked the rein up. Turned out it was just a horse that knew how to back-up. I like the idea that if my horse is capable of moving in a certain way then they would move in the same way if I asked them to.
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Sorry about the link, I suppose I got a little carried away with the re-watching instead of the copy and pasting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUAMwuyAus0
I personally just love how she rides, but I am certainly open to other perspectives.
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On the whole I like the way she rides- she's pretty quiet for a dressage rider. A lot of them seem to be all heels-heels-heels the whole time or doing that nod-nod-nod thing. She isn't too exaggerated with that, although she's clearly very wiggly-heels in the passage. You can certainly ride more subtly, though you don't see a lot of people doing it. I'd be pretty happy if I could ride a test a quarter as well as she does...
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