> Jo Anne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Debi - Congratulations. It must be satisfying. > Since I only read detail > here sporadically, what happened to Darby? And how > did you acquire Cezanne? And is she your horse?
Ooh, twist my arm! ;) Darby is fine, although slowing down a little (he'd say he was conserving his energy for when a fiery display is needed); I ride him regularly, and am continuing to take dressage lessons with him. Cezanne is half-mine (the better half, of course!), and the result of a friend and I impulse-buying at a charity auction (we were very lucky that she had been vet-checked prior to sale; that is *not* the prudent way to acquire a horse). I just instantly liked her. > > Ridden, she is correctly leg-yielding, > two-tracking, > > halt-and-backing, and speeding/slowing with slow > > inhale/exhale of my breath (the latter is very > >handy if your reins break!). > Please explain two-tracking. This is all Dressage, > right? Yes, although variations also are used in Western and Hunter classes. Two-tracking (called three-tracking in some circles) is when the horse is moving forward with its body at a small angle to the direction of travel (three-tracking is when the angle is larger; half-passing is moving completely sideways). . . ---> \ ---> / ---> ---> I ---> (half-pass) ` (3-tracking, from R leg, then L) Leg-yield: i (finish) i i ^ i (start) (direction horse facing I ) > > Our next big hurdle is to canter with a rider; > I'll > > have my instructor on-hand for that, because > Cezanne > > *really* likes to run. "Flight without wings" - > > indeed! <silly grin> > Good luck! I think I told you about my experience > as a child riding my > horse bareback and downhill -- she loved to run in > that situation with my > hanging on to her neck for dear life! Once she's more experienced, I'll add in barebacking - but no running downhill with only a halter for directing! :) Debbi who wonders if the diagrams willl make it coherently __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l