This message is from: "Chris McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I really enjoy reading your posts, thanks for updating us. The trip to Portugal sounded like a dream of a week. I am taking riding lessons from a really good instructor, and I watch her give my barn owner dressage lessons (me: I get basic equitation; that is my current speed . . .) and it amazes me to see the progression. Such little changes result in huge differences in performance. She said something yesterday that seemed to be in line with your comment about teaching young horses one way, and then having to teach them another way for dressage. It was about just lifting your body into the canter position, and then having the young, fairly green horse just rise up naturally to canter. No leg cue, no nothing. Very interesting, and it worked beautifully on the horse that the barn owner was riding. We made some good progress in my lesson yesterday, I am becoming a more confident rider, although I don't think I will ever feel as comfortable as I do when I'm driving! Linda, sign me up for Expo, and I'm pretty sure I can help out on Thursday. I'm "between jobs" right now, have three weeks off, happy camper. Tish and Elph in Minneapolis
