On 4/28/07, Roo Grubis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It's really not all about > the headset. :) > That's my understanding from what I've been reading, but our barn coaches head set to get the rest of the body to follow. I'd rather do it the right way. > Lateral suppling (correctly--i.e. maintaining a true, consistent bend and not > allowing the > shoulder to pop out, or the horse to fall in, etc.--riding circles and > serpentines) will help > with the longitudinal. It will help her to develop the strength and > suppleness needed to > use her hind end and bring her back up (and yes, her head will end up going > down as she > uses the rest of herself correctly, although she might never physically be > able to have the > headset of a GP warmblood), and all this will help her W/T/C and by extension > her tölt, > too. Gat has a real hard time with circles....she's not so bad with serpentines though. > > Slow, systematic, biomechanically correct conditioning and strengthening will > help any > riding horse of any conformation. :) Thank you! V
