On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 09:29:56AM -0500, Janice McDonald wrote: > > For most gaited horses, sitting deep in the saddle and putting your > > weight on the loins (or shifting the saddle back) will get the horse to > > get under itself and generally will cause it to gait, > > through pain Lynne! Not good advice....
the version of this that i've gotten from my instructors has been a little different -- tuck your tailbone under you, sit up VERY TALL and open your chest. to ask for trot, rotate your pelvis forward, loosen (or drop entirely) the reins and let your hands rest on the withers or neck, or even come entirely into half-seat. --vicka
