On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:39 AM, susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I liked her
>> for her ability to submerge her own ego if only for a
>> morning.
>
> My own instructor told me she is starting to take jumping lessons with her
> eventing horse. That is a test of a true instructor! I h
> I liked her
> for her ability to submerge her own ego if only for a
> morning.
My own instructor told me she is starting to take jumping lessons with her
eventing horse. That is a test of a true instructor! I have the utmost
respect for her.
Susan in NV read my blog to see why I ride
> This is a very well
> recognized
> competition horse. So potential buyers would probably buy
> him to
> compete as well. They won't be bothered too much about
> the tail
> swifing, as long as he has high action.
>
So the potential buyers have more money than sense? Is this winging/paddling
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:17:27 -0400, you wrote:
>Does that compare in difficulty to a Grand Prix level dressage test - or even
>a 4rd level
>test? I think not - not by a long shot.
I think it could be if the horse is not doing a gait it finds easy. In
fact that's a fairly good analogy - an o
"tail-tension" in a horse doing piaffe, then I don't worry about it
Good point. The horse was doing a piaffe. It was actually kind of amazing.
It was also fun to see an extremely experienced riding instructor taking
instruction. She wanted to splutter a bit , "but, but, but", then laughed
>>> I went up the road one day to watch a very well-respected dressage
>>> rider/trainer take
>>> a lesson from an even more respected instructor who had been flown in. He
>>> astually
>>> had lots of corrections to make to her riding style, but no one cared that
>>> the horse's
>>> tale was
>> True. I think Nancy is correct in assuming that it must be a 'what not to
>> do' video...
>>> Certainly not (unfortunately). This is a very well recognized
>>> competition horse. So
>>> potential buyers would probably buy him to compete as well. They won't be
>>> bothered too
>>> much
They won't be bothered too much about the tail swifing, as long as he has
high action.
I went up the road one day to watch a very well-respected dressage
rider/trainer take a lesson from an even more respected instructor who had
been flown in. He astually had lots of corrections to make to he
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Lauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> 2008/6/13 Mic Rushen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I would not dream of placing a for sale video on YouTube of a horse
> > that was constantly wringing it's tail, for one thing...
>
> True. I think Nancy is correct in a
