Karen, You gave me alot to think about. I mostly walk but they walk
pretty fast. We leave quarter horses in the dust at a walk. Which isn't
hard. I can feel a hint of gait in Scooter. I just need to practice
sitting different. I sat a certain way on my MFT and he gaited. But Scooter
is such
stjarni at least likes to stretch his neck down for trotting, and
loosening the reins while you ask gives him permission and freedom to do so.
Lorraine's horses sound like they are very strongly diagonal, so trot is
easiest for them. Since Stjarni is strongly lateral, then what works for
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 06:32:05AM -0400, Karen Thomas wrote:
stjarni at least likes to stretch his neck down for trotting, and
loosening the reins while you ask gives him permission and freedom to do so.
Lorraine's horses sound like they are very strongly diagonal, so trot is
easiest for
That is what Judy was trying to teach me. Just takes practice
Lorraine, I'll be there at the end of the month.
Judy
On Mar 12, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Lorraine wrote:
I still don't get how to tolt. They just seem to trot
and it isn't smooth. I still love them.
Lorraine
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
I still don't get how to tolt. They just seem to trot and it isn't
smooth. I still love them.
I'm glad to read your last sentence, Lorraine. :)
Do you have Lee Ziegler's book? As you may have picked up in our
discussions, there are some Icelandic's who simply don't have a lot of gait
in
The first thing to try, though, is to run in hand or pony the horse
along side a horse that IS gaiting, on a hard surface or next to a wall
so the gaiting horse's footfalls can be heard. Again, the horse will
often get it from the sound.
Good advice Lynn. I was surprised how much the
The other thing, however, is I believe there are Icelandics who do not
have an intermediate gait. And the other half, Tosca does not trot under
saddle. Since we're still in early stages, I'm not going there.
And the other extreme - the horses who have very little desirable soft
gait, with no
Leg yields are much
easier on the horses, so they can begin them (lightly, without excessive
repetition) pretty soon.
What I'm asking right now is that she take one or maybe two steps, while
moving forward, away from my leg. I have also asked for one step to right
or left of either front
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, if it has any tendency at
all.
Maybe I’m taking you too literally, but PLEASE, no weight on the loins
On 3/13/08, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The first thing to try, though, is to run in hand or pony the horse
along side a horse that IS gaiting, on a hard surface or next to a wall
so the gaiting horse's footfalls can be heard. Again, the horse will
often get it from the
On 3/13/08, Lynn Kinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mar 12, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Lorraine wrote:
I still don't get how to tolt. They just seem to trot
and it isn't smooth. I still love them.
Lorraine
For most gaited horses, sitting deep in the saddle and putting your
weight on the
On 3/13/08, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The first thing to try, though, is to run in hand or pony the horse
along side a horse that IS gaiting, on a hard surface or next to a wall
so the gaiting horse's footfalls can be heard. Again, the horse will
often get it from the
I still don't get how to tolt. They just seem to trotLorraine, is the mule
riding friend own a gaited mule? I wondered since I see more gaited breed
mules advertised out west than here in the east. Since you are trail budies
it would be a good one to ride parallel to for gaiting. I found my
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 09:06:46AM -0500, Janice McDonald wrote:
On 3/13/08, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The first thing to try, though, is to run in hand or pony the horse
along side a horse that IS gaiting, on a hard surface or next to a wall
so the gaiting horse's footfalls
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
On Mar 13, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Karen Thomas 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, if it has any
tendency at
all.
Maybe I’m
Again, the horse will often get it from the sound.
i dont think that really works.
I'm pretty sure it won't work either, Janice...UNLESS, and this is big...the
horse already has that particular gait in his easy-to-use bag of tricks.
Then it MIGHT, but only if the horse can do that gait at
Someone else wrote the statement above.
Ha! I've been mis-snipped in the past too - annoying, isn't it?!!!
Karen Thomas, NC
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
Karen, You gave me alot to think about. I mostly walk
but they walk pretty fast. We leave quarter horses in
the dust at a walk. Which isn't hard. I can feel a
hint of gait in Scooter. I just need to practice
sitting different. I sat a certain way on my MFT and
he gaited. But Scooter is
The first thing to try, though, is to run in
hand or pony the horse
along side a horse that IS gaiting, on a hard
surface or next to a wall
so the gaiting horse's footfalls can be heard.
Again, the horse will
often get it from the sound.
I can't run very long because of my
I still don't get how to tolt. They just seem to
trotLorraine, is the mule riding friend own a
gaited mule? I wondered since I see more gaited
breed mules advertised out west than here
Yes he is a Walker mule.
Lorraine
-- tuck your tailbone under you,
sit up VERY TALL and
open your chest. to ask for trot, rotate your
pelvis forward,
That is what Judy was trying to teach me. Just takes practice
Lorraine
Be a
loosen
(or drop entirely) the reins and let your hands
rest on the withers or
neck, or even come entirely into half-seat.
Why would I loosen the reins. I thought you were
supposed to have some tention on the reins while
pushing him forward.
Lorraine
I still don't get how to tolt. They just seem to trot
and it isn't smooth. I still love them.
Lorraine
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On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 04:37:31PM -0600, Wanda Lauscher wrote:
However, I tried and tried and tried to get Hreggur to TROT over poles
and I had no success. He did his little version of pace...and that
was it.
wanda -- just wanted to say that i had trotting poles set up for stjarni
i keep trying and failing to post this pic, as it is too big for yahoo,
but being dark you can't see the slack in the reins w/o it being
fullsize. (compressing the file wasn't adequate, apparently.) so i put
it here:
http://www.andor.org/icehorses/loose-rein-tolt.jpg
it's big, but it isn't a
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 09:58:41AM -0700, ToltallyICE wrote:
Here is Stjarni size reduced, cropped and lightened.
Cheryl
thank you cheryl! :)
--vicka
On 1/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you should be able to see my
hands being low by his withers, anyway.
You were tolting over poles?
Virginia
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 01:39:53PM -0400, Virginia Tupper wrote:
On 1/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you should be able to see my
hands being low by his withers, anyway.
You were tolting over poles?
not really; we were practicing doing straight lines off the rail, and
sure! the pic was taken a few months ago, when i was having a riding
lesson. i strongly suspect from my cranky little face that my instructor
had asked me to trot, and stjarni was tolting anyway :)
Ok, but remember that I asked permission, ok? :) I'm replying in detail,
hopefully to clarify
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