OK, I will give it a go. Your horse looks pretty ok and she's not trying to evade the contact, and she's in rack, but to me you look like you have a fairly...
... Yes, you are - or at least you would be if you didn't have that much contact. Mic (running for cover) Mic (Michelle) Rushen ... Solva Icelandic Horses and...
... Ah, you're pretty new to this list, Lucy. You haven't taken the battering here that some of us have. Now people tend to keep quiet or write as if they are...
Thanks for the feedback everyone. Here's the reply I received about her: The precedent owner told me she has been ridden before, but when i try, she becomes...
... Happy Birthday, Wanda!! Have a great day. -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura(RIP-3/09) Simon, Sadie and Sam(RIP-3/09) (the "S" gang) "Dogs(& horses) are not my...
Ahh haa found the pic. And..... Your on the fore ! & I can straight off see why, rider postion. Starting from bottom up.. Legs are to far forward weight is on...
Oh april fool to youhoooo wander! Snuggle up with sophie and have a great day! I see there is a heat wave there, its almost 25! Janice Sent from my BlackBerry...
What I don't understand about eitill... When I rode him, the feel of it was identical to stonewall. First of all let me set this straight, I am not a gait...
... I don't get pictures, so I can't guess, but this comment got my attention. Do you really think having a lot of contact stops a horse from "being on the...
Helooo she is green! Probably a great horse but needs starting from scratch and after that about a year of constant riding. That's what it takes to make a...
Are you sure its a rack? Looks like a steppin pace. And you have the reins too tight, her nose is strung out and you are in a chair seat. But its a nice coat. ...
... Before I saw your post, I was going to write "10 year old... not fully trained... bet she probably had been started, but was problematic under saddle". No...
... No, Janice, Liz said it was a saddle rack. Either you misunderstood, or maybe she simply abbreviated 'saddle rack' by simply saying "tolt". Whatever the...
... Here's the article by Lee Ziegler that is supposed to sort it all out http://www.mofoxtrot.com/wilson/trotgait.htm She has the largo being a stepping pace...
I thought it was odd at the time but she may have meant stonewall not eitill. I had been sending her pics and video of stonewall since I got him at age 14...
I had a three week period like that. My calico cat was hit by a car and two elderly dogs succumbed to old-age ailments. Then yesterday, a mare who had...
That's because it is a stepping pace Janice. And yes, I'm in a chair seat and also braced and we are on the forehand. This entire ride went this way. It was...
... I received another email from the owner where she told me she's had her for a year and has been doing Parelli with her. The Parelli has made the mare...
Well you are bringing him along tho! She would be starting totally from scratch I think. Janice Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel...
Well you still had on a nice outfit ;) and stonewall has gone a little pacey on me lately. I am gonna try him in the sensation. He has really bulked up in the...
... From: "Lucyepona" <lucyepona@...> ... Lucy, Please realize: It's much easier for people to critique an anonymous or unknown horse/rider or even a...
... Is this a test we have to pass for you or something? -- Renee M. in Michigan<< Point taken Renee, When you put it that way, it does come off like a test....
Anyhoo, Im Angie, im far to close to 40 to be comfortable with it, and I live in the shetland islands (UK) I have a lifelong background with horses, other than...