> Jo Anne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Debi - Congratulations. It must be satisfying.
> Since I only read detail
> here sporadically, what happened to Darby? And how
> did you acquire Cezanne? And is she your horse?
Ooh, twist my arm! ;)
Darby is fine, although slowing down a little (he'd
say he was conserving his energy for when a fiery
display is needed); I ride him regularly, and am
continuing to take dressage lessons with him.
Cezanne is half-mine (the better half, of course!),
and the result of a friend and I impulse-buying at a
charity auction (we were very lucky that she had been
vet-checked prior to sale; that is *not* the prudent
way to acquire a horse). I just instantly liked her.
> > Ridden, she is correctly leg-yielding,
> two-tracking,
> > halt-and-backing, and speeding/slowing with slow
> > inhale/exhale of my breath (the latter is very
> >handy if your reins break!).
> Please explain two-tracking. This is all Dressage,
> right?
Yes, although variations also are used in Western and
Hunter classes.
Two-tracking (called three-tracking in some circles)
is when the horse is moving forward with its body at a
small angle to the direction of travel (three-tracking
is when the angle is larger; half-passing is moving
completely sideways).
.
.
---> \ ---> / ---> ---> I --->
(half-pass)
`
(3-tracking, from R leg, then L)
Leg-yield: i (finish)
i
i
^
i (start) (direction horse facing I )
> > Our next big hurdle is to canter with a rider;
> I'll
> > have my instructor on-hand for that, because
> Cezanne
> > *really* likes to run. "Flight without wings" -
> > indeed! <silly grin>
> Good luck! I think I told you about my experience
> as a child riding my
> horse bareback and downhill -- she loved to run in
> that situation with my
> hanging on to her neck for dear life!
Once she's more experienced, I'll add in barebacking -
but no running downhill with only a halter for
directing! :)
Debbi
who wonders if the diagrams willl make it coherently
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