>>> He was SO on the forehand that it affected his ability to canter smoothly, >>> etc. I don't see many horses as extreme as he was though.
I should rephrase that - not so many are naturally that way, unless they've been encouraged to be so on the forehand. He had the build, AND he'd been taught to go straight, stay on the rail, and drop his head to jog. I doubt anyone had ever encouraged his canter, and in the period between his first owner and when I got him, I expect he was encouraged to gallop on the trail - not that he particularly wanted to go fast. (He certainly COULD go fast.) It was an ordeal to get him to think it ok that he flex and bend. Karen Thomas, NC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.5/706 - Release Date: 2/28/2007 4:09 PM
