On 3/28/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sometimes trainers use this "tension" to get the horse to gait. This is > probably why we see the tight nosebands. It makes the horse tense, almost > like drowning or being choked. The rush of adrenalin is used for gait. >
on the gaited list one time, Lucy posted that the tie downs keeping gaited horses behind the vertical releases endorphins and the horse begins to seek it as a relief from the harshness of being ridden in a severe bit, tied down, all that and will willingly go behind the vertical in those situations. I notice at the field trials at least 80% of the horses are just cranked down behind the vertical like that. Its just horrible. My Stonewall has some issues right now, but he too showed gait the very first time he was backed, loose rein, mild bit, just gaits like a sewing machine willingly. When tense, both my extremely smooth gaited horses that I ride will begin to lose it. Too tense and they ventroflex. Fox's running walk will turn to a sadlerack when tense and Stonewalls saddlerack would turn pacey. Jaspar is so lazy I can hardly get him to break a dogwalk unless I aggravate him or others are cantering. That is what I meant by he gaits when he is mad :) At the field trials he got into fast mode with the others and actually racked at times, taht was purely amazing, but also showed me he is capable if I ever want him to rack. But like the flying pace, he is so tall, long etc, you would not want to do that on a wooded trail! where we mostly ride... Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
