--- Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >The truth is that in most cases the solution lies > within the rider and > >nowhere else. > > > Ouch! I didn't think I was that bad of a rider! > V ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don't think it's so much of being a "bad" rider as being aware of your body, balance, and other "cues" that contradict each other and what we are telling our horses that we don't even realize. I read that article (and it sure is a keeper) and I was wondering if when I am cantering down the trail and my horse lifts her hind feet in what I thought was a "woohoo" I feel good kind of thing, if she is trying to tell me something about my balance and weight and the position of my body. I try to get into a 2 point position to stay off her back as we are conditioning for a LD endurance ride (30 miles) but, is my weight too far forward? I try to listen to my horse, but sometimes things are lost in translation. She definately tells me I am not riding right when she goes from her gait to trot and I bounce once or twice before I start to post. So since I am the "intelligent" one, it is up to me to figure out what she is telling me and fix myself. That is where going back to lessons and having my instructor tell me what I am doing comes in. On the trail, there is no one to critique me, and so I ponder what it is that I am doing wrong. Or was she just "woohooing" from enjoying the canter on a windy day???? Susan in NV Happy High Desert Trails Susan in NV Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265
