--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >>> What are the aids for trot and tolt?<<
> >
> > For me, it is changing your pelvis position.
>
> I like that.
>
>
> > when I first was teaching my horse to change her gait,
> > it was exaggerated - exaggerate to teach, then refine
> > as you go. I found it easier to teach trot by
> > starting to post, then the horse would start trotting
> > to get in sync with me. To go from trotting to
> > gaiting, I sit and tip my pelvis back, not very
> > noticable from the ground, but the horse notices!
>
> Good description, Susan.
>
>
> Judy
Those are great descriptions....
Right now Sally and I are working with 2 Icelandics that we just
aquired a couple months back...the mare is very trotty, but when the
importer brought her into hawaii years ago she was a tolt
machine...so what is the difference?
Well we went out trail riding with her the other day, and the mare
has been taught to overflex, to totally pull her head towards her
chest...we suspect she has been over bitted as well, as she has some
anxiety about the bit....
So we are giving her her head, allowing her to choose where she puts
it, get her into a trot and then with an exaggerated move tilt our
pelvis back, well, Tolt! She has an amazing tolt, something the
previous owner said she never did...she just was not allowed to do
it, with her head tucked in tight like that...very controlled riding.
Trot to tolt!
S. Lee
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