--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> One thing is was the list of criteria she described for a nicely moving horse...and one of those traits was "forwardness."<<
So in regards to Stormur, are you saying he isn't forward in the picture? If you're not saying that, why are you mentioning it? >> And what is a symptom that the horse isn't yet "forward"...? His legs aren't coming up under him, or may even be trailing out behind. << I don't get it? You are describing probably the way 95% of all horses, gaited or not, travel. What does this have to do with Stormur who is pacing with at the very least, a level back?? >> The position of the horse's head and neck should be a symptom of the push from behind, the push towards "forwardness"...That should come AFTER the push though, not before....right?<< I think the nit-pickyness is coming thru again. You are speaking in terms of upper level dressage, not normal pleasure horses. Why can't you just admit that Mary has a horse that travels lateral and is NOT hollow???? >>take a look at the speed racker in picture "C" about halfway down this page. http://gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Pace/Pace.shtml << Sorry, no comparision when you have a naked horse (Stormur) and a horse decked out with saddle and rider. I have not the foggiest notion what that horse's back looks like compared to Stormur, and I will not even hazard a guess. >> I don't want my horses going in that frame for very long at all.<< Well, even if you rode your horses in a rack every time you rode, I don't think it would be enough to hurt them. Besides, a natural rack is WAY different than a forced frame rack. This discussion with examples of extreme roundness is no different that the "typical" style of Icelandic riding to the other extreme. And I am a middle of the road person, not a person of either extreme. I just see it as argumentitive, or maybe I'm just in a sensitive mood today. Susan in NV Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
