On 7/9/07, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my limited experience and based on the opinions of the folks on the > gaited endurance list, a hard pace is going to be an uncomfortable ride no > matter what. They would equate pacyness with how deeply ingrained it is as > a primary intermediate gait and not how uncomfortable it is to ride. > > Nancy >
when i first started riding jas pace was very very deeply ingrained. I think the "Cure that pace!" stuff really helped. how to "break up the pace" by doing cavalettis and figure 8s etc at varying speeds, going up and down hills etc. One thing Liz did at the clinic last year was have you do a half pass. I could see that would be very VERY helpful for pace, I could just feel it. Because it was something I learned on my own a similar thing, where if Jaspar started getting too pacey I would sorta lightly apply pressure to one rein while keeping him going straight. hard to explain. But she taught us to do it right and I could feel the horse's body bend into a whole nother frame instead of just his nose move. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
