>>>> Mic: Redneck? I don't think so, unless rednecks usually ride in a centered, balanced Classical position...
>>Karen: Do I really NEED to post the links to the same pictures we posted maybe three months ago? >>>>>>Judy: Yes, that would be interesting. Ok, Judy, here are a few. These are some "classical-redneck pictures"...but not Classical Riding: Butt hovering above and BEHIND the cantle: http://www.icyhorse.smugmug.com/gallery/3008612#163338201 (yeehaw.) Overbent, cantle-sitting, braced rider: http://www.icyhorse.smugmug.com/gallery/3008612/1/163293874/Medium Chair-sitting, cantle-sitting: http://www.icyhorse.smugmug.com/gallery/3008612/1/163336644/Medium Chair-sitting, able to slide off the horse's rump: http://www.icyhorse.smugmug.com/gallery/3008612/1/163286598/Medium Ok, here's a link for many pictures from that event. http://www.icyhorse.smugmug.com/gallery/3008612 This event was in June of this year. Can you show me one that where he's in "a centered, balanced Classical position?" Remember, if he's on the cantle, he ain't centered! And I didn't really even go into the skiing off the reins, the horses with open mouths, the braced arms and shoulders of the rider... I'm sorry, but the "new wave" of Icelandic riding looks a heck of a lot like the same-old, same-old to me. Gudmar is always THE name we hear as the best example of Icelander riding...sorry, I'm perfectly capable of riding poorly on my own, without paying to learn how. When I pay, I want to have help becoming a better rider. (Is that really a novel idea?) Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.2/985 - Release Date: 9/2/2007 4:32 PM IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
