> What does worry me a bit though is that they never once show the > horses doing anything at all outside. Everything is done in the > (admittedly very smart) indoor riding school. I still would like to > see what would happen if he took his horses for an hours' trail ride > with 5 other horses and riders. Bet the horses would enjoy it! > ; )
That's a very good point. I'm certainly not advocating this very radical method of working w/ horses. But it's interesting, and encouraging that people aren't just stopping w/ NH. There are a number of pix on the website of Nevzorov working w/ his horses out in the woods and fields around his property, so they aren't all just in the arena. As far as trail riding or working a horse around other horses, high level Parellians do it a lot in their clinic/show thingys, where a group of hi level students take their horses in the arena and do groundwork w/ them or ride, nothing on the horse at all. And the horses stay with their handler, even w/ all the other loose horses around. And I've heard of other Parellians taking their horses bareback/bridleless on trail rides. It's definitely do-able. Robyn S
