>>>>Horse that haven't built up the muscle to carry themselves need even more freedom during transition to help themselves... Think of the difference between doing a situp with the help of your arms and doing it all with just those abs muscles. Now think of doing it with someone holding onto your shoulders, if the person who has their hands on your shoulders follows the movement it's much easier then if they are holding you down. The horses need that head and neck to help with the transition and asking them to maintain the same contact during the transition is very difficult for them but, you can maintain it by keeping that contact but giving them the freedom to move the head and neck
That's a good analogy I think - doing a sit-up with out the use of our heads and necks... Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.6/1193 - Release Date: 12/22/2007 2:02 PM
