> > >http://www.ciaclub.net/photos/photos/olil07-07.jpg > > > > > That's SO behind the vertical it's virtually rollkur. Yuck. > > > Anyone happen to know who the rider is? >
hey lets give her the benefit of the doubt. maybe the poor dear is like my husband. he wallers around up there like a big sack of concrete and if the horse takes off on its own, (the horse is never ever given any command or cue whatsoever. my husband rides according to whatever the horse chooses to do) then he is suddenly thrown way back and to keep from flying off over the rump, he holds on by the reins, which puts the horse behind the vertical. His horse Traveller as a result has been accidentally trained to always proceed at a mincing tentative plodding walk, a sort of walking on eggs dogwalk that looks like he has pain in his hoofs or something. But one good thing is he has learned that if my husband DOES indeed flip over the rear and land in the dirt, to stop instantly so as to avoid any undue pulling on the mouth. Which is a good thing since my husband hasnt fallen once ever without his foot being hung in the stirrup. but now he is too heavy to ride Traveller so he is riding Fox, who is tendermouthed. So when he starts to fall and hauls back on the reins Fox starts dancing vigorously sideways with his nose way out and his mouth gaped, eyes rolling wildly. I make sure his insurance policy doesnt lapse... Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
