Hi Nancy, >>>It could be something about how my single horse is conformed, but he is always ventroflexed when doing an intermediate gait. He does round up at the trot and canter. I had the idea that his ventroflexed position was a function of the gait. Have I got it wrong - again?
I think that it depends who you talk to and the way it is done. Diana Sept and Peggy Cummings have the experience that horses do not have to be, nor should be, ventroflexed to gait. I think that it really depends on the way a horse is worked and their basic conformation makes a difference in how difficult this can be. I think that it really improves the gait when they are worked in a connected way but it seems that most people either ride with way too much rein contact or no rein contact and finding the middle balance is the difficulty. The more a horse is connected to their hind legs the more push from behind. Perhaps, like with lots of things, there is more than one right answer. Robyn
