> > For a pacey horse that you would like to have fox trot, you would do > > something different than asking the square horse to fox trot, and also > > different than asking the naturally gaited fox trotter to fox trot. > > > > What do you do? Or does it depend on the horse.
Yes, it depends on the horse and his natural gait orientation. Say with the pacey horse, you'd want to keep your hands lower, be a little more forward in your seat. Which reminds me, I was working with two ladies a while ago, both riding the same horse. The first one, I asked her to sit up more to get the horse to saddle rack. When the next lady got on the horse, I had to ask her to sit down lower to get the horse to saddle rack. The first lady was confused and asked why I had told her to sit up and was telling the second gal to sit down. It was because of the rider's orientation. The first rider was of the western discipline, and the second rider was a long-time hunter jumper. Problem was not with the horse, he could saddle rack with no problem. It was the rider and the rider's seat that needed adjustment to the horse! Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
