This is from a FB page. Nice to see the head/neck carriage.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.514691345263814.1073741824.107699675962985&type=1
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This is from a FB page. Nice to see the head/neck carriage.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.514691345263814.1073741824.107699675962985&type=1[/QUOTE]
I see broken @ 3rd, head below withers, OK, totally out of the bridle at a halt, overbent and too low, and overbent.
They’re youth in a newer class, so I think everyone is doing all right, actually. But I only see 1 horse with a nice head/neck carriage.
Correct, gaitedinCali. There were actually 4 rather nice rides, one or two very nice in the Youth class. The Amateur and Open classes more consistent , with four very nice rides in the Ammy class and 2 in the open test 3. All tests had a mix of flat top line super slow WP, tense tight broken at the 3rd vertebrae WP, and more or less successful attempts at the gaits and carriage looked for in WD. The live feed will continue with Levels 1 and 2 this afternoon.
Can you link us to the live feed?
Current horse is being shown one handed with rommel. She placed 3rd in her Ammy Basic test.
All I meant was nice to see them without nose on ground. Perfect? Not by a long shot, but a step in the right direction. And that is ‘nice to see’.
I would much rather see horses that are bred to naturally have very low head/neck carriage ‘peanut rolling’ than a horse cranked back behind the vertical with two hands on a leverage bit. But YMMV.
Okay.
I was surprised to see that much contact on curb bits as well…
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I would much rather see horses that are bred to naturally have very low head/neck carriage ‘peanut rolling’ than a horse cranked back behind the vertical with two hands on a leverage bit. But YMMV.[/QUOTE]
Crippling horses conformationally through poor breeding does have the advantage of preventing people from learning how to ride, that is true.
This is like saying I’d rather loose a foot than a hand…neither is a good thing.
