Re: RC: RE: Re: Fox Trotting Arab

["Truman Prevatt, Ph.D." <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Make sure he doesn't hollow his back as a result.

Truman

Tamara Putman wrote:
> 
> This works for my gaited Arab.  Just sit back like the saddleseat riders do,
> get your hands up with some contact and let him come up under you. This
> horse rides in a rubber dog-bone bit, but does gait better when in an
> elevator bit, probably do to the curb action.
> 
> -Tamara
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maggie [mailto:maggisar@bright.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 7:02 PM
> To: dmchapek@hotmail.com; ridecamp@endurance.net; Liz Newfield
> Subject: RC: Re: Fox Trotting Arab
> 
> > I have an arabian that fox trots when he gets very excited.  I would love
> > to learn how to ask him to do it when he is not half way out of his mind.
> > I's sure like some hints as well.
> 
> If foxtrotting is anything like racking, sit back and deep in your saddle
> with your feet a little forward, tighten your reins so that you are in his
> mouth a little and hold your hands so that he raises his head and hollows
> his back. This is supposed to encourage him to get his back end under him
> and his front end up free to move.
> 
> Good luck!
> Maggie Fleming
> Under a Shooting Star Farm
> 
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