Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] Trot-outsd

In a message dated 6/11/02 9:37:26 PM, steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< RR>>2. NO chasing hazing of horses by anyone at the VC to obtain a trot.
Crops for unruly horses only, NOT to make a horse trot.

This isn't a big issue to me -- often it really is a matter of training and
technique. I would not recommend pulling a horse or denying completion
simply because it is not willing to trot out w/o hazing. I don't agree with
this. >>

I agree with Steph on this. We have one horse that always trots out with his 
ears back and he is just too laid back to show any animation until he has a 
rider on his back when the ears go up and he moves out freely.  I have seen 
dead tired horses drag their riders at a trot out simply because there had 
been a few hard lessons learned out-of-sight behind the barn.  Julie Suhr 

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