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RE: [RC] speaking of twh/mft - ranch"I'm very interested in someone explaining the pros and cons of a horse going wide behind" My first endurance horse was a speed quarter horse. He learned to go wide behind because he had a tremendous reach and would hit his front heels with his back. I ran him with bell boots for years until he learned. He was a blast to ride. At about 10 mph at a trot he would spread his rear and start to overreach. His rear feet would hit the ground a foot or more in front of the front hoof prints! You could feel his back end drop, the beats per minute decrease and the speed increase. By mistake (mine) he once did an honest 15 mile loop in just under an hour! (I had a hell of a time getting him cool and thus pulsed down at the vet check. We slowed down after that and finished fine. Also a comment on the Arab vs. other thread, he took about 2 times the conditioning as the Arabs/ part Arabs I ride since.) I personally would be tickled pink to have another horse that could trot like that. In the later part of the 19th century, Moseman's sold a rig to teach trotting harness horses to go wide and overstep at the trot. Ed Ed and Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx (406) 642-9640 Cell: (406) 544-2926 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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