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Re: [RC] travelling wide - Barbara McCraryWe have a short-bodied, round-barrelled, long-strided horse that moves beautifully and is very strong. Now if we could just find the solution to his snatching off his front shoes...... I have felt what you are describing many times in endurance rides....the cessation of rounding and the heaviness on the forehand. It is something a rider can just FEEL. The horse I have in mind (not the one described above) also canters uncollected and his vertebrae articulate differently when his too-long back is tired. The collection is gone. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [RC] travelling wide If find this to be true even of "short bodied" horses (of which I have had many) and "wide barrelled" horses (of which I have also had many). Since both of these are traits that I LIKE in a horse. I can tell when my horses' backs start to get tired; they stop rounding up as nicely and transfer their weight forwards because I can hear them start to forge. If giving them a half-halt or two to remind them to round up doesn't work, I take this as a cue that I need to give them a rest :). I consider it one of those "little subtleties" telling me that my horse is starting to get tired. kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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