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[RC] Question for the gaited people - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Nicole z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Most of the gaited riders I've seen -- TWHs, Pasos, etc -- sit back while they ride. ALL the time. I have seen a handful -- usually at endurance rides :-) -- who do get up off their horse's backs, but they're the exception rather than the rule. So... my question is: don't these horses get sore backs? And, they don't *need* the rider to sit like that to gait, do they? I can't imagine that they do if the gait is natural. I have a friend whose mother has two Peruvian Pasos. She can't keep them sound and they have some of the sorest backs I've ever seen. I've told my friend that the cause is pretty clear (her mother is easily 250lbs+ and sits way back and like a sack of potatos on her horses' backs/loins), but neither of us knows how to address the issue with her as she's sure she knows what she's doing & says that's how you are supposed to ride them. She's actually selling both her PPs since they have these problems and plans to buy another one. She thinks the problem is the horses. I think the problem is their rider... ~Nicole ============================================================ You don't have to be a 100-mile rider or a multi-day rider to be an endurance rider, but if you want to experience the finest challenges our sport has to offer, you need to do both of those. ~ Joe Long ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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