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RE: [RC] [RC] Rounded frame - Laurie Durgin

The way a horse carries himself often depends on how they are built -- The cutter horses are bred for a level topline and lower headset, many western horses are.... An arab, or saddlebred , andulasian, Friesiean, etc. have higher headsets naturally.
Rounding has more to do with using their backs and rearend better to carry our butts around and not hurt themselves in the process.. then there is the "whatever the style is" that humans put on them.
This is the short answer....

From: ibiteraaarr@xxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC]   Rounded frame
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:05:54 -0500

I have a question. This may sound like the most ignorant, obnoxious question ever, but I'm curious. Has the concept of working in a rounded frame always been a concept in training or is this relatively new? I've been riding for 16 years and only in the last couple years have I been introduced to this. I rode saddle seat for most of those 16 years, and we were always taught to keep the horse's head way up with his nose tucked, which is also unnatural for him. So why is it that man thinks he knows how the horse should carry himself better then the horse does? Even watching a couple reining events, I can't help but wonder why the horse keeps his tail pinned and his head level with or below his chest. I just don't see that as natural either so why do we think the horse's carriage is better this way? Do horses in the wild teach themselves to work in rounded frames or is this strictly a concept man has invented in all his infinite wisdom? I'm not trying to be a smart ass, just genuinely curious.


Liz Dorner
Ct. Region



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