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The two rat study.  Neither of my two 70ish-30/CMK-Polish horses jig,  
but when they are excited the next gear up from walk is beginning- 
level-piaffe.  It's too smooth to be a jig, they collect themselves  
without overbending, and will yield laterally.  <shrug>  The mare has  
to "want to", on the other hand the boy can be asked for it, and has  
the hock strength to go far in that gear, I call it the parade gear.   
I hate the "j" word.  They're both long-backed but with large hips,  
and slope from the croup to the withers, so that blows your  
hypothesis--both really stride under themselves though with daisy  
cutter motion they'd really pick the saddle up with their loins,  
causing bridging until I changed them to RPs.  The mare was a  
superlative downhill horse, but only average uphill, the boy seems to  
be good at both though his downhill skills are far from finished.

The third rat.  Gwalisons Olympia x CMK mare, very shortbacked she  
could jig you into madness if not allowed to go forward.  I'd rescued  
her, and loved everything bout her but the J, her new owner (from age  
16-present, 26) was more amused than bugged by it.  But she has  
almost ideal conformation, Deb Bennett's "thirds" almost personified,  
and a perfect back for saddling.

Lynne
Celesteele, Rem-member Me and the half Lippi Twix who sticks to  
draysodge movement only please


On Jan 3, 2006, at 7:20 AM, Karen Sullivan wrote:

> have been pondering over the years, and recently, if people believe  
> any particular type conformation tends to produce horses that want  
> to jig....or is it horses that don't carry their bodies correctly?
> I have observed a number of sort of long-backed, high rumped horses  
> are inclined to sort of bunch up and jig...is it part conformation,  
> or is it just personality and training?
>
> Horses I have bought that have straighter backs have not had that  
> inclination to jig....horses that I have had that really stride  
> under themselves with hind legs don't tend to jig....
>
> Then there is the question of gaited horses....do they also jig or  
> just want to gait faster?
> Karen  (who greatly dislikes jiggy horses!)


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