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Carolyn Burgess wrote:

> I have to disagree with this.  Now, if you talking about going out for 
> a "hack", then yes, I concur.  I am one of those riders who can't 
> stand going around in circles in the ring.  I'll be up in the ring 
> working away, thinking I've been there for a LONG time and I'll look 
> at my watch and 5 minutes has elapsed.  Five torturous minutes.  I 
> will only work in the ring if it is a safely issue.  I do all of my 
> training on the trail.  I do dressage work on the trail, I do lead 
> changes, bending, gait changes, anything you can do in the ring, I do 
> on the trail.  It also teaches them that just because we are doing a 
> ride, doesn't mean that I won't ask for collection, lead changes, 
> different diagonals, etc.
>  
> Carolyn Burgess
>
> */mkrumlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxx/* wrote:
>
>     I don't believe you should use the trail to *teach* your horse the
>     correct leads and diagonals. 
I'm not a big fan of the ring either. However, I think most horse can 
benefit from some good ring work and most horse can benefit from going 
back into the ring every once in awhile for a refresher.

A baseball player learns to hit a fastball by slowly turning up the 
speed on the pitching machine. He doesn't learn to hit it walking out 
and facing Nolan Ryan's 100 mph fast ball on the day one. I think the 
same concept works for the horse.

Truman

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"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our 
humanity."

- Albert Einstein




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