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Re: [RC] diagonals - Sharon Levasseur

Ah yes, thank you for mentioning canter leads, that's one thing I forgot to
mention in my post!  It's just as important to switch canter leads as it is to
change diagonals.

-Sharon L.
www.zegifts.com


Quoting Shagyaarabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:



Hopefully this will go through to ridecamp as this is a reply to Angie
question on diagonals. I am a student of French Classical dressage and also
of
Dennis Farnham even though he doesn't have students.  Maybe call me a
groupie. The
crooked rider can cause the horse to prefer a specific diagonal.  My Shagya
mare, Vega, always throws me on her left diagonal and this is also my
strongest
side.  So as I go down the trail I am continually switching to the right to
even her and myself out.  This is helping her and also me (broke the right
hip
in 2001).  I have to step down into the right stirrup also to balance this
mare.  The past two conditioning rides I was just posting and switching
probably
about every 10 or so strides.  Now we are working on the canter leads on both
sides.  But remember, I am a newbie endurance rider so not sure if I could
keep
it up over 30 miles.

Daunna Sellers
www.shagya-arabs.com



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