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> My horse has low heel on his left front, throws me onto the right
> diagonal after about 3 strides. Yes, we have diagonal wars going.
> Sometimes I just give up and 2-point a lot.
I tend to swear all horses throw me on their left. A friend of mine
claimed all hers threw her on her right and her current horse would not
let her ride the left. Then she was out sick for a while and I campaigned
her horse...guess what. Seemed to me that he wanted me on the left. I
believe it is more a rider issue that becomes a horse issue if the same
person rides them long enough.

I agree totally with Kat that it's easier to ride our unaccustomed
diagonal for short periods.  After Melissa Crain told us she changes
every 6 beats we started trying that. (I heard Earl Baxter changes every
10). Melissa goes along singing "Cruising along in my Pink Cadillac".  I
like, "Shall, we dance...bom bom bom bom (good place to change diagonals)
shall we walze with each other shall we dance...bom bom bom bom. :-)

I believe that as a confirmed left diagonal preference person I ride with
my hips ever so slightly cocked to that angle. If I check just what
contact I have with my seat bones and then when I switch to the right
change to the point that I have that contact in reverse, I can ride the
right better. (If I'm riding with the reins in one hand I switch rein
hand.)  I think our problem is we don't change our seat when we change
our diagonal.

Angie (untrained, but tries to be observant)

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