Boy, that’s the truth. My daughter’s little mare has a
slightly long back, has a big floaty trot in which we
seem suspended in air for quite some time, spreads her hind legs out far, but I
don’t think they pass the fronts, and she goes along with a low heart
rate forever, and she’s very comfy as well, you just have to learn to
hold your air. She also seems to drop down about 3 inches when she does this
big trot.
Kathy
Truman wrote:
There is probably an answer that is correct some of the time, but in
general the resonance of a mechanical system is determined by the entire
systems - not by a few components. For example take a long piece of rope and
tie a large weight on the end and swing it. That is a single pendulum. We know
exactly how that will work. Now tie some more rope to the end of the weight and
add another weight to the end. This is the classic double pendulum. It's resonance motion is very complex - in fact it is a
prime example of "chaotic motion." This is a very simple mechanical
system - only two degrees of freedom. Given all the levers and pulleys in a
horse's body - they have 100's of degrees of freedom.
