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Kat, thanks for the explanation.  i almost choked reading about the hind feet coming up wide   I did not know how to explain it was wrong  you put it right on!!!

donna and Belesemo Bud

k s swigart <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Angie said:
>
> > I think the dressage people call it "travelling wide behind"
> > and it isn't correct - whatever that means. ;-P
> ...
> > Don't know why they wouldn't want a horse to spread out. :-)
>
> Because "wide behind" means :heavy on the forehand."
>
> Horses that can extend their trot (i.e. take longer steps) without
> having to spread their hind feet out to avoid missing their front feet,
> can do so because they are raised at the shoulder and they have already
> lifted their front feet out of the way of the back feet.
>
> Horses that have to
>  travel wide behind to avoid missing their front feet
> have to do so because the front foot is still on the ground weight
> bearing as the back foot comes forward. And if the back foot is out to
> the side of the horse, rather than directly underneath it, it cannot do
> as much weight bearing.
>
> > Angie (feeling nostalgic about Kaboot today)
>
> I believe that she had a couple of rather nasty experiences with Kaboot
> sommersaulting over her because of his tendency to travel so heavy on
> the forehand.
>
> Heavy on the forehand is not a trait that I seek in my horses.
>
> I want horses that figure out (or I can teach) how to move their front
> feet out of the way of their back feet, not the other way around.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
>
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