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I tried this yesterday, not quite as exaggerated as in the picture but 
definitely leaned way back at the canter.  I could not tell if the horse 
actually changed his way of going or it just felt more easy going 
/comfortable to me because of the way I was sitting but there Definitely 
was a difference.  It was a nice day and I haven't been riding Flurry 
for quite a while and we were by ourselves on a new trail so he was  a 
bit wound up.  It really seemed different when I leaned way back like 
that though.
You all probably know this already but I tried something different on 
Sunday on my Hilly ride with Ramsy.  Going up hills I tend to either 
come up out of the saddle a bit or try to stay very still.  I must have 
heard the analogy somewhere that if I had a backpack on me going up a 
hill wouldn't it be easier on me if the back pack was still versus 
wiggling around.  I took that too much to an extreme and would be as 
still as possible.   Sunday I tried something at the walk, on the not 
steep enough to get out of the saddle hills, I exaggerated my movement 
forward as if my butt was helping push him up the hill.  Ramsy is not 
good with hills.  This helped.  He wasn't even breathing hard at the 
tops of the hills let alone stopping for a few breaths like he did last 
year.  He might just be in better shape but I think going with his 
movement worked well for him.

Kathy SE




desertrydr1@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I have to say, every time I leaned that far baack on my Anglo-Arab 
> mare, she tried to scoot out from under me, did NOT like me leaning 
> back like that.  Don't know if she would have gotten used to it if I 
> did it more.  If you try it, be prepared for a reaction.  jeri
>
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