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Re: [RC] Diagonals More Dust - Crysta Turnagehttp://www.newrider.com/Starting_Out/The_Paces/trot.html "As shown the horse in trot moves his legs in pairs. The right front and left rear are called the right diagonal; the left front and right rear are called the left diagonal." So Don, when you are sitting as the left front hits the ground, you are on the left diagonal. The diagonal is named from the outside foreleg. On 11/16/09, sherman <sherman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Here's a good lesson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soS3HRr94P8 The horse is slow, and it is obvious once they get started in circles which diagonal the rider is on and she explains which is the correct diagonal to post on, the outside of the curve. What she doesn't say, and something I never noticed until Don mentioned it, is that not only do you rise on the foreleg that is moving forward, but you also sit when that foreleg hits the ground. Kathy Diagonal in question: "My ass hits the saddle when the left front hits the ground". Am I on the "left" or "right" diagonal? Some have said left and some right so there is not any consensus yet. It has been pointed out that after hitting the saddle I am now rising and then "standing when the right front hits the ground". Are diagonals named by the leg you stand on? Don Huston -- ~ Crysta http://dreammakker.blogspot.com/ "Those of us who finish near the back, make the rest of you look good." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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