ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: hunter's bump?

Re: hunter's bump?

Laney Humphrey (laneyh@mbay.net)
Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:22:30 -0800

Patty (PA) - No, you didn't understand. The conclusion we came to by the
end of 4 days of looking carefully at how horses use their bodies to
perform various movements and after a lot of discussion, was that the
ability to work underneath relates mostly to the need for UPWARD rather
than FORWARD propulsion. A jumper propelling itself up & over a jump; a
dressage horse doing higher level movements requiring great suspension; a
reiner doing a sliding stop which is almost exactly the same as a jumper
taking off. What we ask our horses to do is go forward, not up. I'm not
saying that the all-too-typical hollow back/butt up and behind is all that
good. There is a middle ground, a level way of moving that is what we
should seek.
As I said, it is a very new way of looking at horse movement for me, as it
was for the other endurance people in the clinic!
Cheers, Laney
>Endurance horses often have
>undeveloped backs/loins because they are not asked to work under
>themselves
>the way dressage, cutting and reining horses are (jumpers too) since it
>is
>not appropriate for what they are doing.
>
>Laney,
>
>I have to strongly disagree with you when you say working under
>themselves is not appropriate to endurance horses. I agree that they are
>often undeveloped as a result of not working under themselves, but this
>is exactly why it is appropriate and very much needed in order to stay
>sound. Did I misunderstand?
>
>Patty (PA)
>
>

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