Re: RC: Endurance & REining

[DVeritas@aol.com]

Sitting down and sliding has no practical application in the life of a horse.
"Whoaing", yes.  
Some aspects of reining might apply to Endurance, the swinging your leg over 
the horse's croup, for instance.
Do your horse a favor and make him a good saddle companion and leave the 
reining histrionics to reiners.
The "balance" reiners seek in loping of circles due to proper weight 
distribution and subtle application of seat, leg and hand aids can be 
directly translated to going down the trail.
If you spend time making your horse an endurance companion you will not only 
have a mount for endurance, you will have a horse eager to please you with 
his steady manner, sound hocks and years of useful life without premature 
crepidation in all his joints.
Just my opinion (as Buffalo Springfield said, "For What It's Worth"),
Frank.


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