hobbyhorse23
Well-Known Member
I know Keely made one of these for her minis, can someone PM her and ask for photos/instructions?
Leia
Leia
This depends on what kind of issues you are having with a horse. If the horse is showing little topline development, then this system would be a great thing to ease the horse into using as it gets them to round up their back and start tracking correctly (dressage). If you are planning to do any kind of ADS style driving or looking to improve your dressage work with a seasoned CDE pony, then yes this system would come in handy at times. It is not something I use everyday, that is not its intension, but it is a great tool to help your horse get the idea of traveling from back to front.I'm wondering if what I already do with sliding side reins and long lines is a better system or is this something to incorporate into the current program.
This is all from a dressage perspective, but many driving trainers, even in the breed ring, like to teach the horse to lift their front end and push up under themselves with their hindend. It creates a very pleasure picture because the horse looks powerful and is moving his shoulder's freely with lots of lift in the front....however this takes YEARS in the dressage ring, and very very very few horses are conformationally able to really lift their front ends like that (think of a plane taking off and how the nose of the plane leaves the ground first). SO, this system will by no means turn a horse into something that it is not, but it will definitely help build the correct muscles for traveling in a dressage type frame. I am happy with it.Just read Matt's comments. So true. So many people look for collection in the head without watching the feet. If the horse is engaged and tracking up properly, the head set comes naturally.This all comes more from a dressage POV than the breed ring.
Thoughts ?
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