tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post3850764198965385681..comments2024-03-20T03:44:08.507-04:00Comments on Horses of Follywoods: End of the WeekJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post-20594035352884878842007-07-14T00:47:00.000-04:002007-07-14T00:47:00.000-04:00You are becoming my HERO too ^-^ I really like you...You are becoming my HERO too ^-^ <BR/><BR/>I really like your explaination of Hyperflexing on Caroline's blog. B/c she is away, I am replying here. <BR/>I have never been shocked by Rolkhur as such, b/c I watched Western riders at my yard doing worse overbending ... :::sight:::: It is NOT a pretty sight.<BR/><BR/>However, I could not understand WHY somebody would overbent a DRESSAGE horse, as it is a very difficult fault to correct. My trainer Gigi told me that during a stage with Philippe Karl, he saw him correcting a horse who was overbending/being behind the bit. PK used reins made of ... wood in order to push the horse into contact and forward. After two days, the horse could extend into the contact low and forward.<BR/><BR/>so thanks for explaining, that it lifts the horse's back.<BR/><BR/>I have watched Western riders, and it is true that b/c overbending, their horses lift their back, but they are still on the shoulders, b/c of the weight of the neck.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if over-bending is not a technique taken from the reining practise .... <BR/><BR/>IMO, it has NO place in the Dressage Training ...<BR/><BR/>Then you are an ex-jumper/eventer? No more jumps with your new boy?<BR/><BR/>Would you train Chance to jump before doing Dressage?Murielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491691754938320621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post-48071940608007159442007-07-13T20:42:00.000-04:002007-07-13T20:42:00.000-04:00How's it feel to be a Role Model in Horsemanship? ...How's it feel to be a Role Model in Horsemanship? I really must see you ride...Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13328052913063645655noreply@blogger.com