True. Bay's slowest trot is still really long, like stride-one-thousand-stride-two-thousand. I feel really mechanical and clumsy posting it.
I am gonna imagine that OKIE, being a paint has a relatively daisy-cutter like trot without a ~lot~ of bounce or length of stride. I was thinking she might be trying to post to a pretty slow jog-trot if he was trained western, but it could be that he trots faster or rougher, or she wouldn't be trying to post in the first place!
Cindy, any feel for how his trot compares to the trots we are describing? really doesn't matter, you'll figure out how to post his favorite pace no matter what it is.
No, he trots faster than most of the horses here. That's why it has taken me so long. He's slow to start but fast to trot (around here anyway) and if given the opportunity, he likes to stop on a dime. The inertia used to be a big problem for me. We just go fast. I can slow him to a jog(?) but he likes this pace and I do too but I also like to stay on:'). I've got the hang of it now though and have figured out some stuff to slow him down before stopping or walking. Everyone says he has a beautiful trot and he gets called a "show boy".
With the school horses I had plenty of time and could watch their shoulders and was trained with the up, down, up, down. With Okie, his back /neck not as long as what I was used to. The first time I got on him I felt like I was sitting at the front of a plane (nothing in front of me:') Kind of cool but hard to see his shoulders. Anyway, when I try to think about it and make it happen I probably miss 3 of 4 strides. I may already be kind of doing a little of what I am supposed to by what yall are saying though. My ex-trainer used to say I had it with the school horses. When I feel myself rising, I have been sitting back down in the saddle because I don't want to bounce all over him. When I resist rising is when he's so bumpy. Sounds like he's doing most of the rising work though.
This helps a lot. Gives me something to work with. Books great but I couldn't visualize. I just need to practice
Thanks