To: HairOfTheDog
When Rocky takes off, he accelerates so hard with his back end that you swear he is bucking. It takes a while to get use to him. If you can keep from pulling him up after a stride or two he smooths out some. But the inital take off is rough. I don't know if that's him, or because he is a barrel horse.
BEcky
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Interesting! - Have to see him do it! Might depend on whether he is starting off in the front or in the back.
273 posted on
04/30/2004 7:11:09 PM PDT by
HairOfTheDog
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Start him on a 10 meter circle left and circle right to see if there's any difference. Lift him into the canter from a collected and a medium trot to see if that makes any difference.
Being a barrel horse probably has a lot to do with it. In which case starting from a trot is probably going to help.
277 posted on
04/30/2004 7:20:55 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
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