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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

Posted on 01/02/2007 9:57:39 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*

This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.

I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!

I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and MissTargets will now be pinging everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.

So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.

Previous threads:

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!



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To: carton253

I have no idea what the dragoon seat is but posting it the up and down motion you English riders do when the horse is at the trot.

Becky


8,781 posted on 06/20/2007 11:04:34 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Thank you. Whatever the dragoon seat is (it has to do with the way cavalry rode in the 19th century), the horse is kept in a trot and the rider is "hammered."

It's for my novel that you all have helped me with.

I am reading Robert E. Lee Jr.'s book about his father and these terms came up when Lee was teaching young Rob how to ride.

8,782 posted on 06/20/2007 11:10:39 AM PDT by carton253 (And if that time does come, then draw your swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: carton253

Sounds like it must just mean they are sitting the trot...that would hammer you, or at least the horses back:)

Becky


8,783 posted on 06/20/2007 11:14:33 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Would it make you tired? That was young Rob’s complaint.


8,784 posted on 06/20/2007 11:19:14 AM PDT by carton253 (And if that time does come, then draw your swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: carton253

The posting or the sitting the trot?

I’d find sitting the trot very very tiring.

Once you learn to post, it really doesn’t require any effort to do, the work is actually being done by the horse.

Becky


8,785 posted on 06/20/2007 11:24:27 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: carton253
Dragoon appears to be a cavalry style of riding.(Dragoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Posting is rising and sitting in the saddle with the rhythm at the trot, as a way of comfortably riding a fast trot.

8,786 posted on 06/20/2007 11:39:20 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
It was the sitting trot that tired young Rob out. He was about 10 and riding his pure white pony named Santa Anna. General Lee brought it back from the Mexican War for his youngest son. Once Rob learned the sitting trot, then he could post.

Thank you for all your help.

If you want to read a very good book, may I recommend Traveller by Richard Adams. (He is the same author who wrote Watership Down) It tells of the Civil War entirely from Traveller's point of view and it is a marvelous piece of work.

8,787 posted on 06/20/2007 11:42:42 AM PDT by carton253 (And if that time does come, then draw your swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; carton253
Ah - I see you've answered already :~)

Carton... here's a video I found of someone posting the trot. posting trot

8,788 posted on 06/20/2007 11:44:39 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yeah, been here all morning, and it’s so slow:)...even the horse forum is slow.

It’s raining, I’m at Jenny’s with the boys, and they are all sitting around rather lethargic watching cartoons:\

Becky


8,789 posted on 06/20/2007 11:46:19 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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It’s gorgeous here, we’re washing pitch off the trucks... The horse trailer’s next.

We may get rain tomorrow. I’m actually hoping for it, now that the pasture’s mowed it would be nice to green it up again, before it dries up for the summer.


8,790 posted on 06/20/2007 11:57:35 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Thank you very much!


8,791 posted on 06/20/2007 11:57:44 AM PDT by carton253 (And if that time does come, then draw your swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Hey, I finally got around to checking out that Myler Bit website. It’s pretty cool, but DANG how do you ever decide which mouth piece and which shanks you need?


8,792 posted on 06/20/2007 12:02:28 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: carton253; HairOfTheDog; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I dunno... if the horse has a comfortable enough trot, the sitting trot should be no more tiring than the posting trot. If the horse has a short, choppy stride, mmm... different story. Sometimes I sit a trot if I want to relax and let the horse carry me. :-) Levi’s trot is FAR easier to sit to than to post to, but Tammy’s is easier to post to because my god, I always feel like my kidneys are going to come out through my ears because her stride is so choppy. Sweet Lord.


8,793 posted on 06/20/2007 12:25:03 PM PDT by Beaker (Don't Panic)
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To: carton253
Once Rob learned the sitting trot, then he could post.

You might want to omit that... generally if you're bouncing around on a horse's back uncomfortably, you're going to want to learn to post sooner rather than later. That sentence just doesn't... sound right. (I'm not trying to be a snoot, I promise) :-)
8,794 posted on 06/20/2007 12:33:01 PM PDT by Beaker (Don't Panic)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Get in the floor and romp with them:’)


8,795 posted on 06/20/2007 12:57:28 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I’m right the opposite. Up/down makes me tired. I seem to be able to find a better rythmn , sitting.


8,796 posted on 06/20/2007 12:59:57 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: FrogInABlender

That’s why I like the site, it explained what all the mouth pieces and shanks worked on.

Becky


8,797 posted on 06/20/2007 1:00:48 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: FrogInABlender

I wanted to add, I also had an advantage. One of the men who designed the bit was a speaker at the seminar I went to last year. He gave a lot of general info about these bits and bits in general, how they all work. That’s why I’ve always wanted one these. What he said made sense.

Becky


8,798 posted on 06/20/2007 1:03:04 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: CindyDawg

If the trot is slow enough it’s not bad to sit, but would be harder to post to. As I told carton, the horse should be doing the work, it’s really not the rider pushing himself up himself, it’s more letting the motion of the horse throw you up, then you come down controlled, is the best way I can explain. If the horse isn’t moving fast enough for the momentum to carry the rider up, then the rider has to push up himself, which is more work and more tiring.

I don’t ask for a really slow trot often. I need the horse to move at a nice 6-8 mph trot.

Becky


8,799 posted on 06/20/2007 1:07:05 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Yeah, sitting that happens. Posting, I’m working.


8,800 posted on 06/20/2007 1:08:26 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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