I know... it's just not attractive or, I don't think, all that efficient for the horse. I was thinking of Black Beauty, the owner that kept cranking the horse's heads higher and higher, so high that they could not throw their weight into the pull, and comparing it to this silly picture, where the horse looks like he is grazing more than moving, and I thought to myself "Why are people forever trying to mess up a good thing? Why do we think we know better than the horse where he should carry his neck? I'm not saying there should never be collection, there should! -but that it should still resemble the horse's natural carriage and improve upon it, not pervert it.
I agree with you. I can't believe that the QH headset and way of going has crossed over to the harness arena. Sad really. And this is a different topic, but maybe someone on the thread can clear it up for me. A friend of mine and I were talking about Appys and how people have been playing around with it. Is it true that you can register an appy as an appy if it has no visible appy characteristics? I'm not calling her a liar, I just don't know if I should believe it.