Oh! OK.
So to make a right, applying pressure with the right calf is correct.
Whew! I started using my legs more today, along with leaning back when he steps or walks downhill.
Poor fella was just so sad lookin' with his little boot on. But the trail leader assured me that even though it's slightly heavier than a shoe, he wouldn't be clumsy.
I disagree. He felt a bit clumsy beneath me when we were going through some really soft, damp ground. Like the boot was picking up gunk and taking him off-stride.
I think it's clumsy to have two different shoes on myself, so you're probably right that he felt a little clumsy.
I don't know whether to say a word about leg in turns or not - hate to confuse you, but I use leg a little differently than Becky explained. I control the front half of the horse with the reins, and the rear end with leg. I apply more inside leg than outside leg in tight turns, picturing that if leg is applied at the girth, you're bending the horse around the leg, leg applied further back on the inside will swing the rear end out.
Trail ride pictures! Today we rode on private tree farm land on a ride hosted by one of the local Back-country Horsmen chapters.
Directly in front of me is my landlord's wife Lavonne, who is riding her 30 year old Morgan mare, and, as you can see, hardly ever has her hands on the reins. It makes Bob nuts when she does this. ;~D But Bob was not there today.
This land had Ponderosa Pine planted on it.... which I think made it seem hotter than it really was today. Pines remind me of Arizona.
In front of Lavonne is My landlord Dick, who is riding his Appy Dan. He's the one who had Bay before me.
We're pretty spoiled for trails... the trails today were very rough and narrow in places, not like the state forest at all. All home-made. :~D
ecurbh coming down a hill behind me ;~D
The lady in front on the really loud leopard Appy is the one who invited us along today.
This place, the trees were so thick it really was this dark. No undergrowth... They needed thinned.
Pics from the front of the pack...
~Waves to my husband in the back there~
