There was a comment regarding the flying frenchman video of the horses being hollowbacked and repressed horses during the liberty phase of this video. Sorry I didn't save the original comment so I might not have remembered the original words. I was interested as that wasn't my first impression and I went back and viewed it again to see what I had missed. In the liberty phase, watching their eyes and mouths the animals don't appear stressed, but they are concentrating on their jobs. The horses are also quietly interacting with each other and emoting, tossing their heads and eye balling each other. I don't see them expressionless. I think part of the training for him to be able to stand on their backs and have nothing to hang onto is the horses have to be able to read his balance and respond immediately by slowing or speeding up as needed. It is a sensitive interactive communication between then all. I don't see how the animals could possibly work round with what they accomplishing - to do that kind of balancing with nothing to support the rider would need the animals traveling pretty flat with as little upward lift as possible (speaking as a stupid kid that did a lot of bareback riding and stupid stunts 30+ years ago). I see the horses as relaxed and focused, doing what they have been asked without resistance. I'm interested in others impressions on this? Am I missing something? Jeanine PS: one of the things I enjoyed most was watching him turning the pair at liberty, as they swooped and turned so easily. It was easy to see with just two of them, what we strive for when they are harnessed up - to get that kind of flow and bend. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqvvn_lorenzo _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````