[drivingpairs] Re: draft horse talk
- From: Production Acres <cdhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 09:33:40 -0400
He proceded to drive them around the ring, then did a diagional across the
ring, with every horse on the bit, in step, in an extended trot! The kind
of
performance that takes your breath away!
I doubt that he would have a problem with light horse dressage."
I have felt for many years that there is an incredible snobbery
(for lack of a better word) toward the folks and horses that were trained as
"working" animals...never have I heard "farmer" used in such second
class...or lower...ways as when it comes to _some_ modern drivers of one
horse meadowbrooks....
it's like I wish I could grab them all up and say "you
know...there _was_ driving before Heike Beans book on the matter" <g> I have
seen people worry so much about bend and extension and being "on the bit"
that they forget things like "whoa" "come back"... conditioning up to a
certain job and standing quietly for what could be an hour....
the old timers may not have had the silly hats and fancy
carriages but they did know horses as animals they worked every day...and
finding one to visit with could be the best part of ones driving career
Tamara in TN
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