rcbrk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wow - I have been riding for 30 years and have never seen this?!? Why are the front feet left so long ... does that make the stride do this?

ryantaulbee (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

They have to be goverment inspected by a vet before they can enter the arena, I assure you, the horses are fine!

ryantaulbee (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thats how alot of the men ride I have noticed. Women usually are more upright, I do anyways.....

XvixXtheXrockerX (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

...that is such an ignorant comment...such generalization of breeds shows true idiocy. GRANDPrix jumpers don't take rails down b/c they love their job, dressage horses improve piaffe and passage through muscle development...and no, htey aren't ALL in pain everyday from arthritis and joint probs. Only if you force a horse to do something he is physically incapable for/mentally not ready for, will you start to see problems. *rolls eyes*

XvixXtheXrockerX (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

but WHY will you hunch over? I watched a vid of a girl in the World...watever cpmpetition and she was sitting upright; looked very beautiful, IMHO

HeavensGaitWalkers (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

OK, maybe TBs and other breeds go lame from being ridden at 2, but not Walkers. Walking Horses mature faster and have much sounder, stronger limbs than TBs and most other breeds. Most Walking Horses are started at 2 and show until they are 7 or 8, plenty of them show well into their 20s (padded) with no lameness to speak of. What does that tell you?

vje75mg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

because yankees are dumbasses, i don't want that stuff up there anyway

vje75mg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yeah, they do, just not as exaggerated. and if it was that damn simple then why aren't we are trainers?

vje75mg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

First off, ride one and you'll hunch over. secondly, if you don't support the breed or the means they use to get the gait out of them, then go one somewhere. they are amazing athletes and a joy to own.

lupinespiritalso (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

There is a sore horse in there it is a little black skinny horse with a bigger man on it. It appears to be the left rear.