APRIL 2006 • VOLUME 8 • ©HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine

So are there horses that we can tell early on will do well with the flying changes?

According to Albrecht there is. Albrecht suggest that we can often tell when we first mount upon our horses for the very first time. That those horses that seem to be able to carry a rider easily from the very beginning. Those that have little difficulty in recovering their equilibrium and balance when first mounted are often the same horses that will have difficulty later on with the flying changes.

The reason that they have little problem with the flying changes is that these horses, tend to be active, forward and in some ways fairly straight. They have little problem with balance and loading their legs evenly. And because they feel physical secure, they end up also being easier to train, because they tend to be calmer and less likely to stress when introduced to the flying changes. Thus their ability to physically balance under the rider and feel physical secure, leads to an emotional balance.

"Even in the canter, they distribute the load so perfectly on hind and fore limbs that they are never induced to avoid overloading a weaker hind leg by moving crookedly, bending the wrong way and generally grudging, active forward movement. They feel secure and therefore do not become agitated."

These talented horse should have little problem with the flying change if they are introduced to some basic qualities first and if the rider himself does not create an imbalance in the physical or emotional state of the horses.

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