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DECARPENTRY: Riding an Upright Horse!

OCTOBER 2005 • HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine

The Horse Leans through Turns Decarpentry on our two alternatives for bending our horses through a volt or a turn. And which is truly correct!

How we ride and train our horses through the corners affects all of his movement. A gauge of whether he is beginning to engage through the hind end, or is he just fooling you, or are you fooling yourself.

Truly interesting when we use this information to examine the practices of those around us, especially at the higher levels of competition, and we often see horses that are working with tight backs, unable to properly working through the corners and turns.

Decarpentry:Leaning Through the Turn October 2005 HORSES For LIFE Magazine

Decarpentry - Riding an Upright Horse - October 2005 HORSES For LIFE Online Magazine

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eneral Decarpentry has this picture in his text showing how, as the horse goes faster, he is more likely to lean more, and the more the horse leans, the more he holds his neck and head to the outside. If we look at the picture we see three horses clearly at the forefront the one to the left, near the center of the picture, are leaning only slightly, the next horse over to the right is leaning more and we can more clearly see the displacement of the neck. The horse on the extreme right also shows us how the horse uses his head and neck like a balancing weight to his body as he leans through the turn.

General Decarpentry has a detailed explanation in his Academic Equitation on how the horse should go through the corner or through the circle.

How there are two choices that a horse has to go through a corner or on a circle. He can lean or he can bend.

It is actually quite easy for horses to lean. Actually the faster he goes, the more likely he is to lean. Sort of like watching a motorbike going through a corner at a race.

When he is going as fast as he can, this is the most efficient manner of transmitting the energy from the hindquarters to the front end.

But as riders and trainers of a riding horse, what do we want?

Is this desirable from a biomechanical point of view?

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