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Friday, 16 May 2008
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OCTOBER 2005 • HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine Dan Thomas "That is not to say that all horse's will at all times. I have seen horse that stay depressed in their thoracic sling when their head and neck is up, but I think this is more training induced then perhaps we often realize. I also believe from my own personal experience, that while with bad training we can supress this mechanism, that with really good training we can augment this as well, as the horse develops a new posture and the muscles to support it. It requires much work and time to reach this point, but it is important that we aware that this is something that we are striving for or can strive for, to make it an eventual reality. I'm afraid I would have to say that it would be so much more than just raising the head and a new movement. It truly is wonderful to behold, if and when it happens to your horse. I think I've told this one before, but what the heck. Chico was a vertical necked, sunken withers horse at the start when we had him. His neck went straight up. We did measure him when he arrived and he clocked in at something like a massive 14h3 with shoes!! Bless him. Three years later I was rather surprise to find him clocking in at something like 15h2 without shoes and at rest!!! That's a lot, but he has been through some extremes." Andy Vacanes Subscribe to HORSES For LIFE Magazine to read about the possibilities in physical changes of the horse based on our training and to get full access to the exclusive and educational monthly articles in every Issue, as well as, the Past Issues Archive, prepared to serve as your resource center! For the Instructor, For the rider, For the Horse. Horses For LIFE HORSES FOR LIFE™ Please note all resources presented are © copyright protected by the original owners and reprinted with permission OR © Copyright Horses For Life™ 2005 Please write to us! We would love to hear what you think. You can write to us on our contact page or email your letter to the editor directly at letters@horsesforlife.com
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"Lets just say we have an old beer barrel sitting around and four extendable posts and some rope. We first fix the posts in the ground and sling the barrel on its side between them. If we sit on the barrel while somebody shortens the rope sling holding up one end of the barrel, the barrel will be raised and it will take the rider with it. Not only will we notice the rider being higher off the ground we will also see that the barrel is higher in relation to the posts... To summarize to this point, the overall height of the structure (assuming the barrel projects above the posts) will be will be higher off the ground and project more above the posts. This is one source of increase in height of the horse and why we also see the withers project more from the shoulders."
