Turns on the fore-hand. How are you a dressage rider if you are in a western saddle? Those things are heavy, and not conducive to a good seat and leg position.
@Millyshirley Dressage simply means 'training.' It's not intended to exclude anyone. All horses can, and do benefit from the use of dressage principles and techniques. It's about understanding the horses anatomy and how the horse moves. Its fundamental purpose is to develop a horse's natural athletic ability. Duke is a green horse.
Google Eitan Beth-Halmachy, he opened the 2010 WEG. Western saddles do not inhibit a horses ability to move, but ill-fitting saddles do, beit western or english.
Turns on the fore-hand. How are you a dressage rider if you are in a western saddle? Those things are heavy, and not conducive to a good seat and leg position.
Millyshirley 10 months ago
@Millyshirley Dressage simply means 'training.' It's not intended to exclude anyone. All horses can, and do benefit from the use of dressage principles and techniques. It's about understanding the horses anatomy and how the horse moves. Its fundamental purpose is to develop a horse's natural athletic ability. Duke is a green horse.
Google Eitan Beth-Halmachy, he opened the 2010 WEG. Western saddles do not inhibit a horses ability to move, but ill-fitting saddles do, beit western or english.
Delela1 10 months ago