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Post by misty on Jan 9, 2012 10:26:51 GMT 1
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Post by izzy on Jan 9, 2012 10:53:09 GMT 1
Wow very impressive and look at the lovely mane would love iz to have half that length.
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Post by jen1 on Jan 9, 2012 11:09:11 GMT 1
its nice, but! me being , well me the old fart! thinks he would look a lot better if he could move his shoulders,"saddle related" and be a bit more off the forehand, now that would look impressive, a lot of talent there though ,
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Post by Dragonmaster on Jan 9, 2012 12:29:44 GMT 1
to me it looks sort of wrong for a horse of that type to be doing that long, low lope of a Western horse, with sliding stops & pirouettes.
They are called Vanners for a reason - they are essentially draft horses.
Maybe I'm biassed as Red goes much better in harness than under saddle, and I can hardly get him to canter at all. With him I'm going with the nature and abilities of the horse rather than trying to make him into something he is not.
And how many horses will stand still, untethered, while you heave a pair of builders sacks full of hay onto his back and then walk off happily to the feeding area with it?
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Post by specialized on Jan 9, 2012 13:48:08 GMT 1
That saddle is certainly not suited to that horse, it is almost sitting on the quarters.
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Post by amber on Jan 9, 2012 16:54:47 GMT 1
Mmmm... gotta agree with the saddle comments,..it doesn't look like it's an enjoyable experience for the little horse does it??,..the horse doesn't look like he's smiling at all to me...  Does look strange too, watching a traditional doing it 'the USA way'!! |
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Post by holi on Jan 9, 2012 17:27:11 GMT 1
agree on saddle but my god what a mane!
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Post by amber on Jan 9, 2012 17:31:05 GMT 1
Well i've got the tail at home,...but thank goodness i haven't got the mane too,....jesus,...my boy gets warm enough in the summer with his (i plait it up for this reason alone),..so would hate to contend with that length..!!
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Post by lizpurlo on Jan 9, 2012 21:13:40 GMT 1
He looks like a Julip model horse with that impossibly long mane!
I thought the lope quite suited him - looks better for a vanner than someone trying to force him into a dressage outline. Would love to try that with my little orange vanner one day, he's just so 'bling' already, and a nice spangly Western saddle would just suit him down to the ground. I'm never a fan of the sliding halts and spins though, for any horse, always makes me wince a bit when I watch them.
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Post by kristine on Jan 10, 2012 6:30:32 GMT 1
I thought that little horse travelled pretty good considering he was bred to pull a cart not have fancy footwork, flat lead changes, and grab his ss in a long slide. No, he wasn't bred for it, but he sure did his breed proud for making nicer maneuvers than most QHs. I was impressed that a vanner could be athletic in that way. |
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Post by Anne_Oxfordshire on Jan 10, 2012 8:57:04 GMT 1
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Post by abbeyb on Jan 10, 2012 21:32:41 GMT 1
What a lovely horse.
I always like to see a cob type doing something different.
Just started western lessons with Pumba-the-Fjord. She loves it.
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Post by mjcssjw2 on Jan 10, 2012 21:57:56 GMT 1
I like it as well, dont like riders nasty saddle adjustment technique though
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