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Geena
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 Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 09:26:23 AM
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I am having my Loan pony (grey in signature strip) vetted on Friday and if all goes well or with no major hiccups I will be purchasing him on the weekend. Problem is he has to be exercised for the vetting and I don't want to make a muppet of myself in the school infront of the vet As you can tell I haven't had a lesson in a while and need some help.
Which leg do I sit on when rising trot, is it I sit when the inside leg comes back?
How do I tell whether I am on the right leg in canter?
Sorry for to many questions and thanks in anticipation.
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Crusaders Angel
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 09:40:28 AM
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Hi Geena
The vet is there to assess the pony - not you  but as far as I can remember, if you look down whilst cantering you should be able to see the lead leg come further forward, this should be the inside leg. Can't for the life of me remember about diagonals sorry.
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Geena
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 09:42:59 AM
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| Thanks anyhow I think that makes sense!!! |
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Silvern_Scepris
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 09:49:01 AM
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| With trotting diagonals, you should be sitting when the horses outside front leg is back |
  
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LadyB
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 10:06:08 AM
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| The way I was taught to remember diagonals in trot is look at the outside foreleg and when it comes towards you (back) you should be sitting, like you are coming together - works for me!! Good luck with the vetting!!!! |
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Eeyore
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 10:18:45 AM
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Good luck with the vetting 
I felt like my riding was on trial when I was looking for a new horse earlier this year. Its a funny feeling isn't it?
As the others have said you sit when the outside front leg comes back towards you in trot. If you ask for canter on a circle you will more than likely get the right leg and if you can't feel it through your seat look down and the inside front leg should be leading. |
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Geena
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England
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 10:24:07 AM
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| Thank you people. Gonna have some lessons with him if all goes well during the winter |
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moldequine
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 10:41:42 AM
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| Most vets dont know about diagonals unless they own their own horse and i doubt they would notice |
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Arabian Girl
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 11:37:59 AM
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| vets aint intrested in your riding ,,hes asking you to work your horse so he can test heart rates , listen to breathing rates ,lungs, ect he aint intrested in your riding abilities ,,you will be fine.........hope everything goes well and your horsey passes |
   
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Geena
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 11:41:05 AM
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| Thanks for the support. I won't be at work until Monday so I will have no access after the vetting to a computer to tell you until then so you will have to be in suspence until then. |
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Roseanne
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 11:58:38 AM
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Are you riding the horse in an arena? If you're unsure about the canter lead, rather than trying to check and coming back to trot if you're on the incorrect lead, try asking for trot as you go into the very corner; that way he's fairly bound to strike off on the correct lead.
Good luck. As the others have said, the vet will want to check the horse is sound and that it's heart rate recovers properly after a bit of exercise. He or she won't be there to criticise you... |
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pleasures
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 12:47:03 PM
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Hi Geena
I dont know if this will be of help to you, I recently bought a green broke mare and had no tack to have her vetted in so we arranged for her to be vetted on the lunge, (5 stage that is) this was done with the vet knowing that she was to be a ridden as well as broodmare horse. As others have said all he was looking for were the usual heart and pulse rate and all that goes with it etc. Everything else did not come under the ridden umbrella so to speak. Its just a thought and I was more than satisfied with the results everything that he mentioned to me I already knew about so I knew that he had done his job. I also got a certificate stating which procedures were followed
Sue
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Geena
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England
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 12:51:06 PM
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| Thanks Sue. I have decided to do it on the lunge as he is still very green in the school and I don't want to get him bothered I want schooling to be positive not a worry. my friend who is also my instructor is back Thursday and is going to help me lunge him to see what he is like and his understanding before the vet arrives Friday |
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Pixie
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donna72_uk
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 2:48:34 PM
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Good luck Geena
Hope it all goes ok for fiday |
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Gail
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 8:56:03 PM
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Geena,
Good luck for Friday......will be thinking of you.
Gail x |
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gcarrie9
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England
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Posted - 01 Nov 2007 : 3:53:09 PM
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| Best way with the rising trot is to look at the outside shoulder and go forward out of the saddle when that shoulder goes forward, once you have it there's no need to look again as long as you double bounce every time you change the rein. If you do it by glancing down at the shoulder rather than looking more forward at the leg you will be able to disguise the fact that you are checking! With canter glance down at the inside front and if you think of canter movement as three distinct beats, on the third beat that inside leg should be out in front. The vet should be busy looking at the horse anyway and shouldn't notice. Good luck. |
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Geena
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Posted - 01 Nov 2007 : 4:06:45 PM
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Thanks my nerves are getting the better of me now. I hope it all goes well. I will post on here as soon as I can and let you all know what happened
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