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Published: 2010-11-04 02:04:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 514; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 24
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OLD PHOTOS CONTINUESorry for the terrible quality/all of his tack but it's a nice pose.
Scioto Downs Racetrack, Columbus Ohio.
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He looks nice but pity that high head carriage.. he's hollowing his back quite a lot too :\
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Yeah... they're warming up here, taking their first lap around the track, and seeing as he's a youngster I imagine he's trying to get a good look at everything haha. But looking at a photo like this, it's hardly a surprise that most off-the-track standardbreds are ewe-necked!
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Yeah.. it's too bad though.. because I've only seen about 3% travel in a correct way with their heads down and engaged hindquarters
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Oh yeah I hear you. I know someone who's had an OTTSB mare for several years, and it has been quite the trial re-training her to carry herself in a more 'correct' manner (ie to about training level dressage). She's had to have chiropractic adjustments in the past because of how much she hollows out and pushes out with her hindquarters, instead of stepping under. She's gotten better though, thankfully.
Do you ride dressage? I just ask because I do, and you seem to share my desire for all horses to maintain a balanced, healthy frame regardless of their discipline haha.
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Yeah I ride a bit of dressage but I've also done showing which are both pretty fun. It's always nice to have a horse which carries itself in a frame, with a light contact.
I like to see well balanced horses in any discipline; heck I've even seen a photo of an Arabian ridden western who was on the bit. The reins were slack of course
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I don't even know how to respond to that...
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