{"id":131,"date":"2009-03-26T08:50:12","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T14:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2009-03-26T08:50:12","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T14:50:12","slug":"why-keep-your-horses-head-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/why-keep-your-horses-head-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Keep Your Horse&#8217;s Head Down?"},"content":{"rendered":"<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/css\/authover.css\" media=\"screen\" \/>\r\n\t       <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/css\/simplemodel.css\" media=\"screen\"\/>\r\n\t          <script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n\tsrc=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/jquery-1.7.2.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n           <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/jquery.simplemodal.js\"><\/script>\r\n           <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/authover.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\t\t\t\tvar jq = jQuery.noConflict();\r\n\t\t\t\tfunction openPopup(url,width,height,delay,useajax,iframe,exitt){\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\talert(url);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tauthover.configure({\r\n\t\t\t\t\tiFrameAttribute : {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\" : \"autFrame\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"id\" : \"authFrame\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"src\" : \"http:\/\/wikipedia.com\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"height\" : \"100%\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"width\" : \"100%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t},\r\n\t\t\t\tmodalContent : url,\r\n\t\t\t\twidth : width,\r\n\t\t\t\theight : height,\r\n\t\t\t\tdelay : delay,\r\n\t\t\t\tpopupUseAjax: 0,\r\n\t\t\t\ttargetUseIframe: iframe,\r\n\t\t\t\tpopupIsRedirect: useajax,\r\n\t\t\t\texitAlertText: exitt\r\n\t\t\t\t});\r\n\t\t\t\tauthover.triggerModal();\r\nreturn false;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/script><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Why Keep Your Horse&#8217;s Head Down?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re into Western Riding, there&#8217;s<br \/>\na head position that&#8217;s desirable for horses.<\/p>\n<p>That head position is down.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that?<\/p>\n<p>When the head is down, it automatically<br \/>\ncauses the horse&#8217;s back to rise.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s so good about that?<\/p>\n<p>It gets them to use their back legs<br \/>\nmore.<\/p>\n<p>So what?<\/p>\n<p>It keeps their front legs light and<br \/>\nready to move.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, when the horse&#8217;s front end is<br \/>\nlight, they can turn faster and easier.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re simply in a more athletic<br \/>\nposition to do maneuvers.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever watched a Draft Horse pulling<br \/>\ncontest, you would likely see their heads down while<br \/>\npulling because it helps them get that strength<br \/>\nneeded to pull.<\/p>\n<p>Another key point about the head being<br \/>\ndown, back up, and light on the front end, is<br \/>\nthis is much of what collection is about.<\/p>\n<p>Collection is an important factor in<br \/>\nthe horse world.\u00a0 When they&#8217;re using the rear<br \/>\nlegs, light on the front, and moving with<br \/>\nbalance,&#8230;you&#8217;re getting collection.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, when your horse puts his head<br \/>\ndown we don&#8217;t want to take that away from him.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we want to encourage it.<\/p>\n<p>But what about when the horse puts<br \/>\nhis head down to lean on the bit?<\/p>\n<p>Then what?<\/p>\n<p>The first thing to &#8220;not&#8221; do is pull<br \/>\nhis head back up.<\/p>\n<p>If you do, you&#8217;re encouraging him not<br \/>\nto lower his head.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to know what else to do,<br \/>\nyou might want to take a look at the<br \/>\nKenny Scott horse training video.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny reveals many solutions for various<br \/>\nproblems including the one I just described.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny&#8217;s a lot of fun to learn from be-<br \/>\ncause he&#8217;s got more experience and championships<br \/>\nunder his belt than most trainers you&#8217;ll meet.<\/p>\n<p>He won the 1997 World in Western Riding.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s also placed at the World so many times I&#8217;m<br \/>\nnot sure I could accurately count them.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also made the finals at the Congress<br \/>\nin Western Pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Combine his wins with his background in<br \/>\nhorse training and you begin to see why he&#8217;s<br \/>\nsomeone to learn from.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you want to know more about<br \/>\nhim, click on the following:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-kennyscott.html<\/p>\n<p>Remember, the head down is a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>But you might ask, &#8220;But what if it looks<br \/>\nlike he&#8217;s going to buck?\u00a0 Don&#8217;t horses buck with<br \/>\ntheir head down?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Great question.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny answers that in his video as well.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-kennyscott.html<\/p>\n<p>Ok&#8230;that&#8217;s it for today.\u00a0 Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.s. 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