Anyway. Let us step back a bit. I said galop to fence. You asked  fairly enough why galop or  dont galop. either on fair enough. Then you again fair enough went into the mechanics or the galop vs canter 3 vs 4 beat.

Then at some point you posted a vid of someone  riding a hunter in a ring who was doing  what we used to call 'galop' to the fence. Ie moving foward, rocking on back legs etc. Also you have to understand when I began doing hunters we did not go thorugh the long low and umph over fences we did the  hold hold hold until last 3-5 strides then puch horse foaward to base of fence. Remember we did not have ground line or 'related' planned out  and posted distances. We had on our course diagrams 8 or so lines on a peice of paper with the in/out gate marked. Maybe if we were lucky  there was a directional arrow going to the first jump. But other than that we were on our own. Which is why a 15.2 squat qh could with out as much as blink of an eye  do jr's and the meadals ecause our galop and apparently the galop oftoday are tow compleatly diffrent thengs. But then agian we did not to the lay on the neck, lean over the side, stick buttocks in air while reaching for irons release either.

SO your galop while tech. correct in that is 4 beats and the galop I was  talking about are 2 diffrent things. Mine was more inline with what was posted and yes you want that pace even at the 2' level. Though in fairness due o my age and the yrs I have been in the ring I havent figured out the pourpose of the 2' division at shows other than schooling level...Actually anything under 3' is still a titch beyond my grasp at any rated show...


If ponies were human.. most would be in prison.

Mrs. Smith COTH

Oh and also, GM would never tell you to gallop to a 2' fence. He'd tell you to walk it. It's clear you've never ridden with him.

wizard of oz's (11/6/2009)

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If you are  that old, horseless, why do you spend so much time on here? No job, no life? I'm only on here because I'm stuck on bed rest from an injury. There are some real A show forums out there, you know? If you're so good why do you come on here where most people are inexperienced and naive? I have a feeling that horseless is really a 15 year old trying to look cool. JMHO

Oh and also, GM would never tell you to gallop to a 2' fence. He'd tell you to walk it. It's clear you've never ridden with him.

You're new, so it's fair to say you don't realize just how incorrect your assumption is.

But I do believe you are correct about GM and walking fences.  Old trainer used to ride under him and he would often make us walk 3+ fences at home before shows.

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"It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, they would remain so." - Ernestine Rose

"There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven." - Robert Green Ingersoll

As for my employment status I dont see where that is your business. But if you must know I work when i choose to  for whom i choose to but for the most part I do not need to work. And  i have a minor child still at home who requires an aducation which I have not left in the almost always capable hand of the public school teachers...

I wish i was 15.. geesh to be 15 again..my knees would still be bad but for only 2 yrs.. My rotator cuff would not have been torn yet, I would just be starting my riding life, I would be moving back to ohio from a place I hated, And I'd know better than to get a degree in horses... Oh yeah and 99% of the surgeries I have had I would not have had yet... And I would have a 3.1475 GPA  in high school again... And one last thing I would not have wench mare as a first horse I would hold out for  made horse...

Why do I hang out here where the people do not have the yrs I have.. Gee to spread knowlege to those who ask.

It is fine to walk  your 3' jumps  for schooling before a show  but it is also ok to galop to those  lower jumps as well. But then again  I am talking  doing outside courses something that the  younger generation   in most places  have not seen..  One rides outside courses difrently than a ring course perhaps  one day you should attempt one..


If ponies were human.. most would be in prison.

Mrs. Smith COTH