Outline ????

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When people say about a horses outline or something like that, what exactley is it ? As i think this is what my instructor was trying to get me to do holding my hands further apart and up a bit and doing half halts and riding from my legs to my hands . She also said something about the horse letting go off the bit and its head going straight down instead of on a kind of slope !!!
Ali

[shaka]

A correct outline is where the horse is working well from behind with his hocks engaged, meaning he is stepping under himself. The horse should be working in a rounded outline as opposed to a hollow one, with his back and neck rounded and relaxed with acceptance of the bit. Basically, an outline is when a horse is using himself properly and working well.

A lot of young people seem to think an outline is getting your horses head in the right place, but you need the whole picture.

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thanks i think thats what my instructor was trying to tell me lol
but didnt exactley pick everything up thanks again

[Scarlett 001]

Look at the last post in this thread (in this section):

http://www.newrider.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43192

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thanks that really helped =)