What pattern is this?
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Re: What pattern is this?
Loose in a supervised round pen, yes. It's a training tactic. That's how every horse I've had a hand in training has been broken (albeit with western saddles). As for the stirrups, my opinions is a little different since I'm used western stirrups which are always full length and quite heavy themselves. Sure some people take them off, but I like to leave them on. The horse needs to get used to lots of things flopping and slapping around up there.
Re: What pattern is this?
Be as that may, a green horse never needs to deal with getting stirrups hung up on stuff, and I've seen many a "fully broke" horse decide rolling while wearing a saddle (or even a rider!) is a good idea...guess I'm just old school, where consideration of tack was as paramount as consideration of the horse.
Order of importance was always horse/tack/human, when it came to setting up for/finishing from a ride. We were allowed to go get drinks, visit the loo, etc., after we had finished cooling horse, brushing horse, putting horse away, wiping saddle/bridle down and washing bit. And it didn't matter how many horses we were supposed to ride in a day...
Diane
Re: What pattern is this?
I'd throw in sabino, and [i]maybe[/i] discount frame--the blaze is skimming right in front of the eyes, which is a sabino type thing, especially when mixed with splash.
Diane