Crossing lines
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I have read in a couple of books (e.g. Horses are Made to Be Horses by Franz Mairinger) that if you draw a line from horse\'s head (from eye to nostril) and a line from horse\'s front leg, these lines should not cross. Is that true?
In most pictures of extended trot these lines do cross.
(par Katri Santasalo)
I hope you can get the idea from the following "....Firstly you have him in the frame of working trot or collected trot, and then you want him to extend his pace. You have to let the nose or the whole front end, neck and head, drop forward a little, but a little longer and lower. He has to stretch after the bit a little in order to give him room to stretch out forward...."
and
"....There\'s a German expression that says a horse never steps over his nose, meaning that if his head is at point E, and the line of his nose goes down E-B, he is not going to put his foot in front of B. He cannot step over the line of his nose..."
The original text is in two pages with illustrative pictures. I can send them to those who are interested in this matter.
(par Katri Santasalo)
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Your reflexion seems interesting to discuss but your description of the "lines" is rather incomplete. Where is the line going from the front leg supposed to lead to and the same for the line going from the head? Unfortunately I haven\'t read Mr Mairinger\'s book or others mentionning this lines crossing.
Let us know a bit more precisely about this "lines crossing".
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Votre reflexion est intéressante mais la description des "lignes" est assez incomplète. Où doit aboutir la ligne qui part de l\'antérieur et de même pour celle qui part de la tête? Malheureusement je n\'ai pas lu le livre de Mr Mairinger ou d\'autres ouvrages mentionnant ce croisement de lignes.
Dites-en nous davantage sur ce sujet.
(par P.DEBRIS)