hindquarters

So here's an example of two requests for hindquarter yielding (indirectly, meaning not touching the horse when asking). The first you will see not much stepping under, watch the horse's feet, they do not consistently cross under and the horse sort of wanders out of it. Watch the position of the person in relation for the understanding from the horse. Think about rope angles in relation to what you want from the back end of the horse. This is Linda Crookshank and her morgan Chase in Big Indian, NY.



In the next video, she does not get the hq all the way around, but with a loose rope and positioning her body, watch the feet really step under. I would not recommend bending over quite so much, you don't want to get in the habit of getting your face 'in there' in case a horse kicks. The real difference between the two videos of hq is how Linda's position effects the footfall of Chase.




Thanks to Linda and Chase!