> BK :>flat kneed movement. Watch fid.. a lot of Arabs have "busy"
> BK :>lopes.. or they use their knees a lot (or you'll see bent
> BK :>knees).. ZPB horses are very flat kneed and very quiet
> BK :>movement.
 
> Actually, Fiddle has the old-time daisy cutter trot.  No knee action for
> this one...she's a real hunter type, not one of those hyper pleasure
> types.
 
I can't picture this Meg.. maybe one day I'll borrow a video tape camera and 
tape Tush.
 
 
> BK :>Yes it's a VERY nice thing.. let me tell you that of the
> BK :>few times I've even trotted the kid.. it's been VERY
> BK :>pleasant to ride. :)
 
> Shilo is wierd...she has a lot of knee action when she's running free,
> but a very slow, very smooth jog when ridden...her canter, now...that's a
> nother whole story!
 
 
What you want in both trot and Lope is a very easy going quiet movement 
without a lot of action (especially knee action).. Tush has both. The 
qualifier here that that this is the case in AQHA, PHBA and Paint.. I don't 
know what they're looking at in Arab anymore.
 
 
> BK :>She's inherited both the positive sides of Mom's moving and
> BK :>ZPB. :)
 
> Boy, did you luck out!
 
No.. I stacked the deck as best I could.. ;)
 
However tnonight she was heck on wheels.. Not bad by Mom's standards but not 
good for her. I was riding her and doing fine when the "Charo's" rode by and 
got her real high (typical for many horses not used to hearing it). Took 
about 15-20 minutes to get her to settle down and man what a ride.. Got 
something honest and quit. Took her back out in about 20-30 minutes later and 
tried it again. Much better.. and in fact the second ride was short just to 
get her back where she should be.. and she handled it pretty well.. so I 
brought her out and pooped around the stable for a couple of minutes on her.
 
Right now she's trying to ignore whoa and Ho.. we'll be working on it. I tend 
to think she's not going to have much wind in her sails tomorrow.. chuckle. 
 
 
                                    BK
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