I'd still like to see more muscle on his back, and for him to lose a few extra pounds, and firm up his butt. But then again, I can say the same thing for myself, so there you go!



Since you've had such excellent results, I have a question about sidereins/ lunging...! I am working on lunging Baxter in sidereins to encourage him to lift over his back more as he goes... under saddle I'm not sure I'm asking correctly, or else he's just not strong enough yet to really round up with my weight on him. In the meantime, he's a long guy with a skinny hiney (typical TB), so he's terrific at long and low, but tends to tip onto his forehand. He's also really just *too* long, and needs to compress himself a bit. Suggestions for siderein length etc for getting that nice round loin and bum (besides a genetic transplant)?

PS. Sorry to hijack!

Ride smarter, not harder.