tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post8487542830889423284..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Lengthenings: Not so elusive after allStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-38761235978165610072011-06-14T11:01:45.171-04:002011-06-14T11:01:45.171-04:00My TB has a trot lengthening to die for. It just a...My TB has a trot lengthening to die for. It just appears. Mostly it's a way for him to become more expressive without actually going faster. In contrast, my Trakehener was very reluctant to show off his lengthenings. I think he was just too laszy! The only horse I had who really had no lengthening was my QH. He tried his heart out but they just weren't there.Liz Goldsmithhttp://www.equineink.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-31072636634061290422011-06-14T10:08:57.522-04:002011-06-14T10:08:57.522-04:00Just a shout out for a TB that could lengthen...my...Just a shout out for a TB that could lengthen...my TB first learned to lengthen when I was jumping him and my instructor wanted him kept at a trot. He badly wanted to get to the jump, and suddenly all that forward energy appeared in the form of a huge lenthened trot. My trainer's jaw dropped, and ever since that day, you simply pointed him across the diagonal and gave the word and you were Mcfawnhttp://www.thistimedressage.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-1203360669268780372011-06-13T13:46:49.405-04:002011-06-13T13:46:49.405-04:00Lenghthening comes from all joint articulation. A...Lenghthening comes from all joint articulation. A fabulous teacher of this technique is Charles DeKunnfy! Fortunately, for myself I have been riding with a fabulous student of his JJ Tate. If you can get to a clinic of hers or his you will unlock the secret to the lengthened trot guaranteed! :) JJ is located in Md. Charles in CA both do east coast and west coast clinics :)maggienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-38248946381419384812011-06-13T11:08:48.497-04:002011-06-13T11:08:48.497-04:00My TB would get into his big trot if he got going ...My TB would get into his big trot if he got going really fast. He just hadn't learned to lengthen before I got him, and the collection is more natural to him than extension. (Funny to me for an OTTB!) For us, it has been all about shoulder in to lengthen in order to get his weight properly shifted. We still don't really have a "lengthening" though - more like a medium trot.Nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817230186352688525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-87776772309741133262011-06-13T07:37:47.364-04:002011-06-13T07:37:47.364-04:00FYI the gesture drawing is by Jean-Louis Sauvat an...FYI the gesture drawing is by Jean-Louis Sauvat and the subject is Nuno Oliveira.epona womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247674694154198046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-52066149289875622832011-06-12T22:27:46.729-04:002011-06-12T22:27:46.729-04:00Thanks for the insight! My 16 year old OTTB doesn...Thanks for the insight! My 16 year old OTTB doesn't really lengthen either. He'll move forward with more energy and a bigger stride if I ask but doesn't do a true lengthening. Some horses naturally have it more than others. My friend's Tennessee Walking Horse has a gorgeous trot - much nicer than my TB! I never would have guessed it until I saw it.Marnie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241962543917686722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-71151751032958267872011-06-12T21:16:55.592-04:002011-06-12T21:16:55.592-04:00i have a rocky mountain spotted pony/dutch warmblo...i have a rocky mountain spotted pony/dutch warmblood, unfortuanaty she inherited most of the warmblood personality without the warmblood extensions, i could ask all day long and never get anything. one of my trainers suggeted that she hadn't figured out that she "could" lengthen yet, so i took her out into a giant field and just big trotted around it for about a week before a car Meridethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12265481044358677892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-45427661384285973382011-06-12T20:36:07.515-04:002011-06-12T20:36:07.515-04:00LOL at the inTENSIONS. :)
I have mostly ridden my...LOL at the inTENSIONS. :)<br /><br />I have mostly ridden my Hanoverian since I returned to riding and started studying dressage, but I rode a few school horses before I got him and have a QH now and I agree with you that many warmbloods just do lengthenings as par for the course. Keil Bay does them in the field and it is poetry in motion. All I need to do is stay balanced in the saddle and let billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-15863478742238849452011-06-12T17:50:06.496-04:002011-06-12T17:50:06.496-04:00Had an OTTB that just had a natural, beautiful len...Had an OTTB that just had a natural, beautiful lengthening. Lost him to colic and got my PJ who had in incredible trot but hardly ever would give it in the arena. Out on the trail...wow!! I think his brain just needed the space. <br /><br />Glad to hear Riley has a natural one. Enjoy every stride and yes.. I do think it's bred into a good dressage horse.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-3901050059091513972011-06-12T16:42:36.857-04:002011-06-12T16:42:36.857-04:00freakin love that drawing (I am an artist myself, ...freakin love that drawing (I am an artist myself, who does stuff similar to that!)<br /><br />I fretted woefully forever on lengthenings with my TB....we didnt have a hint of them till this year and even then they arent great. we DID get an 8 on our lengthen at the last show, but still, its SO HARD on a TB!Checkmark115https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875106264738444238noreply@blogger.com