Thursday, July 30, 2009

How to find the horse's beat so you can post?

Is it up when the left front leg hits the ground or down?
Answers:
The easiest way to tell is when the outside shoulder comes forward. In the arena the outside shoulder is the shoulder closest to the fence. It is called the diaganol. If you are going left around the arena the outside shoulder would be the right diaganol. You can see it easily from your position in the saddle. You should be rising your post as the outside shoulder comes forward. Good luck and happy posting!!
"rise and fall with the leg on the wall" Meaning up when the leg on the rail goes forward, sit when it hits the ground.
the way i learned it in an arena, is when the outside leg comes forward, then you should be in the upward posting position
Figure out which leg is your horse's outside leg. The outside leg is whichever leg is closest to the rail, or the outside of the arena. If you are in an open space, don't worry about it. Lift out of the saddle by pushing off with your knees (you should grip the saddle with your knees) at the same time your horse's outside leg goes forward. This is called being on the correct diagonal. Sit back down in the saddle when your horse's outside leg comes back. The beat should be 1,2,1,2,1,2. At 1, lift up out of the saddle, and at 2 come back down. And to get your diagonal without looking move your hips with the front legs. Sway them back and forth then move up when you feel it go back, and by the time you're up so will the shoulder. I hope this helps a bit, for me the easiest thing I found was just counting 1,2,1,2 . When first learning I went around the arena over and over just counting the beat to get used to my horses rhythm.
Or make life really simple and get a Peruvian Paso who doesn't trot; whose gait is faster than a trot; and who is born with the gait so neither of you has to learn what to do!
(Sorry, folks, couldn't resist! Don't everybody go giving me "thumbs down" for expressing my opinion!)
you rise and fall with the leg that is closer to the wall. when it goes up, so do you, when it goes down, u follow! =)
By diagonals. When the outside leg goes up you rise.
Try a sitting trot and go up with the natural beat that pushes you up!
You should go "up" with your horse's feet - they go up, you go up; of course, practice makes perfect - don't expect to have it perfect when just starting out. As easy as the concept may seem, it's sometimes more challenging than people think. Work on refining when you have the beat right; you'll know it when you've got it. Good luck!
the way i learned is when the horse trys to "bounce" you out of the saddle is when you come up
The important thing to remember about posting is that you follow your horses outside front leg.
So if you are trotting to the left and your horse's right front leg is the outside leg(closest to the rail) then you post up when your horses leg goes forward and you sit for one beat when his leg comes back to hit the ground. If you find that you are not posting correctly, simply sit for 2 beats and then post. You will then have the right post. Hope this helps!
When the horses outside leg (the one closest to the wall) goes up, YOU go up too. It's easy to find the beat that way but remeber that YOU set the beat , if the horse is going faster than you want him too don't just go with the flow! Slow him down!
Heres a tip to remeber it: rise and fall with the outside wall!
It's up with the outside shoulder...you'll get the hang of it...trust me
ok well like the other people said. Post to the outside leg (the leg thats on the wall) and just tto help u keep the rythm just count 1-2-1-2-1-2 this way u don't loose rythm because troting is a 2beat gait
What you can do, is put ribbons on the shoulders of the horse. Then when trotting, start posting (go to the right so it would be like you would pick up your left lead when cantering) and look down. When ever you see the horses OUTSIDE shouler extend forward or the bow on the right shoulder go forward, that is when you should be out of the saddle posting.
Your'e question is two part, so I'll answer in two parts. :)
Oh, so you'll know, I'm no expert, still trying to learn/refine my posting myself, but I think I can help.
1) How to find the horse's beat so you CAN post? the best advice I've gotten is something I found online at an equestrian website-it's helped me more than my instructor's advice/encouragement, etc. It said that the horse's natural movement at the trot will bounce you up-it's called the 'impulsion'. Gravity will bring you back down. The only 'work' that you need to do is bring your hips slightly forward (toward your hands) while you are 'up'. In other words, let the horse bounce you up, then bring 'hips to hands', then let gravity return you to the saddle.
I sympathise with you, even with that great advice, it's more difficult than it sounds! I think the kids get it much easier!
2) The leg that you are 'up' with depends, as many others have said, with which is the 'outside' leg. (If you're not going round in an arena, then there is no outside or inside leg, and it doesn't matter). In an arena, the leg that is nearest the railing is the outside leg.,,,nearest to the outside of the arena. The leg that nearest to the center of the arena-away from the rail- is the inside leg. I thought that you posted 'up' with the inside leg, but most ppl answering you say 'up' with the outside leg, and they have lots more experience than I do. If you are taking lessons, just ask your instructor.
The best way to see the diagonals is to watch another rider. It will help YOU when you are trying to post. The 'diagonals' only means just what we have been talking about-which front leg does the rider post 'up' with.
At the trot,the horse's back leg and the opposite front leg move together , in other words the legs that are diagonal to each other are moving together.
That's why it's called posting to 'the correct diagonal'
Anyhow..watch another rider from accross the arena, kind of watch the whole horse/rider picture, Don't try to look at the rider's movement up and the horse's leg movement all at the same time, ,,you will get a headache.
Look at the middle of the horse, say the area of the rider's knee, and with you're main focus at that point, you will be able to see the rider come up and a leg come forward in the upper and lower limits of your vision. It will become easy to see which leg the rider is in time with.
I sincerely hope some of this helps you! good luck!
when the outside leg strikes, post, but the easiest way is to just sit the trot until you get a good feel for the horse and then post how ever feels better
when the leg on the rail goes up you go up
Do you mean to find the lead, or start posting?
Find the Lead: You look at the horse's outside leg. You stand up when it starts to go forward.
Start posting: You just let the horse send you up.

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