This January Sara bought Dewey, and he's in training with me for March and April. I am super pleased with how he is coming along, and how different he looks now that he's developing correct muscling with regular work.
I hopped on Dewey briefly today to show her how he's doing before Sara got on, and her photos came out wonderful!
I did like this photo as an explanation for false collection, though.
At first glance you might think that Dewey looks quiet and civilized, and you'd be right, but he's not moving correctly. The give-away is that the front of his face is behind the vertical, and he's not stepping very far underneath himself with his hind leg. Compare this one to the previous photos, where the front of his face is in front of the vertical, and his hind leg is stepping well underneath himself. That longer step with his hind end is what enables him to lift his back and stretch up with his shoulder. But if he's holding his head in such a way that he is flexing at the third cervical vertebrae rather than at the poll, it drastically inhibits the motion of his hind leg.
We're so proud of Dewey, I've taken to calling him Super Dew after really good rides, since he's tall enough that we can't really call him Little Dew anymore.
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