Tip/Quote of the Day # 339

"To understand the extent of damage caused by overbending, think of a horse’s “broken” neck as of a garden hose slashed between faucet and nozzle. Like the stream of water, the impulsion can no longer reach your hand in full. Proper head position is determined by its elevation and the direct flexion at the poll which must remain the highest point of the neck. This elevation must be such that the bars, which we subjected to the action of the bit, are situated at a horizontal passing at about the upper third of the chest. By such a head carriage, the horse’s mass in its entirety is affected by the rider’s hand, however light its action, and the head in turn receives the slightest forward shift of the horse’s weight." ~ Jean Froissart


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