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#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl#Firstly to answer your question......no, you do not want them crossing both legs over at the same time. If that were correct, the only horses that would be able to leg yeild that way would be pacers. When the horse is trotting, they are moving their legs in diagonal pairs. So if you were leg yeilding to the right, you would want them to cross the front left leg over, while the right hind leg was reaching over towards the right, then it would be the front right leg reaching, while the hind left leg is crossing.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl#I hope I understood your question properly....#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl#Now, a really good exercise for some young horses that are just learning to leg yeild is to start out going a few loops down the long side. Don't go all the way to X in you loops, just to the 1/4 line. Do about 2 on each long side. Then the next long side that you come to, start out like you're just going to loop again, but this time when you hit the 1/4 line, leg yeild back to the track. The trick is to have them 100% straight BEFORE you ask them to leg yeild back. So you would have to have the forward, straight working trot, and then ask for leg yeild. If you don't have that, just keep going straight until you get that....then ask for leg yeild. If you only get 1 step before they start backing off (not being forward and straight) or you hit the wall, then fine, no worries. Go straight, set them up again, and go the same thing again. All be careful not to "bull-doze" you corners. Be sure you're sitting up completely straight and not leaning while you horse is turning, for the loops, as that will set them off balance, and make the direction changes that much harder for both of you.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Tahoma color=#c080ff size=4#ed_cl#Hope this helps!#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#*Giddy Up* wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Now, if I have this right, when a horse leg yeilds, they should be moving both the front and back leg over at the same time, correct?#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#How do you achieve this?
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