ARR® Center for Anatomically
Correct Horsemanship
Rittorpweg 57
47574 Goch
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 2823 97555 09
Fax: +49 (0) 2823 97555 10
Cell Phone: +49 (0) 172 14 13 294
Cell Phone: +49 (0) 172-211 73 13
E-Mail: info@arr.de
Girthiness is commonly associated with the consequences of tightening the girth too quickly when the saddle is first put on. But although there has been so much progress in the field of saddle making during the last decades and the awareness of the importance of saddle fitting and careful girthing has positively changed, many of our modern riding horses across all breeds are girthy. On reflection, this does not come as a surprise. What if the reason for the girthiness of a large part of the horses concerned were to be found in the low back position?
A fundamental rule of horse training under saddle is that your horse has to "engage through the back". However, the background of this principle is unfamiliar to many riders and even trainers.
Patiently you have given your horse time to recover from an illness or injury. Then finally, after a control examination, the vet gives the green light for the rehabilitation phase. You are very happy – and very uncertain.
The very important Danish horse magazine Ridehesten has just published a big article on the ARR training method and the successful retraining of Danish warmblood stallion White Talisman.
Read the fourth part of the series of articles on ARR in the Hungarian horse magazine LOVAS ELET!
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Send us a video tape on CD or DVD in order to get expert analysis of your horse's movements. Please read the instruction on how to videotape your horse.
QuesstionaireVideoAnalysis.pdf (PDF | 179 KB)
Instructions for videotaping (PDF | 67 KB)