Hyperflexion experiment (very very kind!) for everyone to try...

[lorainepatrick]

<font color="blue"> Yes Quite!
It was bad enough in the 'old days' when it was only practised at home, never thought I'd see it's effects allowed in actual competition, what part of 'behind the vertical' do the judges not understand?.
But there you go, people just don't want to spend the time now.

Of course it didn't have a name then, like a lot of 'new' inventions that've been around forever

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[JoBo]

I tried this tonight.

The cob (a): stayed with his nose in his chest for the whole time, seemed quite happy to be there.

The Fjord (c): ate 2 treats and then stepped backwards, ate another couple then stepped backwards. This ended up going around the stable.

Does this mean the cob is more flexible then the Fjord?

 

[kerilli]

interesting JoBo, i think it just means that the cob is more comfy in the hyperflexion position.
kind of bears out the other people who commented that cresty horses seem to find it harder... if your Fjord looks like every other Fjord i've seen! maybe a cresty horse's nuchal ligament is tighter, or something. hmm.

 

[JoBo]

From this you can see how wide the Fjords neck is:

Saying that it could be that the Fjord is schooled only to Prelim level where the cob can work in a higher Novice frame, so more flexible? Or it could all be a load of tosh, and I’m over analyzing?

 

[GinaGem]

Badger isn't actually that cresty compared to most Fjords but in his schooling he is def less flexible than Bodey

 

[BeckyD]

I've done this before with Ronnie as part of his stretches but unfortunately he's far too greedy to get anything meaningful done. He just snaps after my hand the minute I move it (I've nearly lost fingers doing carrot stretches with him). He doesn't seem to object to the hyperflexion so much as the fact that it takes me a few seconds to put another treat there! He'd rather not wait. Ronnie is unbelievably bendy though.