Tail question

[lovecharles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQgTiqhPbw

what does the tail flicking in this mean?

gorgeous horse, isn't he. Blue Hors Matine

 

[mrogers]

thats weird!

I think you get marked down in Pony Club dressage for that as its a sign of tension

 

[BackInBlack]

could it be balance?- i can't believe that horse, that was fantastic

. i wish i could do that on my horse

 

[BigRed]

Matine is a Mare actually, and she is lovely, I think she fell off the lorry ramp and hasn't been at a major competition since.

 

[hellybelly6]

Tails are so expressive. I would love to have a tail.

I think the horse is doing this when she is concentrating extra hard or during a movement she finds exerting. Maybe a bit of both, she is concentrating extra hard doing a movement which uses a lot of energy.

 

[lovecharles]

ahhh, I see. Thank you! She (sorry) is amazing

 

[carys220]

I've always thought and been told that tail swishing is a sign that something is wrong, pain or tension in the back...