Tracking up?

[Horseperson432]

A friend of mine has recently been very picky when looking at riders implying that “they can’t ride” and “should know better” because when doing flat on their horse they aren’t tracking up. Now I understand for a horse to track up they must be working properly- which of course is great, but surely a horse can be working fairly well and not be tracking/ the rider can still be riding well?
I could be totally wrong but it just feels a bit wrong shaming a rider because their horse isn’t tracking up... like some riders may just lack the knowledge at the stage of training they are at but surely a very knowledgeable rider could struggle to get a horse to track up if it’s not had the correct schooling/ got the confirmation to make it “naturally easy”.

surely deciding whether a rider is doing the right thing purely because a horse won’t track up almost shows lack of knowledge? I’m not sure!!!!

 

[Equi]

Like you said, its not always the rider. It can be the stage the horse is at/conformation/rehabbing an injury etc. Your friend is being a snob.

 

[Littlebear]

Why is she even looking at them and judging? If she isn't being paid for a professional opinion she should keep her nose out. Honestly, this is the type of stuck up judgemental bitchy horse person we have all come across and needs to be avoided like the plague.

 

[LegOn]

Classic case of putting others down to feel better about herself - maybe if she spent some of that energy being critical and working on her own riding she wouldnt have time to be judging others!!!

We all have 'moments' or 'days' or whatever where our horses dont work as well as they should or we dont put the 110% effort in but do you know what - I enjoy riding my horse, so what if he isnt tracking up every single stride!!