Biomechanics

Lateral positions are often quite challenging for students to grasp. The marker points to view are the horse’s head, their shoulders, and their hips. The ground line is flat, and thus the differences in width of those three markers is simpler to see. Shoulders are narrower than hips, and the barrel flairs wider from just behind the shoulders before narrowing again just before the hindquarters.

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