Lots of discussion about stretching, here’s what came up in the photo file when I typed in stretching – not everything we have on file by any means. But all are examples of riders asking and allowing horses to stretch at the start, during and at the end or the working sessions. Riders are a mixture of top riders and trainers, and people working with trainers featured on our website, and in The Horse Magazine.
Only the old guys did the stretching correctly.
Kudos to the old guys
nose have to be in front of forehead,only 3 pictures correct nose position
Dan thomas agree with you 100 %. old guys are business!!!
Isn’t it funny George Morris has two pictures with correct stretch (an actual reaching nose) and look to the hind end!
Two horses are stretching: one with a man in a blue sweater on a chestnut and the other a man in a dark jacket on a dark horse. Stretching is the opposite of collection. The neck should be fully extended and the angle of the face well in front of the vertical. The nose may go as low as the ground. A proper stretch affects the top-line muscle from poll to dock. The reins should be long while the stretch is taking place.