Took Rory out to the arena for a little longe and in hand work. He was feeling a bit lazy and I was pushing him for more trot... then I looked at his feet and realized that even in his draggy, lazy ass trot he's over tracking*...
*A horse is said to be "tracking up" when his hind feet land in the hoofprints of his front feet. Tracking up is pretty much the minimum required in Training level dressage. Under tracking, or the hind feet landing behind the front hoofprint, indicates a horse that is not pushing with his hindquarters - the basis of all dressage work. Over tracking happens when the hind hoof lands further forward than the front hoofprint and is highly desirable in a dressage horse's natural gaits.
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