More Equitation

[butterfly]

So Misty had her shoes pulled (sigh) so she now has no motion what so ever. Which is sad really, since she has such a nice trot when you're in the saddle, but I guess it's just one of those things. And since her headset in the double bridle is already as nice as I can get it, I've decided to work a lot harder on my equitation. I've done work without stirrups, trotting with one stirrup on and one off, two point position, etc to improve my legs. And since Misty has a shorter neck, I can't put my hands as high as I'd like to, so I was wondering if anyone had any tricks to make your hands look almost as good as someone who has a longer-necked horse?

Anyway, here are the pictures. It was her first time in the german martingale, so she was a little bit unsure and kept wanting to poke her nose out (it's pretty bad in some pictures XD). Critiques welcomed.

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i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/angyllaydying/My%20Mystique/misty009.jpg (this is where she earned the nickname 'graceful'. lol, she was used to a big shoe so she was trying to find the ground and tripped XD)
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[rebelwalkinhrs]

Aww Misty is gorgeous! You 2 look great together! =D