When you are trotting, what leg do you look at to know if you are on the right diagnol?

Question

Are you supposed to be up or down when the leg is in front or back?

Answer 1

You go up when the outside leg is forwardd, down when it is back!

Answer 2

1crossmare and starlite are correct.

Answer 3

THE LEG TO THE   OUT SIDE   MEANING THE RAIL

FRONT LEG OUT SIDE GO UP

Answer 4

You would look at the right shoulder.  You would sit when the shoulder rotates back.

Answer 5

There are two little rhymes which will help you with this. They are: "Rise and Fall with the leg on the Wall" and "Forward and Back with the leg on the Track". In both cases, the rhymes refer to the front leg closest to the wall, or track, of the ring or arena you are riding in- the horse's OUTSIDE front leg or shoulder. When that leg moves forward, you rise ( post) and when it moves back, you sit. It will also help you if you can visualize what happens when a horse trots in your mind. When a horse trots, he or she is springing back and forth on DIAGONAL pairs of legs- that is where the concept of the posting "diagonals" originated from. Ideally, when you are turning in a circle to the right ( clockwise) you want to be on the right diagonal- that is, rising and sitting with the motion of the horse's left shoulder or front leg. If you go in a circle to the left ( counterclockwise) then you want to be on the LEFT diagonal, or following the motion of the RIGHT front leg or shoulder.

I hope this helps you out some.

Answer 6

You are supposed to go up as the outside front leg goes foreward. If you are going down when the outside front leg moves, sit for two beats and that will fix it.