By AQHA Professional Horseman Jim Searles with Christine Hamilton in The American Quarter Horse Journal
Straightness can make the difference between 1st or 10th place.
If you go by the dictionary, being straight means free from curves, bends, angles and irregularities. But our show-ring patterns always have circles or half circles and bends of some kind. It’s still important to stay straight, or on line, even in those maneuvers.
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Think of it like driving an automobile. When you’re approaching a bend in the road, you curve, but you still stay straight in the middle of the road. If you don’t, you veer off and end up in the woods.
