Tracking is the art of keeping your horse moving forward in a straight line. As you lead your horse forward, you must be able to maintain your horse’s body – poll, withers, tail – in a straight line. The horse shouldn’t curl his nose in toward you, track with his body sideways or bow his neck.
I show halter horses, and I start and train showmanship horses. The basics of tracking for both classes are the same. And it appears to me – as an AQHA judge – that many exhibitors in both classes need to practice it more.
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