15/03/2024
Tämä oli hyvä postaus Martin Black sivuilta 😊
Is this rider enhancing or inhibiting the horse’s turn?
***UPDATE***
Sorry for all the suspense, but I’ve been busy ranching and not nurturing the keyboard. But from the long list of respected comments, I feel obligated to a thorough comment in return. Thank you to all who commented.
A good friend of mine sent me this picture. I didn’t realize who it was but I have watched Wes Galyean Cutting Horses for years at the futurity. I have great respect for his talents, even though I do not know him personally. And yes, for those of you who know me, know I like to stir up s**t. And for those of you who don’t know me, now you know. Sorry but that’s what we do. It’s called pranks. And if you’re not to hoity-toity you can laugh with the rest of us. But, those who know, judging from the comments, obviously know where to be. And those that have never ridden a horse like this, successfully, don’t know. And for those that have ridden a horse that turned like this, unsuccessfully, I appreciate your comments, like many others do l’m sure.
Seriously though, to understand how a horse turns fast, by engaging the hindquarters, and with this kind of speed, we need to understand centripetal and centrifugal force. And if you want to talk about center of gravity, we’re not talking about straight up and down, but on a circular path. The center of gravity is defined by equal gravitational forces in all directions. This means it is at whatever angle equal gravitational forces define. Which with circular motion is defined differently than without motion.
For example, if I’m swinging a rope, the harder I pull, the faster the rope swings. But if there’s not enough weight to the rope, like a piece of yarn, I cannot swing it fast because there’s no centrifugal force pulling against me. The more weight pulling, (centrifugal), the more weight can be pulled, (centripetal), to a point.
Wes Galyean Cutting Horses apparently didn’t pull his horse of balance, so there you go.
Thank you Jody Galyean for your message and appreciation of starting this conversation.
