{"id":39660,"date":"2018-02-14T16:42:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T05:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/?p=39660"},"modified":"2022-06-17T16:10:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T06:10:22","slug":"stretching-under-saddle-for-horses-a-picture-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/2018\/02\/stretching-under-saddle-for-horses-a-picture-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Stretching under saddle for horses &#8211; a picture gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lots of discussion about stretching, here&#8217;s what came up in the photo file when I typed in stretching &#8211; not everything we have on file by any means. But all are examples of riders asking and allowing horses to stretch at the start, during and at the end or the working sessions. Riders are a mixture of top riders and trainers, and people working with trainers featured on our website, and in The Horse Magazine.<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39661\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1DresdenTrotStretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1DresdenTrotStretch.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1DresdenTrotStretch-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1DresdenTrotStretch-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1CanterStretchb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3560\" height=\"2261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1CanterStretchb.jpg 3560w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1CanterStretchb-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1CanterStretchb-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1CanterStretchb-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1CanterStretchb-472x300.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3560px) 100vw, 3560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39663\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1Ex3Stretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1Ex3Stretch.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1Ex3Stretch-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1Ex3Stretch-383x300.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39664\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1FriesianStretch2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1FriesianStretch2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1FriesianStretch2-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1FriesianStretch2-493x300.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1PinkieStretch4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1PinkieStretch4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1PinkieStretch4-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1PinkieStretch4-405x300.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39666\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1Stretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1Stretch.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1Stretch-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1Stretch-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1StretchSW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1StretchSW.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1StretchSW-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1StretchSW-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39668\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CanterStretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CanterStretch.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CanterStretch-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CanterStretch-440x300.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39669\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ElliottStretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ElliottStretch.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ElliottStretch-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ElliottStretch-323x300.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GeorgeStretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GeorgeStretch.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GeorgeStretch-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GeorgeStretch-332x300.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GlennisStretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GlennisStretch.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GlennisStretch-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GlennisStretch-415x300.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39672\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pic1SanStretchRR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pic1SanStretchRR.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pic1SanStretchRR-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pic1SanStretchRR-414x300.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchBemelmans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchBemelmans.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchBemelmans-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchBemelmans-362x300.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDamon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDamon.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDamon-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDamon-408x300.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDWTS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDWTS.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDWTS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDWTS-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GeorgeStretchTrot2S-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GeorgeStretchTrot2S-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GeorgeStretchTrot2S-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GeorgeStretchTrot2S-1-457x300.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchIn-Hand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchIn-Hand.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchIn-Hand-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchIn-Hand-414x300.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchMaree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchMaree.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchMaree-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchMaree-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39679\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDivene.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDivene.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDivene-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchDivene-432x300.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39680\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchGrey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchGrey.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchGrey-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchGrey-402x300.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ValegroStretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ValegroStretch.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ValegroStretch-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ValegroStretch-500x265.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1aBootStretch-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1aBootStretch-copy.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1aBootStretch-copy-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1aBootStretch-copy-416x300.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1ageorgeFlairStretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1ageorgeFlairStretch.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1ageorgeFlairStretch-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1ageorgeFlairStretch-337x300.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1aHerbermannStretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1aHerbermannStretch.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1aHerbermannStretch-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1aHerbermannStretch-316x300.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchingRRTr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchingRRTr.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchingRRTr-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/StretchingRRTr-325x300.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy this photo gallery of horses stretching under saddle, and then go and read about stretching and its importance in our large library of training features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":39683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-dressage"],"acf":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39660"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63541,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39660\/revisions\/63541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}