Saratoga Rachel 2010

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Princess Doreen

"A handily or in hand work means the horse was going easily and didn't need much urging. A horse that works handily or in hand is one that is full of run and wants to run. A horse that is breezing is being urged to move faster by the rider. Of the two workouts, the H is more impressive because it usually means a horse is full of run."

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NT

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Where did you get that quote from?

NT

I was wondering the same. I always thought a "breeze" was when the speed of the work was gradually increased from a gallop with the fastest running for the last 1-2f of the work.

"handily" I thought is when the horse is asked to maintain a tempo throughout the workout and often the horse is encouraged throughout the work to maintain that speed.

Of course, I don't work horses so this is gleaned second hand.