I grew up riding the kind of distances that most kids never see today and most of it was at a trot, and to survive when you're five, six years old and riding a trot for many miles and many hours you adapt to a style that probably isn't "correct." I ride with a pretty flat foot. I don't ride with my toes down like you see sometimes with guys in oxbows, but my foot is a little too far forward and my heels not low enough for some purists. I'm not too old to learn mentally, but after being horseback for over 55 years my body has formed in such a way that it may be too late to change physically.