It’s like the old saying goes, “Give a man a trained horse and it is trained for a day. Teach a man to train a horse and it is trained for a lifetime.”
Sarafina Gets Use to Thrown Objects
A Riding Horse First
The Role of Seat and Legs in Turns
One of the things I come across regularly is the idea that a horse should be ridden more from a rider’s seat and legs than from use of the reins. As many of you who have attended my clinics will already know I am a big believer in teaching a horse to be brilliant off the reins before worrying about teaching them to be brilliant from the seat and legs. But from time to time I come across people who are uncomfortable with this idea because it contradicts years of education in a more European style of training.
Hindquarter Yields
A Horse's Memories
It’s easy to kid ourselves that when we ask a horse a question and we reward for the answer we want, that we are teaching the lesson we want our horse to learn. That’s because we know the end game. We know why we asked the question. Horses don’t have that advantage. They don’t know the ultimate goal