The goal should be to teach a horse to be equally responsive and soft on both reins. But when there is more resistance on one rein than the other, even contact is not going to work.
Over the years, I have been told many times what an uncaring horse owner I am for not cleaning the sheaths of my geldings. So after inadvertently coming across a video on the subject I finally felt compelled to explain.
’ve got a bone to pick and it might surprise you to know it is with b-l-o-o-d-y trail riders. I get quite a few trail riders coming to my clinics so I have enough experience and ammunition to make a legitimate complaint.
Many years ago a woman brought her Arab gelding for some training. It had not been broken in very long and was quite frazzled. Its explosions were only a hair trigger away at any time.
