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"When you relax your arms and feel the reins softly you need to feel that your horse wants to step into the contact. If you do not then he is behind your leg and seat." ~ Yvonne Barteau
* I will add: Or, he has been taught to drop behind the contact by a rider using busy hands or draw reins.
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