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For a forward response, the rider should be using the lower leg as an aid - mainly the inner calf. For collecting, a half halt, or a downward transition, the rider should wrap the whole leg lightly around the horse, thigh through calf evenly - as if giving the horse a hug
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Thoroughbred horses tend to thrive with the use of patterns and figures in training.
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"Stop being a passenger, and start being a pilot." ~ Mark Todd
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"Acceptance of the bit happens in the haunches, not in the mouth." ~ Thomas Ritter
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If you are too much "on guard" and ready for any possible shenanigans from your horse when riding, you might actually cause them. Your horse will feel your state of tension, and feed off of you.
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When riders maintain constant aiding to keep the horse going, the horse will become more and more dull to the rider's driving aids.
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"We all get better at riding by riding." ~ Carl Hester
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"Never over correct in the halts as it can make the horse nervous." ~ Hubertus Schmidt
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"Ride all resistances forward and avoid halting instead ride a circle and encourage the neck to be looser and round until you have the horse's attention." ~ Hubertus Schmidt
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"Until the horse comes free in the shoulder, in the shoulder in, he will not come free in the shoulder, in the half pass. Mostly, "more forward" develops the freedom in the shoulder, so often refresh the gait." ~ Hubertus Schmidt
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"If you are riding too much from your hand, you're holding on – you are not sitting down and riding." ~ Debbie McDonald
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Breathe when you shorten your reins.
