Tip/Quote of the Day # 1755
If you follow your horse's mouth with a consistently elastic feel, he will learn to trust your hand so fully, that he will lose the desire to escape it.
If you follow your horse's mouth with a consistently elastic feel, he will learn to trust your hand so fully, that he will lose the desire to escape it.
As you complete a halt, lighten your seat slightly to invite your horse to keep his back up underneath you. This will allow you to move off after the halt without the horse hollowing and dropping his back.
Tension meeting tension = double the tension. If your horse becomes tense, you must be able to stay relaxed, or you will make it worse.
"You can see suppleness by observing how the rider can sit on the horse and not on top of the horse." ~ Susanne Miesner
If you are hoping to improve the scores on your medium and extended gaits, improve your collected gaits.