Does your horse fall in on a left circle and fall out on a circle to the right, or vice versa? Does he toss his head or try breaking into a canter when you want to trot? All too frequently we blame our horse for being naughty, but have you thought he may be trying […]
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So many riders and trainers talk about having the horse “On the Bit” but what do they really mean by this ambiguous statement? Do they mean pull on your horse’s mouth? Do they mean ‘contact’? Or do they mean ‘collection’? Certainly if one goes to a competition one sees all too many riders who think
In the previous article Groundwork 1 we looked at how to achieve forward down and stelling and bending at a halt. In this article I would like to take this a step further and look at how we can teach our horse ‘stick’ cues and then start to get our horse to step forward and under with
As I have mentioned so frequently, neither humans nor horses are symmetrical. We are born left or right handed (hoofed) and become progressively more asymmetrical as we grow older. This isn’t a major problem if the horse is never going to be ridden but in order to carry a rider without undue strain, the horse