Horses, like people, are “handed.” They often bend easily in one direction, but can struggle to bend in the other. This can make showing your horse to its best advantage a challenge, since you’ll be fighting with their crookedness the entire time. What are some of the symptoms you’ll notice in a one sided horse?… Continue reading Fixing the One-Sided Horse
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Achieving Lightness with the Saddle Seat Horse
Yesterday, I had one of those rides that makes me smile for a week. The kind of ride where my horse is light in the bridle, he bends properly around the turns and stays straight on the straightaways, his trot is cadenced and driving from behind, and he is happy. “Happy” is the most important… Continue reading Achieving Lightness with the Saddle Seat Horse