Understanding Horse Legs and Horse Hands
October 21st, 2008
As a beginner, you will have likely learned that to use your hands, you need to pull on the reins, and to use your leg, you kick or squeeze the horse. While this is fine for beginners, as you advance in your skills, you will find that you need to use more subtle aids to get the results you need.
To understand how a horse reacts to the aids, you need to realize that a horse’s reactions are all based on a reaction to pressure. When a horse feels pressure, he will seek to release the pressure, usually by moving away from it Read more…
