Category: Learning

  • Start light

    Start light

    START LIGHT – TO GET LIGHT If you never start light, you never give your horse a chance to be light. Horses hate surprises. Yet, riders often begin with too much force – pulling on the reins, dragging on the lead rope, or spurring for more forward. To the horse,…

  • Aligning your mind with your horse

    Aligning your mind with your horse

    When I watch a horse and rider for the first time, or the first time in a while, I look for what is working well – and try to acknowledge and encourage that. Then I look for what is missing: the relaxation, balance, fluidity and synchronicity in the connections and…

  • More Forward?

    More Forward?

    “You don’t need a stronger leg, you need a stronger response to the leg.“ Philippe Karl Do you often hear… “More forward”? With more impulsion, we can find more activity, and maybe more straightness. But more forward doesn’t always help balance, and sometimes worsens it. “More forward” doesn’t mean “more…