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Post by marianne on Dec 5, 2011 19:34:25 GMT 1
Simlarly, I was taught the old fashioned 'kick to go, pull to stop' way and I have found the transition from that to having a light hand a very hard one and I still wouldnt say I'm 100% there. One of the things that helped was riding a horse with a light mouth and feeling the benefits. Sometimes you need a horse with a light mouth to teach you to have light hands. I'm with Kim on this one. Equally learned to ride 30+ years ago kick/pull mentality. My first horse - 10 years ago - was a TB ex-racer. Totally manic, but had a light mouth and he really taught about a lighter rein. My second horse, ID x mare with a neck and mouth of concrete completely destroyed my ridden confidence, in fact confidence in ANY horse ability whatsoever. I'm STILL working through this with qualified sympathetic instructors 7 years later!
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Post by LuckyRed on Dec 8, 2011 14:06:03 GMT 1
my instructor made a good comment yesterday that probably applies to a lot of horse handling and riding. We'd been having a jump lesson on my 4yr old and I was criticising myself for being a bit unbalanced a couple of times and he said that 'a horse will cope with you being occassionally unbalanced but not with you being occassionally balanced' which I thought was quite a good thought!
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