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There are many reasons why we may need to ride our horses at the walk – but that doesn’t mean it has to be boring! In this post I’ll share my best exercises you can do at the walk. For more riding posts, check out: 4 Exercises to Improve Your Balance in the Saddle Exercises…
No matter what style of horseback riding you do, having balance is the key to your connection, communication and harmony with your horse. The image of half-horse, half-human, of a centaur is one that most riders and equestrian authors explain as the goal of riding. Moving as one with your horse, being in perfect harmony,…
Natural Horsemanship, sometimes referred to as “gentle” horsemanship, is a psychology-based training philosophy that considers the animal’s natural instincts in order to gain the horse’s trust, submission, and cooperation. Horses are prey animals, whereas humans are technically predators. It’s easy to see, then, that the way they respond to external stimuli would differ from the…
Whether you call it “backing”, “backing up”, “going backwards”, “rear back” or “rein back”, training your horse to back is one of those fundamental stepping stones (or Cornerstones, if you will), to having a well trained horse. While “backing” your horse, or getting him to go backwards seems like a no-brainer, it’s actually a very…