A common complaint I hear from owners is that their horse is heavy on the reins, doesn’t respond to the rider’s leg, drags on the lead rope, or ignores the crop. In other words, many people despair that their horse is dull to pressure.
WHAT IS FORWARDNESS?
Regulating a horse’s speed seems to be one of the most common issues that come up regularly at clinics. Either people are lost on how to get their horse to move with more energy or how to move with less energy. It appears that putting the forward in a horse or taking it out is a perpetual mystery to many people.