Many people consider when riding a horse the ultimate goal is to have a horse responding primarily from the feel of a rider’s seat and legs. It is believed by many that the seat and legs are a true test of the communication between a horse and rider.
RESPONSIVENESS TO LEG PRESSURE
UNDERSTANDING SOME TYPES OF PRESSURE
The Role of Seat and Legs in Turns
One of the things I come across regularly is the idea that a horse should be ridden more from a rider’s seat and legs than from use of the reins. As many of you who have attended my clinics will already know I am a big believer in teaching a horse to be brilliant off the reins before worrying about teaching them to be brilliant from the seat and legs. But from time to time I come across people who are uncomfortable with this idea because it contradicts years of education in a more European style of training.