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.
TRANSITIONS
REINS FIRST OR SEAT & LEGS FIRST?
The Ethics of Riding Horses
Developing A Saddle Horse
With the very best of saddle horses, the rider and the horse’s brain become one and the horse’s legs become the human’s legs. It’s like being a centaur (a Greek mythical creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse). As an idea to do direct the horse to do something the horse’s feet are already getting it done.