This is a horse that had become very hollow in his work when I met them. There were many lameness problems and neither of them were enjoying their time together. In this video, we can see the horse has learned to stretch the top of his body, this is the start of developing the topline. Understanding the mechanics of what the horse needs to learn (and the human!) is the first thing. Then we can progressively teach the horse to lift the back.
It is horses like this that make my job so rewarding! He is now finding strength and will soon be carrying a rider with confidence! So cool!
You can see a video of his first lesson that was about the rider’s position here:
