Understanding your horse
To succeed in communicating with our horse, the rider must first understand what is happening when
they are having a problem. Second is understanding why it’s happening and third is how to solve it.
This work is systematic, one idea builds on another.
I always start with straightness for both horse and rider, it is what leads to throughness. This means, we
have a relaxed horse that can use the top of it’s body to carry us.
All horses need to learn to lift their back to carry a rider (or at least not hollow it). It is simply mechanics,
it is the only way they can carry weight comfortably.
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My youngest Lusitano working figures of 8 on the center line. You can see more of him here: Serpentines: https://classicalequinesolutions.com/2025/05/10/improve-your-horses-ability-to-lift-the-shoulders-with-serpentines/ Volte: https://classicalequinesolutions.com/2025/06/04/using-the-volte-to-improve-bend-and-start-collection-merlin/ Join our
This is a great question from a virtual lesson about horses being disobedient. I feel while horses can make bad choices, they
