The whole purpose of training, I believe, is to balance the horses’ natural tendency to ‘push’ with one side of his body and to ‘carry’ with the other. To put it another way, the purpose is to create straightness, where each side of the body is sharing the burden of push and carry. We all hear…
Does Standing Hurt Your Back?
If you have ever had a sore lower back from standing it is likely to be as a result of where you are putting your ribs. ‘Putting your ribs somewhere’ is not like forgetting where you have put your car keys, but there isn’t always much conscious thought as to where the ribs are sitting….
A Weighty Issue
The Conversation The subject of rider weight came into prominence in 2017, when a judge asked a rider at a UK show to leave his class as he thought she was riding a horse that was not suitable to carry her weight. This sparked a debate of ‘how heavy is too heavy?’ and whether or…
How Are You Stacking Up?
Sitting in the saddle can be pretty exposing, not in the way of not wearing enough clothes, but in how our bodies want to function. What we may be able to disguise on the ground shows up loud and clear when we sit on a moving object. Even if you are admirably trying to cover…