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| Reinless Riding A Cool Way to Train A Hot Horse, by Sylvia Burrage |
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| While horses are slow to learn voice commands, it is well worth the time to have them. It may be a while before your legs are always doing the right thing. So a word might clear confusion from your horses' mind. My horse was difficult to rate, always trying to go too fast. I used "steady, steady," a lot with her and it was a great help. Learning to stop from her early, bouncy canter, my legs didn't always go back soon enough, and "whoa" gave me a back up. My mare is now so relaxed that I can do a long work out, with lots of cantering on a warm day, and she doesn't even sweat a bit. She still has occasional anticipation, but it is easily dispelled. It is such a joy to have her go calmly into a relaxed canter, with or without reins. I have a lot of regular training to do before I can develop a reinless piaffe and sliding stop. I hope to have her ready for video by spring 2000. |
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