Two movments important to horse training

"What are the two most important training maneuvers your horse needs to know," so that your horse can perform better in all events?

  

  "It is the side movements and the back up of your horse." It is the side pass, the two track, hip movement, the in side and out side movements,  the arc movements, the counter arcs, the inside arcs and the out side arcs, and most of all the backing of your horse. And these are the  maneuvers people spend the least amount of time on.

    Why? Because they take more work to teach and people like to lope more because it is easier on them. But if you spend time on these two maneuvers you will have a nicer horse to ride that is soft in the mouth and body, the kind of horse that is fun to ride.
 
    "Backing is one of the biggest maneuvers a horse needs to have in their life,"    The back creates the sliding stop, the roll back, softening of the jaw and face of a horse, it teaches the horse to ark its back up ward so it can lope correctly, it helps the horse to rock back on its hocks so that they can spin softer and lope  with a better cadence, it teaches better rating and use of the hock. It puts the spring in the horse movement for roping, barrel racing, cutting, reining, jumping, and all English and Western events. It is the top dog of the maneuvers.

    In a sliding stop it teaches the horse how to get their feet up under them quicker, and it also teaches a horse how to break at the poll easier and softer. The stop is the one maneuver you want on your horse if your horse is about to go over a cliff.

    The side pass or side movements' maneuvers teaches your horse to move away from pressure and to use their feet and legs more like a dancer, this is why I say we are only dancing with are horses when we ride. We teach a movement with our horse and than we flow with the horse as they move.

    Side passing teaches our horses to change leads better, it teaches the turn around and neck reins better, the arcs can teach the departing of the lope better, it keeps your horse to be softer in the face, so that your horse cannot brace on the bit. It keeps you barrel horse from dropping their shoulder on a barrel, and it also helps a rope horse from ducking into to quick after roping a steer also. If your horse ducks too quick it drops it shoulder and puts too much weight on the side it is turning on and than your horse cannot move its leg out of the way fast enough to move on, it is what I call stuck in the mud.

    So you see how important these maneuvers are even though I have only touched on them lightly. They are more important than loping or stopping because they are how we get better stops, lopes and spins. So spend more time on these maneuvers and you will have a better horse to ride. Check out my web site for more on this subject.

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                           Bob Logan 

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