(“I feel better now”)
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Raincoat, scarf, or sunblock? Dress for Success
(“Less making, more allowing”)
Throughness and engagement/collection with loose reins?
Is it possible to have real throughness and engagement/collection with long, even loose reins?
High Times
(“. . . or just the Mandela Effect?”)
The words are not magic
(“. . . better than . . . dribbling into false collection”)
Nils
(“. . . but nothing happened.”)
In the Stratosphere
(“. . .first she thought the score was a misprint. ‘)
Weighty matters
(“. . . about as effective as waving the reins around and shouting giddyup!”)
Say something once. Why say it again?
(“If the idea is really uncomfortable to you, don’t go crazy.”)
How do you cope with a hot horse and a not-very-sensitive rider?
BILL— it’s a tough combination, and we can only hope that the rider has a lot of patience and does not have unrealistic expectations of how quickly things can be fixed. A lot of riders who get in this situation do so because they don’t realize how complicated the relationship they need to build with their horse and the sophistication of the aids that they need to do that are way beyond what they are used to.