Side pass and backing obstacles: benefits beyond the show ring. Part 2
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Control the feet and you control the horse -advised the founders of the natural horse training movement. And I’ve found it to be true – the key to the horse’s mind is, in a manner of speaking, through his feet.
I include some obstacle work in most lessons I teach. My students reap the benefits of guiding their horses’ steps sideways, backward and forward for use in their other horse activities such as positioning for lead departures or opening a gate from horseback.
