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19th October, 2008
LEADING THE HORSE
Okay John, you are right when you say it that way. Riding school
can only take their riders so far. To make a safe environment you do
need reasonably quiet horses (and some that are more difficult to
handle & ride) but admittedly they do not prepare clients for the
various rogue horses that exists in this world. They do not prepare
students for rogue horse dealers. Unfortunately often they do not
listen to good advice given for free about the horse they "should"
buy according to their ability, experience and knowledge.
Yes, school horses mostly don't have a mouth, or a supple back. But
it does not have to be that bad, at least it was not that bad in our
centre and I have ridden all my schoolies from time to time. The
development of the school horses depends a bit on how you construct
your lessons with the different levels of riders in your centre. If
you make your lessons interesting enough to keep riders well beyond
the beginners stage, riders and horses get to do a variety of
exercises to make them stronger, more supple and good in the mouth
and head. They remain interested in their work and don't numb off.
I am not sure about being brain washed, I always thought I was quite
inventive in the way I dealt with horses. I thought I have always
taught our students "horsemanship", albeit with quite horses, but
the way horsemanship is promoted nowadays it seems to have a secret
and magical side to it. And the only people that know how to whisper
to the horse must wear cowboy hat and have chaps on. Agreed that
leaves me out, never wore one of them hats ever!
Best regards,
Bert Hartog- horse riding made simple
EFA Level II Dr., Coach Educator
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