Comments on: Riding Back to Front, Part III

By: My Wildest Dreams – America’s Horse Daily

My Wildest Dreams – America’s Horse Daily — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:04:44 +0000

[...] During trot work, Andreas focused on a strong, round connection to the bit, causing Smoky to engage his hindquarters more and to use his back. Canter work focused on a round frame with a clear [...]

By: Western Pleasure Calisthenics: Part II – America’s Horse Daily

Western Pleasure Calisthenics: Part II – America’s Horse Daily — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:19:36 +0000

[...] of the most important things when long trotting is that the horse is responsive to my spur, leg and seat cues. So when long trotting, I will check with the horse to see if he is listening to my cues. For [...]

By: Hardy

Hardy — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:12:18 +0000

“Riding back to front”? My immediate reaction was, “Finally, someone is addressing this!” Then I was disappointed, as precious little is said about riding back to front, and the article is generally about the rider’s posture and seat and hands. All that is important, and hardly anything the author said I wouldn’t agree on, but how one actually rides a horse from back to front – as opposed to what one gets to see at the QH show circuit and beyond, where most people ride front to back – that is missing, and the reason for it. It would be a good article that wouldn’t have disappointed me if it had had a different headline.