Smithbridge Stable Blog The Theory Behind the Language of the Aids

In the form of classical equitation I was taught, you executed a movement by thinking of your objective instead of which aids would produce the correct result. Your mount was to appear to be the initiator, your request so minute as to be invisible and the horse's movements to flow seamlessly. To achieve this, your knowledge of how each aid works must become as fundamentally ingrained as is how to breathe. Repetition, repetition, repetition! Your brain learns the effect each aid has, applied s [...]