Learning to ride your horse on the bit is about learning to influence the horses back and putting him into the seeking reflexes. Working with the seeking reflexes is a very different ethical approach to methods that are based on ‘fiddling’ or pulling the head down.
On The Bit Introduction
Getting your horse on the bit can be the bugga boo of riding, causing stress and unnecessary frustration in both horse and rider. One the rider understands where to focus, and what to focus on, riding becomes a solvable puzzle rather than some mystical feel that only the talented possess. In good work the horse’s…