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Learning: Hindquarter Control

If you try and stop your horse incorrectly, it actually makes him more powerful by engaging the hindquarters. Check out this article on stopping for more information.

To have control of the hindquarters you need to be able to move them freely either direction using your weight/leg aids and only using the reins if necessary.

When you apply pressure with just one leg, it should cause your horse to move away from that pressure.

So, if you are trying to move his hindquarters to the right, you would use your left leg as the aid in conjunction with the left rein.

If you move the nose around to the left, this also causes the hindquarters to move to the right.

It sounds simple, but you’d be surprised how many horses don’t have this basic training.

Can you move your horse’s hindquarters each direction without using the reins? If not, you now have a goal to work towards.

This type of aid can cause your horse to downward transition. This is a great basic tool for every horseman to know and teach their horse.

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