February 16, 2009
Learning to Understand Horses - A Guide For Riding With a Sense of Humor
When you learn to ride horseback, the smart instructor warns new students that horses are unpredictable. Any horse, no matter how well trained and well intentioned, may trip or spook. Still, horses become more predictable as you understand them better. Horse body language is universal–it doesn’t matter if you ride combined training, or jump horses, or show hunters, or practice dressage. So let’s talk about animal body language in general, and horse body language in particular.
