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How To Quiet Your Legs Riding?

January 24, 2024 by Diane Mitchell

How To Quiet Your Legs Riding? Deliberately stop pushing him – hang your legs straight down and don’t use them. When he slows down, give him one BIG kick (or more than one if he doesn’t react enough) and then let your legs hang down again. Keep repeating – every time he slows down, give

How To Put Pressure When Leg Riding?

January 24, 2024 by Diane Mitchell

How To Put Pressure When Leg Riding? Do not squeeze! If you do this, you literally squeeze yourself out of the saddle. Also, squeezing tenses muscles and having tense muscles means you don’t ‘feel’ as much as much as you do with a relaxed muscle. Basically, if a horse doesn’t respond to the leg aid,