swinging heads!!

[el_Snowflakes]

Ok,

this is a pet peeve of mine. The amount of folk i see riding at the yard with their horses heads swinging from side to side (obviously from see-sawing the reins) in unreal. I really hate to see this as it look so false and uncomfortable for the horse. The funny thing is theres i know alot of riders who think quite 'highly' of themselves and their abilities and they actually believe this is how to ride a horse?? rant over

 

[Damnation]

I know what you mean it was like this on my last yard and when people ended up with problems they blamed the horse..
No rider is perfect but the one thing I make damned sure about is my hands after all its a piece of METAL in their MOUTHS!!
Sorry see sawing reins really makes my blood boil!

 

[Pearlsasinger]

I was stewarding for a well respected elderly BSPS judge recently, who also was my first RI, many years ago.
He was having something of a rant about just this very thing. He was particularly scathing about 'dressage' riders who think that they need to fiddle with the reins to bring their horse onto the bit. Unfortunately many people, including instructors, seem to have forgotten that all horses need to work from behind and then everything else will fall into place.

 

[Kokopelli]

I hate it! I know plenty of RI who actually teach people to ride like this so no wonder why people think its the correct way to ride!


We call it 'black and decker sawing'

 

[1life]

I hate it! I know plenty of RI who actually teach people to ride like this so no wonder why people think its the correct way to ride!


We call it 'black and decker sawing'

Haha, that's probably better that my terminology which is 'w*!*ing the horses head! Am I gonna get in trouble now?

I think a lot of instructors teach it as people want results quickly. The shame of it is that by teaching a 'shortcut' you won't give people the foundations they need to build the next step. I tell my clients that outline is the last thing on my mind to teach them as that will come naturally when they are riding the horse in the correct manner. I think some instructors maybe don't have the courage to tell people that they will improve in small steps as they are afraid they will lose their interest and ,consequently, the client. Unfortunately some riders don't see it as a long path and they want the shortcut.