Horse Talk

[ShrekDawg]

Your name seems familiar, I do like horses when I was a kid we had one named Eagle, my dad saved it from the glue factory and momma would give me a sugar cube to give to her and then I would chase it around the house trying to get it back, then when I would stop she would come nudge me and we would go chasing again, I was maybe 4, mom finally started giving me 2 sugar cubes.  Then we had to move and Eagle went to a farm to live out her days.

Yeah, yours does too! I've probably seen you around. But oh wow, Eagle sounds like a great horse! Sorry you had to rehome him :/ do you think you'd ever get another horse?

 

[katsdar]

Yeah, yours does too! I've probably seen you around. But oh wow, Eagle sounds like a great horse! Sorry you had to rehome him

do you think you'd ever get another horse?

That was 45 years ago, no don't figure I ever will, don't have the space.

 

[ShrekDawg]

That was 45 years ago, no don't figure I ever will, don't have the space.

Ohhh okay. For some reason I thought you were younger (not to say that you're old!), probably cause I am haha

 

[Kusanar]

And hmmmm we could talk about bareback riding and how the frick you get the horse to move lol

Most horses I have ridden don't act any differently bareback, sometimes they are a little startled because a butt feels different to them than it does through a saddle, but once they get used to the feeling they are usually fine. What specific issues are you having?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Most horses I have ridden don't act any differently bareback, sometimes they are a little startled because a butt feels different to them than it does through a saddle, but once they get used to the feeling they are usually fine. What specific issues are you having?

Sorry I wasn't really clear, I don't have horses or ride atm sadly I jist more never understood how people got the horse to move with no reins. I guess the leg feels the same though? You just use the same leg pressure/cues you would in a saddle? But then even if you get them to go, how do you get them to turn different directions and stop, etc?

 

[Kusanar]

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Ahh, you have your terms mixed up a bit. Bareback simply means no saddle, it does not mean that there are no reins. That would usually be called "Tackless riding" not bareback.

Onto your actual question: You have to have the horse really well trained to pay attention to you before riding without the bridle, a well trained horse does not NEED the reins to be ridden, just to fine tune the requests. This is a really simplified version and not anywhere close to what you would need to actually try it, but, to stop, or slow down, you would sit back and deeper, like you are trying to sink INTO the horses back, also, start slightly resisting the movement rather than just going with it (similar to slowing your posting at a trot to make the horse slow his tempo to match you), to turn, you look where you want to go, this makes you sit a little deeper on your inside seat bone as well as press in with your inside leg which becomes a cue to turn to the horse. Usually if you want the horse to back, you just really exaggerate the stop command, so sit WAY back and maybe even swing your legs slightly forward as a cue to back up.

Did that answer the question?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Ahh, you have your terms mixed up a bit. Bareback simply means no saddle, it does not mean that there are no reins. That would usually be called "Tackless riding" not bareback.

Onto your actual question: You have to have the horse really well trained to pay attention to you before riding without the bridle, a well trained horse does not NEED the reins to be ridden, just to fine tune the requests. This is a really simplified version and not anywhere close to what you would need to actually try it, but, to stop, or slow down, you would sit back and deeper, like you are trying to sink INTO the horses back, also, start slightly resisting the movement rather than just going with it (similar to slowing your posting at a trot to make the horse slow his tempo to match you), to turn, you look where you want to go, this makes you sit a little deeper on your inside seat bone as well as press in with your inside leg which becomes a cue to turn to the horse. Usually if you want the horse to back, you just really exaggerate the stop command, so sit WAY back and maybe even swing your legs slightly forward as a cue to back up.

Did that answer the question?

Ahh that explains a lot haha and yes, it more than answered it and really helped a lot! Thanks!

 

[ShrekDawg]

So I guess you just gotta trust your horse and your horse has to trust you?

 

[Bunnylady]

(Only about the forty-seventh time this video has been linked to here, I'm sure . . . .)

As captivating as the horse is, try to watch the rider. At one time. Stacy described Roxy as "a rocket . . . with a whole lotta buttons." That's basically what she is doing, hitting the buttons with her seat and legs. Though they call the discipline Reining, the reins really don't come into play when the horses are at this level of competition.

 

[PeepersMama]

Oh, Roxy is my all time goal when I get Armira - although just getting Smoke to where I can walk up to him is a BIIIG goal, as of now the little terd.