| Opinions differ from various equine trainers on when to | | | | whoa the horse should stop, drop dead, and no more |
| get on a horse and start riding him from when he first | | | | moving - now!" |
| gets green broke. | | | | The third thing is that your horse must know how to |
| Since I'm purposely addressing horse owners who | | | | move out. This means when you ask your equine to |
| don't have the experience a trainer has, then I want to | | | | step out, he does. He doesn't lazily move. He gets |
| explain what your horse should be good at for you to | | | | after it and does it now. Interestingly, many people |
| have a fairly good degree of safety. | | | | don't know that a equine that moves out good is a |
| The first thing your equine must know is that it's okay | | | | horse that will learn how to stop good. So remember if |
| he has someone on his back. As obvious as this | | | | your horse has trouble stopping, get him good at |
| sounds, there are horse owners that have horses that | | | | moving. |
| aren't sure about it. | | | | The fourth thing is your equine needs to be good at |
| The second thing is your equine must know what | | | | turning. He should be good at turning left and right. Plus, |
| "whoa" means. Again, this is obvious but lots of horse | | | | when you turn him you shouldn't have work hard at |
| owners ride horses that don't stop when asked. A | | | | pulling him to one side or another. When you ask for a |
| equine MUST stop the absolute second you say. In the | | | | turn you want to simply cue him for a turn and he |
| words of a trainer friend of mine, "When asked to | | | | turns as easily as if he had power steering. |