Ride Every Stride | Horsemanship And Personal Growth With Van Hargis

In the early episodes of Ride Every Stride we’re working on laying a foundation for what comes later. As I’ve said many times over the years, when it comes to horsemanship (and maybe life?), there’s nothing beyond the basics. For horsemanship, those basics are what I call the Absolute Basic Criteria. Picking up where we left off last time, in this episode of Ride Every Stride we’re talking about the second of those ABCs. The Absolute Basic Criteria of Horsemanship, part 2 — Control of Forward Movement As we said last week, even the most complex, sophisticated maneuvers on horseback are refinements of the basics. Understanding those basics–the ABCs of horsemanship–will equip us to work with our horses to accomplish whatever our horsemanship goals might be. What Are the ABCs of Horsemanship? forward movement (we discussed this in episode 2) control of forward movement stopping of forward movement (we’ll discuss this next time)   Once we’ve achieved