Ride Every Stride | Horsemanship And Personal Growth With Van Hargis

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. In this episode of Ride Every Stride we’re talking about the first of those ABCs. The Absolute Basic Criteria of Horsemanship 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 control of forward movement stopping of forward movement   Although most beginning riders are especially concerned about the last of those ABCs–stopping–we actually want our horses to move. Forward movement generally constitutes one of the three basic gaits: the walk, the trot, or the lope (or canter). If we understand the mechanics of each gait, we can co