We teach a horse to upset

We teach a horse to upset
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where the ability of a horse to calmly and smoothly lay back was extremely necessary? At the same time, you asked the horse to step back, but instead of smoothly, without fuss, besieging, as you imagined, the horse acted as if you had forgotten to remove it from the parking brake: threw back your head and neck, raising them high in protest and the hooves seemed to just stick to the ground. Or maybe she didn’t go straight back, but moved somewhere at an angle of 90 degrees from where you were? Continue reading →