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Podcast: Be Your Best Horsemanship
Episode: Building Trust with an Insecure Horse
Description: I think we often underestimate how much our horses rely on our feel, timing, and balance.
Horses are prey animals, meaning their anatomy is structured to allow them to see what is behind them or what is chasing them. This is why a horse, by nature, tends to have reactive responses, unless trained otherwise. With they way a horse’s eyes are positioned on its head, I’m not convinced that horses can see a barrel pattern or a steer very well. When we’re making a run, that horse relies heavily on our cues to know when t...