What Do You Want To Know About Western?

Each discipline of horsemanship training horses has features that make the disciplines they are. Western disciplines are characterized by the movement short, slow and minimal contact on the reins. Dressage is based on forward momentum and a good connection. Maybe you have experience riding west in the background and I like to learn more about dressage. We will discuss two important differences between disciplines - and drive contact and how to start work on these basic principles of dressage.

Perhaps one of the main differences between the disciplines of western riding and dressage horse is the amount of contact made on the reins. A good western horse moves with a very minimal contact, while a dressage horse is expected to lead to a much more gentle touch. Often, western riders have difficulty in increasing the feeling in his reins. The main thing to remember here is that to feel much increased feeling of the reins at the front; you must back up at least this much leg on the back. If the horse feels more pressure only on his face, he will stop or back up, or maybe duck behind the contact face curling in hand, as the pilots have more feel in the reins, while you must close the leg in contact. In this way, the horse is "closed" at both ends and comes round and come into contact.

No contact on the reins, the dressage horse is not well connected and has no reason to come. If the horse leans on the front and mounted on the back end, will be able to get in contact and around its top line. Without feeling the front, the horse takes in any setting is more natural at that time. For those types quarter mile, the frame is often low and flat on the neck, for the horses of Arab type, often up and up and down. If there is a lot of tension in the back, most of the horse heads will come up. The framework for a dressage horse riding is done backwards. Unlike a Western instrument that focuses on getting the head, neck, head and carrying a dressage horse simply reflects the way back to riding in the back and held at its rear end.

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Article Submitted On: November 29, 2010

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