Why Contact?
The horse was never structurally designed to carry a rider. It just happened that man discovered early on that horses were great at the job and most of them pretty compliant if trained well đŚ
However, due to the horses natural structure if ridden without careful guidance on how to carry a rider, the horse will do himself damage đ¤
Contact done well provides the horse with the support he needs to balance and carry the rider in a healthy way.
âźď¸ Most of us are not aiming at being the next Grand Prix champion we just want our horses to have a happy & healthy ridden career for as long as possible
âźď¸ In this case we donât need to worry about high level manoeuvres or fancy dressage moves đş
âźď¸ In fact we donât even need to have an arena! đ
We simply need to teach our horses (and ourselves) to be comfortable with contact, not scared and hiding đ and not using it so much for support that itâs like holding a ten ton weight up!! đď¸ââď¸