Horse Riding: How To Turn Left

Now we're going to look at how to turn a horse gently and smoothly left. What we're going to do is ask Jennifer to walk Chester on (in the same way as we did earlier, with a nudge) and when she gets to the turn, she's going to bring her inside rein, which is her left arm, back and out slightly. At the same time she's going to be kicking with her outside leg, which is her right leg.

So, her opposite leg and hand ask the horse to turn the direction you want to go. Now she's going to bring her hand back and out slightly, excellent, and then she's going to at the same time be kicking with the leg we can't see. This will encourage the horse to turn left smoothly.

No jerking movements, no sudden pulling of the reins, the horse turns without interrupting the rhythm. .