What skills does a horse rider need other than holding on to the horse?

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I mean there are professional jockeys and show riders who must be doing *something* at a very high level, but I honestly don’t understand what. Like if I’m riding a horse that’s jumping over a fence, isn’t that all the horse? And I just need to not fall off?

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You have to get the horse to understand what you want, you have to undetstand the horse and you have to get the horse to cooperate and do what you want. Horses are much stronger than humans, so you have to get the horse to willingly obey you. That takes some skill

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