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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First, you need to learn to not get in the way of the horse’s performance.
Second, you need to learn how to communicate to the horse what you want it to do.
Third, learn how to actively aid the horse in his tasks (like adjusting your seat, building a relationship of mutual trust and enjoyable co-operation, approaching obstacles/figures at suitable angle and tempo, reminding the horse to adjust its posture in minute ways to make certain advanced skills easier etc.).
There is nothing more to riding. You keep improving points 1, 2, and 3 until you think there’s nothing more to learn… then you encounter the horse that prices you wrong.
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