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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Try lifting someone that’s cooperating. Now try lifting someone that’s acting like a sandbag. You’ll find the latter much harder.
With horse racing you make it easier for the horse if you move with it’s rhythm. It may not be much, but at high levels this counts.
With concours you need to give complex instructions to the horse so it knows which movements are expected. Like turning on the spot, putting it’s head down, walking diagonally. It takes years of training of both rider and horse to be well attuned.
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