In order for your horse to be balanced in a turn, they must be connected to your outside aids. Most horses want to keep their barrel rotated to one side. In one turn your horse will be leaning into the turn and in the opposite turn, they’re leaning away from the turn. When you turn the direction that their barrel is locked, and add your outside aids you will just create more lean without getting any bend. When you turn the direction in which the horse is leaning to the outside, when you add your outside aids, it will feel like they are drifting through your aids with their neck over flexed in the direction of the turn.
Trainer’s Tip Tuesday
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