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And now we make it to the final discussion on the rider’s body parts. So far the legs, hands, arms and head & neck have been covered. The torso is the part in the middle of all these and so is quite literally the central component of any rider. A well balanced, centred torso is fundamental for the effective use of all the other parts. ​ The easiest way to describe the desirable position for the torso is to divide it into two sections. The upper torso is from the riders centre

This has to be the number one question that people ask me, and it’s a good one. Horses are famous for being able to run fast, very fast, and when we sit on them we want to know we can stop them. Many people who ride horses are afraid and the number one fear they have is that their horse will take off and they won’t be able to stop them. In response to this fear an industry based on control through pain has arisen. The number of torture devices on the market is incredible. In

It has been suggested that one of the things that sets humans apart from other animals is our ability to think of the past and of the future. It is certainly true that we do spend an enormous amount of time doing this. Animals appear to live more in the present moment. A horse will respond to something that triggers a memory from the past, so their present behaviour is affected by past events. But they are having their response and their thought process in the present. Unlike

As with every part of the body when we’re riding, our aim is to have our head and neck in a balanced position. The main problem I see is the head being held in a forward and down position. The average human head weighs around 5kg which is approximately 8% of the total human body weight. This is a lot of weight to have hanging forward off the spine, which is not good for the health of the riders spine or neck and is a lot of weight throwing the riders balance off. This head po