Straightness is one very important thing in riding. You must come to a jump straight, and keep your horse straight, even if you aren’t necessarily jumping. If you come in skew, your horse will likely duck out, or if it does jump it, it’ll be quite odd.

Confidence is one of your key components in riding horses. You should be confident in yourself and the horse, to tackle any obstacle that comes your way.

If you are learning to canter, your instructor is telling you all about canter leads. However, if you are too curious before cantering, or are having trouble understanding it, or just wanna read more about ’em, here you go.

Comparing two of my favorite horses at different yards.

The Arabian is a very graceful breed, and one of the most easy-to-identify breed. Everybody looks at the horse, and in a flash, they can say it is Arab