Try this horse-training technique to help you and your horse find a consistent pace while riding. When I put together the videos used in the AQHA judges’ educational seminars (for working hunter and equitation over fences), I noticed that when mistakes happen in a go, they often happen when the horses have an inconsistent pace – they go slow, then fast, slow, fast. And they don’t seem to be able to re-establish rhythm and get organized, back to the miles per hour they need to complete the course.
Click here to read the rest of the article by Lainie DeBoer with Christine Hamilton in The American Quarter Horse Journal