A practical guide to the breaking and training of the young horse by Turner Robert Corporal-Major Horse Guards

Author:Turner, Robert, Corporal-Major, Horse Guards
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses, Horses
Publisher: London : Parker, Furnivall, and Parker
Published: 1851-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Right Shoulder-in.

As I have described how the horse ought to be placed, in order to commence the right shoulder-in, I will now explain the aids to work it.

In the first place, the rider should be very careful that his hands and legs act together, or he will confuse and disturb the horse : they are to balance and assist each other.

In this lesson the left or outward rein raises the horse's forehand, and leads him away to the left, the right rein bends him, and causes him to yield his mouth to the right or inward hand, the pressure of the right leg obliges him to cross his legs, by passing his off feet in front of his near ; the left leg being closed, keeps him up to the hands, and prevents him taking too long a side step to the left; it also obliges him to step up to the hand and face his bridle ; the shoulders should be kept well leading : thus the horse being raised in front with his haunches under him, and balanced between the rider's hands and legs, is bent to the right, but stepping sideways to the left, his fore and hind feet moving on two parallel lines, the hind feet one yard from the wall, or outside of the manege; for should the horse get his hind feet too close to the wall, he would not have room to pass one foot in front of the other without striking his hocks, which might cause the injury termed capped hocks ; but the rider's outward or left leg should prevent this, by being closed strong enough to keep him up to the hand. This lesson should be worked very slowly.

For the left shoulder-in, the aids must be reversed : that is, the right rein raises the horse's forehand and leads him away to the right, and the left rein bends him ; the left leg makes him cross his legs, and the right keeps him up to the hand.

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