I used to be a keen rider. Sometimes I could sense what a horse liked or preferred to do.
To sit on a ranch horse that's been broken in, it's like getting in a Porsche.
...Vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
I ride horses once in a while, but I'm no expert. I hold on for dear life.
I got on a horse when I was about 12 years of age, and started galloping around. my mother came up said "where did you learn to ride a horse?" I said "this is the first time I've ever been on a horse" I just knew, I just felt the horse.
Being a great horseman does not rely on physical strength but more on the mind and sensibility.
I think the goal is always to be both. I put more effort into the technical side of my riding, but style is very important nowadays.
Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss'd his horse.
But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the haunches, is still more effectual to this purpose, and besides always gives him the ply to the side he goes of.
A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him.
I'm not bragging, but my reputation among my peers was Bruno was a horse I never got tired.
You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else.
Shooting stuff on horseback is more complicated and time consuming than anything else.
You can always tell a novice rider; they aren't comfortable in the saddle and have to hang on.
If you're comfortable on a horse, you're comfortable on a horse. It's like being on a motorbike.
The sport is about finding the horses. But to find another Valegro is impossible.
