I love to walk!

Riding the walk will improve the quality of the relationship between horse and rider.
In the walk, the risk for resistances is considerably lower and the chances for establishing a light, soft contact are considerably higher.

“The most important of all the gaits—and the gait most often neglected in the training of our Western horses—is the walk. The balanced walk is a four-beat gait requiring even distribution of the horse’s weight between all four feet as he carries his weight forward.

The footfall pattern of the walk is left hind, left front, right hind, right front. A single stride of the walk includes movement of all four feet beginning with the left hind and ending with the right front”.

Horse and Human mechanically are walking the same way. One foot is carrying weight and pushing while the other one is advancing. The horse’s head is his balancer, the human is using the hands instead. When the horse’s hind is up, the withers are down and the head rises up. When the horse’s hind is down, the withers are up and the head lower down.
While pushing with the right leg forward, human will bring the right hand forward (right leg back, right hand forward, left hand in the middle)”.

 

 

 

 

Happy Walking