Secret #1
That the horse industry does not want you to know. Riding is dangerous. Horse related accidents rank near the top of all sporting activities.
Secret #2
It takes professionals years to learn and yet many still do not teach that bending the horse is the most important tool that every horse person should understand and master.
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Simply bending a horse can bring a horse back from a dangerous and irrational state to thinking/rational mode.
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Note the calm attitude and obvious bend in the filly’s body.
Right = flight. The horse’s defense is flight. At that time the horse is operating in the right side of the brain. Conversely, the rational/thinking side is the left side and is achieved when we simply bend the horse. Understanding the power of bending is the first principal my students learn.
![](https://horsewhisperer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bending-calm.jpg)
Secret #3
The power/engine is the hind end of the horse. Control the power, control the horse. If you stand up and cross your legs you cannot run forward; nor can a horse with their back legs crossed. We call this disengaging the hind end. This concept along with bending are the very first principals I teach and is fully detailed in my “Discover the Horse You Never Knew” video.
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the more relaxed the horse.
Live Demonstration
A live demonstration of the above mentioned principals at work: