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From our How to Train a Horse Series:
"How Far How Fast How Little," Issue 8, part 1 of our FREE monthly newsletter
The following example is appropriate for horses of any discipline. Let's say we have a reining horse – and we want to make his spin better. We have a recipe to improve his performance and there are three ingredients in this recipe. They are "further," "faster," and "less." To begin, I don't worry about anything except "further." I do whatever it takes to make something go further. (In this case, the spin "action.") So I look at his front feet and I see that the step they take covers a distance of, let's say, two feet. I make it my goal to go further, maybe to two and a half feet. I'll then spin my horse; I'll kiss or kick with both legs or do whatever it takes to make that step bigger – and that's all I'll concentrate on. I'll only work on that for about thirty seconds, just till that one step is "further." (That is, maybe it sweeps and covers three feet.) Then the next part is "faster." So now I keep the "further" – and I make it "faster." As soon as he gets faster...…
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