.RIDING PHILOSOPHY The highest levels of riding require a partnership of both an advanced horse and rider. This horse will have to be managed to enhance its natural physical strength and suppleness; willingness and energy to perform; and thoughtful instruction to promote the attention, confidence, and skill necessary to execute the requested tasks. The human partner must understand how a horse thinks, learns, communicates, and interacts within its herd environment; how nature intended the horse to function; and how to use their own body as an instrument of communication with the horse. When all aspects meld, they form a communion between horse and rider that is the basis for achieving the highest performance, and having a safe and enjoyable riding experience. Leslie doesn't 'train' a horse. Everything that a rider could ever desire from a horse is there at the moment of birth. The 'trick' is to understand the horse completely physical, mental and emotional, in other words what makes a horse a horse. With this knowledge she is socializing the horse to a life in the human herd and finds magic.
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