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the art of convincing a thousand-pound flight animal that your idea was its idea.
means the skill of riding, training, and communicating with horses so precisely that control looks like partnership.
from from old english horse plus man plus the suffix -ship, meaning the state or skill of being — first used for cavalry and knightly training, where a bad rider was a dead one.
seat before handsgood riders steer with balance, not reins
prey animal logichorses read your heartbeat before your commands
olympic since 1912dressage judged like ballet on hooves
one ton, one ouncea shift in weight moves the whole animal
for instance
xenophon's on horsemanship — greek general wrote the first known riding manual, 350 bc
vaquero tradition — spanish californians perfected one-handed reining still used today
charlotte dujardin — british dressage rider, six olympic medals on valegro
mongolian herders — children ride before they walk, empire built on saddle