{"id":60848,"date":"2021-09-29T13:34:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T03:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/?p=60848"},"modified":"2023-02-04T17:56:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T06:56:44","slug":"self-carriage-is-essential-for-all-riders-and-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/2021\/09\/self-carriage-is-essential-for-all-riders-and-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"Self carriage is essential for all riders and horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Self Carriage is for horses and riders \u2013 Dr Andrew McLean tells us:<br \/>\n\u201cThe horse must travel in-hand and under saddle free of any constant rein or leg pressure, otherwise he will switch off to them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The concept of self-carriage seems simple enough. It means that the horse self-maintains his own rhythm, tempo, stride length, straightness, outline and rein and leg contact and engagement. It therefore implies that he mustn&#8217;t occasionally or constantly quicken, slow, drift raise or lower his head, lengthen or shorten his neck, lean or drop the bit, squirm away from the rider&#8217;s leg contact or fall onto the forehand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/103-Frie-Anna-Sophie-Fiebelkorn-Imperio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/103-Frie-Anna-Sophie-Fiebelkorn-Imperio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/103-Frie-Anna-Sophie-Fiebelkorn-Imperio.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/103-Frie-Anna-Sophie-Fiebelkorn-Imperio-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/103-Frie-Anna-Sophie-Fiebelkorn-Imperio-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yCxqAJDyAr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/2014\/12\/principles-of-horsemanship-part-7-self-carriage\/\">Principles of Horsemanship: Part 7 &#8211; Self Carriage<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Principles of Horsemanship: Part 7 &#8211; Self Carriage&#8221; &#8212; The Horse Magazine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/2014\/12\/principles-of-horsemanship-part-7-self-carriage\/embed\/#?secret=0ullgFFvG4#?secret=yCxqAJDyAr\" data-secret=\"yCxqAJDyAr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self Carriage is for horses and riders \u2013 Dr Andrew McLean tells us: \u201cThe horse must travel in-hand and under saddle free of any constant rein or leg pressure, otherwise he will switch off to them. 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