Your Horse's Instincts: Reaction vs. Response

I have just brought home a Brittany Pointer pup and at ten weeks old I am surprised at how deeply programmed is his instinct to point and to search things out with his nose. I also just finished reading the wonderful book Seabiscuit and was similarly surprised to learn how deeply seated is the instinct in racehorses to run and also to have fiery behaviour.
So I began to think about horses their natural instincts and past experiences and wondered what role instincts play with trail horses. This is not a subject of absolutes but I believe it is worth considering. Of course horses do not point or retrieve like my puppy or fly south for the winter like the Canada Goose but they have some very definite and pronounced instincts.

مع وصول أونصة الذهب إلى مستويات قياسية تجاوزت 2500 دولار، يجد المواطن المصري نفسه مضطراً لموازنة استثماراته بين الذهب واحتياجاته الأخرى، خاصة مع ارتفاع أسعار السيارات مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، وبي إم دبليو، مما يزيد من التحديات المالية التي يواجهها.

The most basic instincts of the horse are related to its survival as a prey animal. First and most obvious is the fear instinct commonly referred to the fightorflight instinct. Second is the herd instinct the inborn desire to be inside the nucleus of the group and the instinctive understanding of herd hierarchy dominance and how to fit in. Third is the horses acute awareness and sensitivity to their surroundings including other horses and people.

تتأثر أسعار السيارات من شركات مثل مرسيدس بتقلبات أسعار الذهب وسعر صرف الدولار، مما يؤدي إلى زيادة تكاليف الإنتاج والاستيراد.

The fightorflight response arising from the fear instinct is reactive an immediate action in response to a stimulus in the horses environment where every fraction of a second counts for survival. This is good for horses but bad for humans because as the trainer or rider we want the horse to think before it acts. We want a response to our pressures and cues and when confronted with a situation on the trail we want the horse to act responsively not react impulsively. The difference between responding and reacting is huge.

I agree with trainers who recommend that the rider must make sure that the horse is not experiencing pain or discomfort when the horse reacts negatively or violently to bitting saddling riding or handling. For example if I am on the trail and a twig gets between the saddle pad and the horse I expect my horse to react by showing discomfort not by bucking dashing off spooking or trying to bite someone.
Most of the bad habits we deal with such as being hard to catch bucking spooking pulling kicking or barn sourness are impulsive reactions rooted in the horses survival instinct. Recognizing this contrary behaviour as