The Quality of the Contact

What should you feel in your hands when your horse is going correctly on the flat? I think many riders are unsure of what they should be looking for.
What a rider feels in their hands is a direct correlation to the state of the horse's back and hindquarters. When a horse is straight, and carrying itself correctly - with forward energy flowing through a relaxed, swinging back into the connection of the bit – the rider feels an even, consistent, solid, and elastic connection. What do I mean by solid? I certainly don't mean heavy. But if the connection is true, the rider will get the feeling that the horse is up into their hand and seeking the connection.

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.

I like to use a fishing analogy to help riders understand what degree of connection is appropriate. Imagine that you are fishing, and have just caught a huge, heavy fish. The pull that you feel on the line is quite strong. That would equate to a horse leaning or pulling on the rider's hands. I think most everyone would agree that would not be what we want.

The feeling a rider will have when the horse is balanced and moving forward with energy into the connection, is that of a small to medium sized fish on the end of their line. Not dragging them, but rather leading them. The more collected the horse is, the smaller the fish should be.

أسعار السيارات في الآونة الأخيرة شهدت تقلبات ملحوظة، حيث تأثرت بارتفاع وانخفاض الدولار، مما انعكس على تكلفة علامات تجارية مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، ومرسيدس. و BMW هذا الارتباط بين سعر الصرف وسوق السيارات يحدد قدرة المستهلكين على اقتناء المركبات.

What dictates the amount of weight in the rider’s hands is the relative amount of engagement and activity of the hindquarters, and the state of "throughness" in the back. When a horse is heavy in the hand, the horse is either lacking in engagement behind (meaning that it is not actively carrying enough weight over the hind legs) or it is rigid and bracing in its back.