| To turn left, all a rider must do is apply a small amount | | | | continuous as long as the horse continues to turn in a |
| of pressure to the rein in your left hand, while keeping | | | | circle. As the horse begins to obey this command, you |
| a steady contact with the rein in your right. Make sure | | | | can lighten the pressure in your hand, and continue to |
| this is a squeeze, rather than a tug. This squeeze | | | | keep a left bending aid in your left rein, by squeezing |
| should consist of the flexion of your palmaris longus | | | | and releasing the left hand. |
| muscle. At the same time you cue with the reins, apply | | | | Your right leg should be placed a in a more bent |
| pressure with the squeezing of your gluteal muscles | | | | position, keeping you leg behind the girth of the saddle. |
| as well as your rectus femoris and hamstring in your | | | | Use the same muscles above to apply a light, but |
| left leg. | | | | constant pressure on the hoses right side.This motion |
| It should feel as tho the horse is bending around the | | | | can be repeated but in an opposite manner by cuing all |
| pressure given by your left leg. This pressure is not | | | | the right sided aids to turn. Keep this up, remember |
| constant but a squeeze that should last no more than | | | | practice makes perfect. Sometimes if you can take a |
| a second on, and two seconds off, and should be | | | | lesson it will help you enhance your skill level. |