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Cross that bridge
when you get to it
By Betsy Parker
Times Newspapers Staff Writer 1 w iding a horse is fairly simpie.
Keep a leg at each oorJL Vner. Stay centered.
Pretty straightforward.
Ride the same horse across country, over fences, and it becomes somewhat more challenging. In addition to obstacles to negotiate, the rider must contend with undulating terrain and a variety of unknown variables.
Add in speed - and a few like-minded mends - and riding shoots up to the professional level.
Race riders spend years learning the basics of horsemanship and saddle skills to guarantee competent, safe race tactics. Balance, quick-thinking, bravery, an eye for a take-off distance and rapid response to danger are hallmarks of the steeplechase jockey. Granted, many of these talents are well beyond the average pleasure rider.
Reinsmanship, though, is one the most basic skill any rider can master. With thoughtful, skillful use of the reins, the rider can pull a horse together for better performance, whether on riie trail or on the hunt.
Handling the reins of a hardpulling racehorse is not unlike handling the reins an a playful young horse or aboard an over-exuberant trail horse. Learning (me of the most simple jockey tactics
See REINS, Page 25
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