The half halt is referred to endlessly in equine texts in almost every equine discipline. I have found it nearly universal that few amateur owners and many trainers really do not have a clear idea of what a half halt really is. Here is the stinger, it’s just as easy to answer what god is. That’s because there are as many interpretations of this movement as there are horsemen. Some use a half halt for every movement, others only to ...

Andy,

I was perusing your website after we talked and realized you would probably be the perfect person to ask this question. I groom for eventing/hunter/jumper/dressage riders and have been asked to do a day stint as a driving groom, to include being on the carriage during the event. I will be meeting her and the horses prior to the event, but wanted to try and read up a bit. As I have only taken one little class in driving that covered the b...

Find a horse that refuses to stand, and there is a person near by who refuses to make the horse stand.

First and foremost, no horse is started as a driving horse in my practice unless it can stand quietly.  The horse must be willing to stand fully tacked up, without being held, while I walk a large diameter circle around the horse.  Since the process of hitching a...