Riding through

One of the first lessons you need to master as a rider, is the seatbones and thighs lesson. We've been working on this lesson lately. It starts with suppling the neck, then activating the hind legs with the turns on the forehand, and then it focuses on throughness with the reinback. It's amazing to experience how you can really make the neck longer and the horse more through because of this combination of exercises -- if they are properly done. And then, you can incorporate that throughness into all  your riding from that point on, until you end up with a fabulous halfpass where the horse really reaches into the outside rein.