This is really basic, I know . . .
Are you 'supposed' (for want of a better word) to ligthen or deepen your seat, as while I have heard that from, say, walk-halt you "stop riding" and still/deepen the seat, I have also heard that this can encourage the horse to hollow. Yet it is often recommended that a rider lightens/deepens (which oen?!) to signal to the horse that a transition is about to occur. At the moment I lighten and still my seat to halt, deepen it to canter (which is always followed by a rubbish transition) and lighten it from walk to trot. What's the correct way (if, indeed, there is one)?
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Are you 'supposed' (for want of a better word) to ligthen or deepen your seat, as while I have heard that from, say, walk-halt you "stop riding" and still/deepen the seat, I have also heard that this can encourage the horse to hollow. Yet it is often recommended that a rider lightens/deepens (which oen?!) to signal to the horse that a transition is about to occur. At the moment I lighten and still my seat to halt, deepen it to canter (which is always followed by a rubbish transition) and lighten it from walk to trot. What's the correct way (if, indeed, there is one)?
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