DECEMBER 2005 • VOLUME 4 • HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine

linics can sometimes be tough to teach crossed her mind. I'm not sure why I agreed to this. As she watched the rider take the horse to the wall, where she was to do a trot pirouette off the wall. "Oh my gosh no!" exclaimed the instructor in a loud voice before she could stop herself frustrated. "Sorry" she muttered as she walked over to the horse and rider. Standing for a moment, holding onto the reins of the horse, she looked at the rider, wondering how am I going to explain this to you she said to herself with a mental sigh. Moments passed. The rider obviously distressed and getting more uncomfortable as each moment passed and the horse fidgeted from one hind leg to the other as the instructor just stood there in silence gazing at the rider.

"Okay" the instructor broke the silence, "Get off the horse for a moment."