Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> kirjoitti: 
> >>> What is lightness in regard to hands on the reins?  what are soft hands?
> 
> 
> Soft hands will continuously move very lightly in time with the horse's 
> gait - I've always heard them called "following hands."   When someone on 
> the list told me that some Icelander trainer told them that their hands 
> should never move when the horse moves  

Fjóla has been trained that way. Always with short rein and non-moving hands 
(actually I was told to hold the saddle to keep my hands in one place...). I 
still have a long way to go with her, she's a young horse and gets very 
insecure when I do something she's not used to. So some days I really can't 
follow her movement with my hands and I've never been able to ride her with 
long rein (not even walk).

Krisse

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