Author name: Manolo Mendez Dressage

How short is too short and how long is too long? How much contact is the right amount to allow the horse to work with his neck in the optimal position? It depends on each individual horse and the level of his training.

Training in its purest form is not so much a strict method of training as a time-honoured philosophy of building a partnership based on mutual trust and respect between human and horse.

Manolo Mendez uses bamboo as an extension of his arm, to assist in his in-hand and ridden work.