him to move over or pick up his foot he should be ready to respond. when we are asking the horse for an advanced movement under saddle we need a lot more of the horse’s focus so that he can read all of our aids that lead to the advanced movement. the rule is always the same though: the horse needs to be focused enough to know when we apply an aid and respond accordingly. the more aids we give the more the horse needs to focus.
in order to achieve this level of focus from the horse we need to break up the pattern that most horses have fallen into. 