Since you can't ask them if they understood something or what they are thinking, this is a valuable tool. Posture can be as subtle as the worried wrinkles around they eye or as obvious as a strike or kick. Experience is the best way to learn to read the horse's posture. Posture is situational, which means that the posture you see in a certain situation may not apply to a different setting. There is some risk involved in horse training for both you and the horse.
Horses can cause serious injury.
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