When training young horses to accept a rider, the procedure is as follows: if the rider wants to mount from the left, then she takes the left rein as if she’s going to request flexion to the inside. She now puts her left foot into the stirrup but goes no further, because the first mounting exercise is done without swinging the leg over. She uses her free right leg to give the horse an impulse to move his hindquarters. The horse is to turn around, like in a turn on the forehand. The horses know this task from groundwork. The only thing that’s new is that the rider places her foot in the stirrup and therefore her weight in the saddle. ‘Here it’s important that the horse’s back stays relaxed. The rider should be able to control every step and the horse relaxes more and more through this work.’ This method of training young horses is safe ‘because the rider can exit the situation immediately, she can jump off and take the inside rein and regain control when she does so.’ If the horse has too much forward thrust, the rider can make a small circle to regain control of the horse’s movement.