15 Tips to Improve Communication with Your Horse

ara-rider Katie Jackson is missing her right leg below the knee. Her right thigh is strapped to the saddle, and she carries a whip in her right hand. “She is a beautiful rider,” says trainer Chrissa Hoffmann, “but she’s had to work very hard in her seat and her body alignment to keep [her horse] straight. Where we take for granted that we keep the horse straight between two legs, she has to work a little