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Ditching bad behaviour

A WELL MANNERED horse is the dream for every rider, but even with the most compliant equine it is all too easy to give them an inch and find that they have taken a mile. It doesn't take much, but bad manners can quickly become a horrible habit if they aren't addressed swiftly and this can make for less than fun hacks, all of which is the last thing you want when you have 1,000 miles to cover.

“There are generally two extremes when it comes to bad manners: horses who won't go and horses who go too much,” explains horsemanship expert Jason Webb. “You get the nappier types who spend a lot of time looking at things, who aren't really off your leg and who try to find excuses to

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