Building Bridges
As Ruby lifted her back and gave me more and more control and calmness, I got the mental image of her back becoming a bridge connecting the Hind-Quarters to the Forehand just as the Old Masters described.
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The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. Proverbs 17:3
As fire refines precious metals by removing impurities, so too does the trainer refine the horse by daily gymnastic work in the arena.
The time tested gymnastic training process of the Old School improves the horse by imparting mobility to joints, strength to muscles, and refinement to the intellect.