>>>Its just with a cue from behind they are magically being pushed, instead of >>>having cues from the seat or on their sides, which I do not believe are >>>really intuitive for a horse to get especially in the beginning of their >>>training.
OK, I can see it for horses that aren't finished in their training. Do we need to think of why a horse may not want to speed up, and get to the cause, before reverting to a whip to encourage it? Lots of horses are ridden without whips and respond appropriately to aids. (As an aside, there's a difference between aids and cues: http://iceryder.net/aids.html ) Judy
