06/05/2026
When lunging a horse, the whip isn’t there to punish or scare them. It’s simply an extension of your energy directing it behind the horse, encouraging them to move forward.
Think of it as a way to make your cue easier for the horse to understand. If the horse needs more energy to get going, we raise the whip. Once the horse is moving in the direction and gait we’re asking for, we lower the whip to release that pressure and drop the energy, then we want the energy to come from our own body.
The goal is to communicate with as little energy as it takes to get the horses feet and mind to go where you want them to go.
