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To begin with, your riding instructor is someone you are totally comfortable with. You must have complete faith in your instructor and his program, because a riding instructor is with you for the long term.

The instructor/student relationship has a dictatorial aspect to it (for more information, see p. 236). The instructor has the final say in all aspects of the student’s career (fig. 3.3).

Because of the nature of the sport— because of the safety issues involved, as well as the very real dangers associated with any kind of riding—the instructor has to be completely in charge. Period. The instructor makes all major (and most minor) decisions until very late in a rider’s career.

3.3 The instructor dictates everything from which exercises to practice, to which horse to ride, to which shows you will attend.