When riding a horse, its not all the riders job and its not all the horses job. Riding is special, a partnership with the horse and the rider. Dressage is a good example of that and jumping.
Riding is a way for the horse and the rider to really bond and come together as a team. You can tell by watching how close the horse and that rider really are. Its the best thing ever seeing the proudness in the riders eyes and the horse looking around knowing that they both did good.
To ride you really need to make sure your cues are clear to the horse, otherwise it can mess them up. Riding a horse that doesn't speak and understand what your saying verbally, but knows what your saying through your seat is just amazing.
That is the real kind of partnership, the best kind.
~Countrygirl1055