What's the move called when a rider pulls the horse's harness quickly, making its front hoofs to go up in air?

Question

What's the move called when a rider pulls the horse's harness quickly, making its front hoofs to go up in air?

Answer 1

Cruel and hurtful

Answer 2

Harness? You mean reins?

Are you talking about rearing like the Lone Ranger on Silver?

I think it's what happens when the horse you're riding sees the Boogie man and shies-and you're suddenly in an unexpected rodeo..it's often unexpected-unplanned and not particularly desirable--and dangerous.

Probably the Lone Ranger moves-are carefully choreographed and executed--but look spontaneous for the camera...but for it to be planned like that--there would be signals-not yanking..otherwise the horse wouldn't be willingly co-operative..and you' have a dangerous situation...

Rearing usually isn't a desired effect-even if it looks pretty..it's not what you want when you're riding. Trust me. Imagine a show ring full of rearing horses-and I'll show you a judge that strokes out..!

OR it means you ride in the Spanish Riding School of Vienna and you're doing a Capriole or a Courbette or a Levade--in a very precise dressage maneuver...almost a ballet set to music-on horseback...not many horses-or riders can do these difficult maneuvers...and when they do-the signals the dressage rider uses to communicate with the horse are barely observable--there is no yanking of the reins...just slight movement of a little finger-and a touch of a leg, heel or crop. It's communication of the horse and rider working in tandem-not hitting or yanking. Also-many of the maneuvers require a fairly strong horse--a Levade for instance-is not a straight up rear--but a sustained cantilevered  lift-which requires an Arnold Schwarzenegger  typer athlete of a horse. And Lots of discipline!

Enjoy the link..watch their hands and legs--no visible kicking, yanking-or wacking with a crop..just slight touches to communicate--which is amazing when you know these are all stallions-and all over 1000 lbs each. There has to be trust and control on both part by horse and rider. Look close--in all of the above ground movements-riders don't even use stirrups on their saddle-to give the HORSE better balance!  Beautiful--and Amazing!!