Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
My point & maybe also heelerau's, is that the horse's training is crucial. Fences can mean very little to an 800 lb animal that turns when you just think about it let alone any body signals. Horses trained for cattle work aren't all about going in a straight line as in Yabusame.
I do know from having competed as the sport of tent pegging with both sword and lance, the faster a horse gallops, it gets a little lower, and is a very smooth platform , also most horse sports involving ropiing, or pegging , it is 95% horse, 3% liuck and 2% skill !! if you have to concentrate on riding, it reduces hugely your ablility to hit what ever your target is. I am reading about the Genghis Kahn, those old boys trained with bows and horses from birth.