The thing with riding sidemovements by Celina Skogan | Jan 29, 2021 | Academic Art of Riding, BiomechanicsWhen asked by his protégé, the young King Louis XIII, why the rider works with sideways, Pluvinel replies: ‘We need sideways to straighten.’ At first, that sounds contrary. Why should we work a horse sideways to straighten it? What is a mystery...