In his treatise on equine life in the wild, TNH, researcher Jaime Jackson emphasized that all natural movement is elicited and driven by instinct, which he described in terms of the horse's natural behaviors. From this foundation, Jackson defined the horse's "natural gait complex" -- the manner in which horses move naturally, with animation, through their natural world. AANHCP Clinicians, Bruce Nock, PhD and Jackson are charting an unprecedented, ground-breaking new riding method, and certification program, based entirely on the horse's natural gait complex. Dr. Nock's current AANHCP Orientation Clinic, "The Lifeway and the Natural Hoof", is an evolving "link" between the horse's natural world, his natural gait complex, and what will surely prove to be a new horizon in the era of natural horsemanship, "the natural rider".

The Ten Golden Rules of Horse Training (2004)
by Bruce Nock, PhD

The Natural Rider (projected: 2008)
by Bruce Nock, PhD & Jaime Jackson (OCC)



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