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 I keep wanting to hold on with one hand on the pommel for that unexpected 
spook or whatever he throws my
> way.


Unless your arms are a whole lot stronger than mine are, you're not likely 
to be able to hold onto the pommel tightly enough to keep you from coming 
off if everything truly starts going south.

You'd probably be safer learning to ride in a nicely balanced fashion and 
sometimes that can be helped along with some lessons.

As a former dressage rider, I think every truly trained horse will accept 
contact and go forward nicely with contact.

That said, I usually let my LD horse have lots  freedom of his head and neck 
on out mountain trails.  He's an experienced horse and usually knows how to 
keep us both safe using his head, neck and back.

I usually do ride with a rein in each hand and he did spin out from under me 
last week but I don't think grabbing leather would have changed the outcome.

Nancy 



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