From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation,
search Impulsion can only occur if the horse is coming properly
up through the back and hindquarters, as seen here.  Impulsion
refers to the movement of a horse when it is going forward with
controlled power. Related to the concept of collection,
impulsion helps a horse effectively utilize the power in its
hindquarters. To achieve impulsion, a horse is not using speed,
but muscular control; the horse exhibits a relaxed spinal
column, which allows its hindquarters to come well under its
body and "engage" so that they can be used in the most effective
manner to move the horse forward at any speed. The concept and
term was first written about by practitioners in the discipline
of dressage, but an ability to move with impulsion is a desired
goal in most other equestrian disciplines. It usually is used to
describe a horse when under human control and is one of the
desired goals in horse training, but may sometimes be exhibited
by a horse in a free and natu