I wish someone had explained the outside rein to me this way 20 years ago! Once I began to really understand how the outside rein really works my training improved by leaps and bounds.
In this 7 page article, you’ll learn the difference between the inside and outside rein, and how the outside rein effects your horse’s balance. There are exercises you can do with your friends to improve your understanding of how the outside rein really works. Then you can take that understanding to the ring with specific exercises in mind to build that understanding with your horse.
While this article is written in the context of carriage driving, you can easily put what you learn in this article to use for riding and long lining as well.