Question: I'm confused about your explanation for asking a horse for a lead over the fence. I know what an indirect rein is, so that makes sense, but say for example if you're asking for the left lead, how can you also move your hands to the left, using the outside rein almost as a neck-rein to ask for the lead and the inside rein as a leading rein. Isn't that the complete opposite movement of a left indirect rein? How can both apply to asking for the same result?

Answer: In an indirect rein position, the rider's inside hand would be back farther than the outside hand, causing the horse's head to be slightly turned toward the inside of the bending figure. Then, if the rider, while maintaining this hand position, also shifts both hands toward the inside of the figure, the outside rein makes contact with the horse's neck, thus acting as a neck rein, while the inside rein is moved away from the neck, thus acting as a leading rein.