(little insight... I'm not small, standing at 5'6 and weighing 150 lbs)

* my instructor tells me to do a turn on the forehand on a very stubborn horse *

-10 minutes later-

* my leg is literally falling off I think I am going to die I've been kicking for hours *

* my instructor * "WHAT ARE YOU, A 3'2 BABY WITH PUDGY CHEEKS AND FLOPPY ARMS?! KICK HARDER!"

"HARDERRRRRR"

"YOU LOOK LIKE A DODO BIRD. YOU'RE LEGS ARE FLAPPING AROUND LIKE THEY CAN FLY. YOU DO KNOW IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO FLY YOU FLAP WITH YOUR ARMS, RIGHT?"

-ten minutes later... I still haven't got the horse to move and quite literally am passing out-

* instructor gets whip and smacks horse so hard it flies across the arena, almost leaving me in the dust *

* instructor * "SEE? I got him to move!"