For a young or green (inexperienced) horse, longeing is used to teach a horse to respond to voice commands and the trainer's body language, to accustom them to the feel of a saddle and bridle, and to begin their introduction to the feel of reins and bit pressure.
spoils system - the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power. system of rules, system - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; they have to operate under a system they oppose; that language has a complex system for indicating gender.
In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the partyâas opposed to a merit system, where ...