Tip/Quote of the Day # 1888
"When xc is ridden properly it doesn't look like show jumping. They need to stop teaching kids to count strides and start teaching them to use their eyes and their leg." ~ Jules Stiller
"When xc is ridden properly it doesn't look like show jumping. They need to stop teaching kids to count strides and start teaching them to use their eyes and their leg." ~ Jules Stiller
Your balance and the strength of your core are what allow your position to be unaffected by your horse's changes of speed.
"The quality of a good canter: round, energetic, straight, cadenced, light. You have to feel in the strike off that the horse lifts his forehand without throwing himself forward." ~ Nuno Oliveira
To keep your horse straight in the canter, always be thinking of a slight shoulder fore positioning.
The inside rein is like the directional in your car. You use it to indicate the direction that you plan to go, but not to actually turn your car.