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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2419
The lazier type of horse will often do best with a little gallop around before any Dressage work.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2418
"Since the criteria of a correct seat are the same as the criteria of good posture in general, being constantly attentive to one’s bearing when standing or walking is excellent training. A correct vertical posture of the head and the trunk on horseback is not a special posture
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2417
Riding is like a marriage between the horse and rider. Don’t let the familiarity trick you into doing the same thing over & over.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2416
When trying to find your balance, whether for posting at the trot, jumping a fence, or anything in between - you will always be in one of three positions: Either ahead of the motion (too far forward), behind the motion (too far back), or exactly with the motion (perfect). If you
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2415
"Ride from feeling and not a matter of robotic routine. Go with what feels right for that particular horse on that particular day." ~ Kent Farrington
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2414
"Many people think, what is piaffe, piaffe is something the top riders do in Grand Prix – no, no, no, that is not right. Piaffe is something you use to train your horse, to make the horse more together and more balanced. You can start the piaffe right from the
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2413
"Every horse is different, but you learn to compare, what to do in this moment with this particular horse, and that takes time. Dressage doesn’t go fast, this is the difference between our young riders and our more experienced riders." ~ Reiner Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2412
"Good young horses are bred, but good advanced horses are trained." ~ Sam Griffiths
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2411
"I never really work a horse for longer than four or five minutes [at a time.] I want to take a quick break, and then we go again. Any of you who’ve worked out know how much a break of 30 seconds can help. It gets some oxygen
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2410
On asking the horse to work for an hour... "Don’t forget he has 23 hours to sleep." ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2409
From Facebook fan Racheal Hawkins-Cox ~ "Compressing forward energy creates more power at the jumps."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2408
"I want any rider approaching any jump to concentrate on rhythm. They should concentrate on HOW they get there, not where they get to." ~ Jimmy Wofford