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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2310
Most horses jump their best when riders set them up before hand with a balanced canter at the speed appropriate for the exercise, and then leave them alone to let them do their jobs. No micromanaging!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2309
When it comes to equestrian training, it is almost always faster in the long run to take the time to do it right the first time, instead of having to go back and fill in the holes you missed in your basics. This is true for both horse and rider.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2308
The balance and design of the saddle that you are using will make or break you as a rider that is striving to improve! Once you have become very confident and quite solid in all your skills, you can probably ride well in just about any saddle. But when you
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 50: Horses as mirrors: Does it work the other way around?
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2307
Success isn't about how far you get, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2306
"When the horse knocks a pole down, 9/10 times it’s your fault even if you think it’s not your mistake." ~ Harry Charles
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2305
"The jump is the product of your last three strides, always." ~ Michelle Strapp
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2304
Big horses very often need to learn how to do a shorter, more active canter for the show jumping ring. Make sure you have achieved this before you start cantering courses!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2303
"A significant portion of the art of dressage lies in your ability to differentiate between the positive tension of focused athletic effort, and the negative tension of resistance, fear, and anxiety." ~ Katherine Bateson Chandler
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2302
"Riding cross country is against the clock, but this doesn’t mean that you have to go fast. It means that you have to take good lines. Every extra ten feet, or three and a half metres that you travel, costs you one second. So if you can save
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2301
"Re-schooling a horse with vices and sending it back to its owner is not enough. The vices will return with unguided riding. Only by retraining both horse and rider can the problem be solved." ~ Firn Hyde