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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1987
Only if the shock absorbers in your hips are working properly, will you be able to keep your hands and upper body quiet as you sit the trot or canter.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1986
"The most important point is the character. If they are not willing to work with you, then they can have the best quality in the world, but it won’t work. If you go to the Olympic Games, you can see fifty horses that are qualified, all these fifty
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1985
Transitions act as a test of your connection. If the quality of your connection is lacking as you begin a transition, it will be particularly evident as you execute it.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1984
You should always strive to feel the horse's hind legs in your hands as they step up into the rein connection.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1983
You will get the highest level of brilliance from your horse by letting them have as much freedom as possible. Show them what is required, and then leave them to perform as much as possible on their own.
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1982
"The goal of all dressage riding should be to bring the horse and rider together in harmony... a oneness of balance, purpose, and athletic expression." ~ Walter Zettl
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1981
"Recognize the smallest change, the slightest try." ~ Ray Hunt
Dr. Haefner's Advice
Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 16: Expectations and Assumptions: Friend or Foe
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1980
Submission to the outside aids is necessary for a smooth, resistance free downward transition.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1979
With young or untrained horses who conformationally have a high set on neck (which is a good trait to have for a jumping or Dressage horse), you have to be particularly careful that you don’t work them in a frame that is too advanced for their strength level. It
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1978
"Just as the sculptor at first chisels the future outlines of his work of art with powerful blows out of the crude block of stone, and then lets it develop in increasingly finer detail in all its beauty, the aids of the rider must also become more and more
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1977
A real collected trot should feel like a contained medium trot. Not just slower, with shorter strides - but with enough stored energy and contained power that you feel that all you have to do to get medium trot is release it. And the same for collected canter.