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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1679
The tempo in the rein back should be the same as in the walk. Don't let your horse rush through the rein back.
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How many times have you wished that you could read your horse’s mind or longed for a magic spell to make your horse talk, even for just a minute? I don’t know about you, but if I had a penny for every time I’ve made that wish,
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1678
In your Dressage seat, let your legs hang quietly down - close to your horse's sides for easy and intimate communication, but not tight, which would lessen your ability to communicate in a subtle manner.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1677
The fastest way to get where you're going is to take your time.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1676
"The quality of the seat determines whether we can even speak of 'riding', or whether the horse simply has to 'deal with' the load on his back." ~ Kurt Albrecht
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1675
Thinking about keeping your head up and still throughout the jumping motion will help to keep your upper body more quietly poised over fences.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1674
"The seat and weight aids are supporting aids. They support either a leg or rein aid, or both. Don’t underestimate their significance though. They are important aids, especially in the fine tuning of advanced horses. The leg and rein aids will fail to achieve their full effectiveness without
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1673
"Amateurs ride from movement to movement. Professionals ride from half halt to half halt." ~ Robert Dover
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1672
A good horse will forgive you when you make a mistake - and expects you to do the same.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1671
"For me, the walk is indispensible. If a horse is not walking correctly – extended, collected, two tracks with all the lateral work – then he doesn’t show that he is relaxed, supple, together. I do it all the time, with young horses, with educated horses, I do some lateral
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1670
"A rider interfering with the rein on the way down to fence is fundamentally dangerous." ~ William Fox Pitt
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1669
If you ask for too much angle in any lateral movement (more than your horse can handle at that moment,) you risk impeding the balance and fluidity of the movement, which should be your top priorities.