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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1450
"In the half pass you should feel that the outside hind leg is carrying the load forward." ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1449
"Sit on your bum. If you do that you’re part of the movement. If you squeeze with your thighs you can’t sit. Stay soft in your hips, draw yourself into the saddle and keep the calf just against his rib cage." ~ Bettina Hoy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1448
A great instructor is always thinking and learning about new ideas and concepts, and is always looking for new ways to impart those ideas to their students. The minute one stops learning, one stops growing - and can become stagnant.
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Guest Blog post # 89: "> or < ?" by Bill Woods
Sitting with Major Lindgren at the Aachen show in Germany one day he jocularly observed that international judges only needed to know four words – “more,” “less,” “faster,” and “slower” to accomplish their task. Of course that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it brings to mind a very interesting
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1447
Your seat shouldn't stop the horse's hind legs, it should send them actively up into your hand to stop the horse on its hindquarters.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1446
Think about keeping your head up and still throughout the jumping motion to help keep your upper body more quietly poised.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1445
Always be aware of the amount of tension you carry when riding, and whether you are breathing softly and evenly or holding your breath. Talking or humming quietly is a good way to ensure you keep breathing.
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1444
"School figures should not be regarded as an end in themselves but rather as a stage in a particular aim, that of control of the horse. Initially, they will be practiced in the school but an early opportunity should be taken to perform them outside so that the rider
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1443
The more thoroughly you have prepared for a movement or transition, the more you can just allow it to happen, rather than making it happen.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1442
A rider's rigid elbows will cause the horse's back to become correspondingly rigid.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1441
Give your brain something positive to think about when you are worried.
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Guest Blog post # 88: "Trainer Relationships: Caustic or Constructive?" by Bill Kraatz
Trainer Relationships: Caustic or Constructive? I read two completely separate posts on social media this morning. They couldn’t have been more opposite! Post One: From a well-established Eventing trainer who was at an Event this past weekend and was lamenting the fact that she heard two different “trainers”