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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1325
Dressage riders should aim to mix their horse’s schooling up with hacking and even some jumping if possible, as it will help to keep the horse more fresh and interested in his work.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1324
Frequent quality transitions are the best way to confirm that your horse is listening equally to both the driving aids and the restraining aids.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1323
It is a good idea to sit back every month or so and assess your training program and its current results. Be ready to add to or change your plan if you are not seeing results.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1322
You have to have experiences to gain experience.
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Guest Blog post # 85: "All You Need is Leg" by Bill Woods
All You Need is Leg (with apologies to Lennon and McCartney) We were working on his flying changes—a middle aged OTTB with a flock of internalized tensions and a penchant for sucking back behind the leg. I was hoping to use some combinations of canter leg yield and canter
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1321
I find that many riders are using bits that are too big for their horse’s mouths. While certainly better than a bit that is too small, when a bit is too big there is too much movement of the bit sliding back and forth in the horse’s mouth.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1320
"The most important thing is for the horse to be thinking on its own. Unless you’re Michael Jung, you make mistakes and things go wrong. You have to teach the horse the stride isn’t always right, the line isn’t always right, and that’s why we
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1319
From member Karen Barbato ~ "Asking my horse to move laterally off my leg is NOT a negotiation. DO IT NOW (and with a happy face!)"
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1318
Great tip from member Sharon Fitzgerald ~ "It is only when you get completely out of your horse's way that you can feel exactly what they are doing and then have a hope in hell of influencing it. Otherwise you might be spending a lot of time just
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Question # 307: I am getting ready to start my youngster under saddle. What bit do you recommend for starting a young horse? (Karen)
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1317
"Riders who are successful are ready for things that are not what they have planned for. They're thinking, on their toes, and reacting. They are ready for trouble." ~ Lucinda Green
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1316
"The horse’s posture, his strength, and his suppleness, all influence very much the sensations that the bit creates in him." ~ Dupaty de Clam