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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1149
With horses, the slow way is the fast way in the long run. Give it time.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1148
"If your riding and handling of horses begins and ends at the mounting block, you may be a rider, but never a horseman." ~ CW Anderson
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1147
From Facebook fan Claire Webb ~ "Attitude determines practice, practice determines performance."
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Guest Blog post # 79: "One Ball, One Strike" by Bill Woods
A lot of bad shoulder-in out there and often committed by riders with the best of intentions. I’m not talking about the blatant disasters—the pull on the inside rein, collapse the inner hip, pop the horse’s outside shoulder down the track kind of malfeasance. I’m
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1146
"Every rein aid must be preceded by an action of the torso. Otherwise you only address the horse's head." ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1145
"I see photos of even top level riders turning or doing lateral work with the inside rein going backwards, and just want them to see the photos and realize, this is neither bend or engagement, but crooked and blocking the engagement and the ability to ask the horse to
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1144
Every time you pull back on the inside rein, you block the horse's inside hind leg from stepping fully underneath his body.
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Question # 296: I have a question about "bitting up" versus moving up....
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1143
Take a good look at your bit (and all of your tack) before you ride your next cross country course! -- Watch this: The bit breaks, the rider has no control, and the horse jumps a car!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1142
Land from a jump thinking about what you are going to do next. Don't land thinking about what you just did.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1141
“Push yourself away from your hands.” ~ Stephen Clarke