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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1053
The inside rein can easily become a crutch. Try to use it as little as possible.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1052
Horses are often so quick to bend their necks (which is one of the most flexible areas in the horse's body) in response to the rider's request to either flex laterally at the poll, or to bend in the body. Make sure you have sufficient connection
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1051
If you don't have forward, you won't be able to achieve a true half halt. And without an effective half halt, it will be hard to improve the horse's balance.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1050
"In flying change training, the horse is ready when counter canter is firmly established and horse can easily perform correct simple changes. If the horse offers a flying change early don't punish him. 'What a child knows, it knows'" ~ Reiner Klimke
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Video # 89: This is Eileen!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1049
“Make sure you have a rhythmical, free walk – irregularities caused by a short rein can prove difficult to get rid of later” ~ Michael Jung
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Guest Blog post # 72: "An Aspirational Half Halt?" by Bill Woods
"When should I make a half halt?" she asked me. The obvious answer is when you need one, but if she's asking that question, maybe the answer isn't so obvious after all! How DO you know when you need one? And what exactly are
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1048
From member Joan Dunlap ~ "Horses will follow a true leader, one that has their ultimate trust and respect. Just as foal will follow its mother anywhere without fear."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1047
Using a volte (a 6, 8, or 10 meter circle) before a lateral exercise like a shoulder in, haunches in, or half pass allows you to establish the bend for those movements even before you begin them.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1046
Varying the degree of your half pass can improve your horse’s suppleness from all angles, as well as increasing his responsiveness to your aids within the movement. In other words, while going in half pass across the diagonal, half halt, and do a few strides with a steeper angle
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