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Tip/Quote of the Day # 902
If you think it doesn't matter if your horse drifts a tiny bit one way or the other when jumping, you are wrong. It almost always effects the horse's balance in a negative way.
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Guest Blog post # 65: "Conscious Incompetence" by the infamous Bad Eventer!
There are lots of stages of learning. In the beginning you have no idea about anything, so you don't know just how much you don't know. As you learn more, at some point you HOPEFULLY, discover just how vast the chasm in your knowledge really is.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 901
The more stable you are able to keep your outside rein connection, the more quickly your horse will learn to accept it. Stable, yet elastic... like a bungee cord.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 900
Imagine the rider's body as a tree… the rider's seat and core need to be engaged and strong like the tree trunk, their long draped legs are the roots, and their arms are supple movable branches.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 899
"All work should be able to be done in a snaffle. Double bridle is not an instrument to get the horse’s head down!" ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 898
If you try to teach a horse something while tension is present, his learning will be compromised. And you will be more likely to run into problems associated with the flight response.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 897
Horses don't generalize as easy as humans do. When we teach the horse something new, he doesn't easily apply that knowledge to other situations. You have to consciously show him how to apply it elsewhere. For example when you teach a horse to move off of
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 896
“Look for a genuine coach with real coaching skills rather than a rider who may know how to do something, but not how to teach it. Also, find someone who has solid experience of working with riders of your level." ~ William Micklem
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 895
"Collection is a gathering of the energy – not something you get by using the reins, it is something you get by using your seat and legs." ~ Marilyn Payne
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 894
Riding with your thumbs on top keeps your hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders in a "neutral" position, which allows your joints to move most freely for an elastic rein connection.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 893
"Riders tend to lean back and pull on horses who are rushing, which makes a bad situation worse. When you pull back against your horse, he will usually invert, drop his back and lean against your hand. Once he is in this shape, no bit in the world will
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How to Build Strength in Your Horse's Canter
It takes strength for a horse to canter in true self carriage! Many canter difficulties stem from a lack of strength or understanding of how to properly carry a rider. Read on to find out how to build strength in your horse's canter and show him how to use that strength to best carry you.