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Tip/Quote of the Day # 580
"Sometimes to foster a horse’s personality also means to accept that we can influence but never dominate him. We have to find subtle ways to control exuberant horses." ~ Ingrid Klimke
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Firn's Blog post # 9
Horses Just Wanna Have Fun The horses and I have at last escaped the purgatory of forced rest and we have fervently gone back to work, especially Arwen. If we're going to survive our first graded event this year, we've got some work to do. Not
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 579
Horses and riders should both be comfortable jumping a single, simple fence that is the size of one level above where they are currently competing.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 578
"If you want to hear something profound, practice being a profoundly good listener." ~ Suzanne Johnson
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 577
“Each use of the hand has to be preceded by an action of the upper body, otherwise the rider is merely influencing the horse’s head.” ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 576
Don't forget your outside leg in the circle of bending aids.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 575
Shoulder in to the right really strengthens the right hind leg, which will help to improve the horse's ability to do haunches in and half pass to the left. And vice versa.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 574
"Only the rider who is free from any contraction will have a horse equally free from contraction. A team such as this is the ideal” ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 573
The horse should be just as much "on the aids" in the stretching frame as he is in a working frame.
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Firn's Blog Post # 8
The Dangers of Overfeeding As an apprentice horse trainer, I've come to the conclusion that one of the most overlooked but also extremely dangerous things we can ever do is overfeed and underwork our horses. It is the curse of our society, of middle- to upper-class members
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 572
Remember that you don't "push" your horse anywhere… you give him signals.
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