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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3596
Tightly clamped thighs make you slightly lose the depth of your seat in Dressage, and can drive your horse's back down into a hollow position.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3595
"The purpose of dressage is to enhance our ability to control our horses; hopefully, after a long period of consistent training, our horses will calmly and generously place their forces at our disposal." ~ Jimmy Wofford
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3594
"May every rider strive for a better connection with his or her horse by observation, closer understanding and patient groundwork. It matters not what discipline is pursued, only that there be a perfectly balanced union between the two – man and horse – so that the two become one." ~ Frederic
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3593
Jack LeGoff on roundness ~ "If you have the body, you have the head - if you have the head you don't (necessarily) have the body."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3592
Riders have to be in self carriage before they can expect their horses to be in self carriage.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3591
If you let your hot horse train you to take your leg off, they will likely be over-reactive when you need to put your leg back on to give an aid.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3590
"The techniques you use for relaxation, stretching, walk breaks, things like that, a more competitive or nervous rider doesn’t pay enough attention to that. They think, 'I’ve got a test to do so I won’t keep stretching him until he’s relaxed, I’ll just
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3589
Any use of the inside rein can easily shorten the horse's neck.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3588
"There are many horses that can only be taught through lateral bending, especially second degree bending, to let the rein aids go through to the hind legs." ~ Sigismund v. Josipovich
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3587
"If the calves are too far forward, the rider is unable to bring the horse under the centre of gravity." ~ Ingrid Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3586
"Once you have ridden cross country with short stirrups you will never ride cross country with long stirrups again." ~ Chris Bartle
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3585
If you get to riding with your reins a bit too long, you will be tempted to use your hands in a backwards way. It is easier to make a connection with truly forward feeling hands when your reins are sufficiently shortened.