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Tip/Quote of the Day # 318
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 317
Just as a horse needs to be relaxed throughout his body to be honestly through and connected from behind on the flat, a horse needs to be relaxed throughout his body to jump with the best technique that he is capable of.
Educational Discussions
Discussion # 92: The first and the last jumps on course can sometimes cause the most trouble! Both for show jumping and cross country. Why do you think that is?? And what can you do to set yourself up for success on those particular jumps?
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 316
When a rider "hangs on to" or uses too much inside rein, it can create stiffness, resistance, head tilting, and often the loss of control of the horse's outside shoulder.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 315
Riding lots of transitions within the gait (i.e. a little more trot, to a few steps of a quieter, slower trot - and then back to forward again), will make your horse more attentive, responsive, and longitudinally supple.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 314
"In training, make jumping the reward" ~ Jimmy Wofford
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 313
Think back to when you first started riding… how hard it was to just post at the trot. Now you do that without even thinking. As long as you are actively working on your riding, you are always improving. Usually improvement is so gradual that you don't see
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 312
From Facebook fan Heather Salamone ~ "Short cuts will bite you in the butt later, and not when you think it will, but some other time when it will be one hundred times worse. Don't skimp."
Lesley's Corner
An Exercise to Sharpen Up Jumping Form and Increase Carefulness
Questions
Question # 197: My horse and I moved up to Training level last summer, and did very well, even winning at our last event of the year. But this year...
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 311
You must think of allowing your horse to have a long neck, to allow for him to truly come over his back and be "through".