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Tip/Quote of the Day # 310
Good jumping involves landing at the same speed that you had when you approached the jump.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 309
From our very own blogger Kelly Jennings ~ "Sometimes you just have to allow it to happen rather than trying too hard. Remember...they can feel a fly. Lightness does matter."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 308
Jimmy Wofford on learning how to gallop a horse ~ "Picture this: some 4 foot 11 waif of an apprentice jockey is living on 1000 calories a day to keep his weight down to 100 pounds so that he can make the weight in cheap claiming races. He canters happily
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 307
The basis of a successful Dressage quality flying change is the balance, understanding, and correctness of canter/walk/canter transitions.
Educational Discussions
Discussion # 90: Think about the amount of pressure that was on William Fox Pitt last weekend going into the Show Jumping phase at Rolex… being in first place, but knowing that if he made a single mistake he would lose the win...
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 306
Your ability to do accurate and smooth simple changes of lead through the trot speaks of the amount of rideability that you will have on course.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 305
From member and Facebook fan Karen Barbato ~ "Even if the canter is messy on a wiggly green horse, JUST DO IT! Amazingly it gets better from just going forward and staying out of the way without trying to micromanage it."
Questions
Question # 196: when I am sitting my canter I tend to be using my back too much and not following enough with my hands/arms. It is like I am pumping my back instead of following with the arms/hands.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 304
The more consistent a rider can be with their hands and the contact, the more the horse will be able to pick up on the rider's highly subtle cues.
Questions
Question # 195: I have a client's horse that I'm working with, and she has an issue I've never had to deal with before. She thinks she is an accordion--she will shorten her neck and hollow her back whenever she has any contact in her mouth.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 303
From Facebook fan Maddison Craye ~ "Riding defensively makes the horse equally defensive. Consistency and softness = a happy horse."