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Tip/Quote of the Day # 254
"Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus - it's simply learning how to focus." ~ Jack Canfield
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 253
Always remember that horses are herd animals, and are experts at reading the emotional status of their herdmates to know when there’s danger lurking ahead. Every time you ride or handle a horse, you become a part of your horse’s herd. When you tense, he expects trouble. When
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 252
What you are used to doing will often feel right to you. However it is worthwhile to make sure it really is correct, before you practice that way so many times that it becomes an ingrained habit that will be difficult to change.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 251
Lunge lessons are extremely invaluable, as they allow you to focus more on learning to feel what your body is doing, since you don't also have to worry about controlling the horse.
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Question # 182: I know that riding and training AREN'T linear. I get that. But I'm really flummoxed about how to deal with the last year...
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 250
One of the most important things for you to think about during your Dressage Test is to maintain a consistent rhythm and tempo throughout. Even if other things are not perfect, maintaining that consistency will produce the best possible score.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 249
If you don't take the time to do things right, you will usually have to take the time to do things over.
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Discussion # 86: Let's discuss hindquarter and hind leg conformation!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 248
Don't "sort of" have a contact. Try to either ride with a connection, or with a loose rein. That "in between" area, where there is sometimes a feel and sometimes not, is where horses learn to fear and/or evade the contact.
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