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This exercise, which is a secret from the Spanish Riding School, instantly shows you if your circle is deviating even slightly from a perfectly round shape. It is a great way to master perfect circles!
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Asking a horse to bend before instilling the basic understanding of lateral aids is like asking a child to read sentences before he first learns the alphabet. Check out this article for a description of how to teach the lateral aids.
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From Facebook fan Heather Shanda, "There are many articles about "teaching" your horse to halt square. But if the horse comes into the halt equally balanced over his two hind legs he will halt squarely all on his own. If the left hind leg is always trailing,
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Courage For Our Cowardly Lion " The Suspicious Pony" Meet Millennium Qui or "Qui" pronounced 'Key' - An 8 year old OTTB as of maybe a month ago now, purchased by one of my clients off of an East Coast Canter add as a horse for
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If your reins are even slightly too long, you will have more of a tendency to take back and act backwards on the reins to control your horse. Only if your reins are short enough for the situation can you be in control while riding truly forward and into the
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Very true quote from Facebook fan Anne Rawle, "Never teach a horse something you don't want him to learn."
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"Use lots of forward and back transitions within the canter to spice up the hind leg." ~ Carl Hester
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Horses usually mirror their riders. If your horse is tense, check yourself. If your horse is crooked, check yourself. If your horse is distracted, check yourself. If you want your horse to carry himself properly, make sure you are carrying yourself properly on his back.
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From our Facebook fan Heather Salamone, "Don't groom a shedding horse right after applying chapstick." And I will add body clipping to that! :)
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