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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3193
When you first begin to work on movements like shoulder in and haunches in, always start out with minimal angle and focus more on the quality of the bend.
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When you first begin to work on movements like shoulder in and haunches in, always start out with minimal angle and focus more on the quality of the bend.
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From Facebook fan Cyndy Piha ~ "Fix yourself first, then the horse will usually fix itself!"
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Eventers need a saddle for cross country that allows them to move their center of gravity back for drop fences or anything on a downhill slope. Make sure your saddle has enough room for this to happen.
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"You are not a passenger. You are responsible for your horses ride." ~ Ingrid Klimke
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To be truly safe when jumping cross country, both horse and rider should learn to love that deep takeoff spot. Please note that a "chip" is not the same as a deep spot. A chip is when the horse adds a stride unexpectedly, usually because the rider is
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For the cross country phase of Eventing, we need to be able to keep our horses balanced at the gallop while riding over rolling, undulating terrain. Yet it is becoming quite common these days for horses and riders to do most or even all of their jump training in a
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"Shoulder blades dropped into back pockets, lower rib cage softly lifted--buoyant and soft--open sternum, and breathing into lower back AND belly (to expand them) on the exhale." ~ Lee DiGangi
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What to do when you make a mistake: Recognize it, admit it, learn from it, and then forget about it.
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"Push yourself away from your hands." ~ Stephen Clarke
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Keep your hands forward thinking at all times. Don't be "stealing" from the horse's hind legs.
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Riders don't always know that they are lacking something, let alone what that something is. That's why regular instruction is so crucial.
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You can't make a horse relax. You have to HELP him relax. The mindset of helping rather than trying to make it happen makes a world of difference to the horse. This might sound like an obvious thing to say. But I see a lot of riders somewhat