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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2645
"Dressage riders should have been born without arms." ~ Johan Hinnemann
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2644
Ride your horse to the contact, but be careful to not drive him through the contact.
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Guest Blog post # 109: Out of Order in the (Dressage) Court, by Bill Woods
A guy came down my center line some years ago all decked out in his top hat on a Friesian exuding cadence and displaying a high, arched Second Level frame. He then proceeded to ride a very elegant Intro test which garnered something like 80%. My obvious question after his
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2643
"If one induces the horse to assume that carriage which it would adopt of its own accord when displaying its beauty, then, one directs the horse to appear joyous & magnificent, proud & remarkable for having been ridden." ~ Xenophon
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2642
Teach the lazy type of horse to think forward coming out of every corner, in both Dressage and Jumping.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2641
"Generally shorter backed horses find it more difficult to stretch." ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2640
From Facebook fan Jennifer Stankiewicz ~ "To move the back end faster, move your hips faster. To do changes in dressage, you need to move your hips faster than the change, not with the changes or they get too slow and you end up behind the horse instead of with
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2639
Never forget that success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and out. It will NOT come all at once.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2638
Bend in the horse's body is not created by the rider using the inside rein! In fact a correct inside bend in the body is evident only when there is a soft, almost loose inside rein.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2637
"Do I still get butterflies? You bet! Adrenaline is an important part of the deal." ~ William Fox Pitt
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Guest Blog post # 108: "The Shadow Knows" by Bill Woods
If you live in the Pacific Northwest or maybe London, you might as well stop reading right here. My suggestion will not translate to your world. If you live in a land where the sun shines at least occasionally, however, take advantage of it in the following manner. When riding
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2636
I love to look for an area in a field where I can do a big circle on the side of a hill, where on that circle the horse has to go down into a little dip in the ground and back up again. This can really help the horse